We got up at 9am today. I was feeling sicker than yesterday. I didn’t want to sleep anymore though because my throat prevented me from sleeping well. We decided to go eat at a breakfast place, but when we got there we decided it was too crowded. So we went to eat at Taco Bell instead. Taco Bell wasn’t open yet though. We arrived at 9:45am and it opens at 10am. So we planned to come back a little after it opened.
Back at the hotel we worked on packing our bags. We put things we needed in one bag, and everything else in the other. The stuff we didn’t need didn’t all fit into one suitcase so we went dumpster diving for a box in the recyclable dumpster out in the hotel parking lot.
At 10:30am we returned to Taco Bell and got some breakfast. Davin was ‘underwhelmed’ and said that he hadn’t been to Taco Bell in a decade, and he wouldn’t be going back for another decade. Then we finished packing, and checked out of the room at noon. We stayed a bit longer in the lobby to use the internet to find a nearby UPS for our bag and box, and to get the bus info we needed to get from the airport to the Amtrak station.
Then we took the luggage and box to UPS to be shipped. It cost us about $110. We couldn’t gotten a better deal elsewhere but decided it was worth the convenience and getting the stuff off our hands.
Next we went to have lunch at the Waffle House. It was our first Waffle House experience which please our waiter. He gave us advice on how to order and he was please that we followed his directions on how to get more for less money.
Then we went to Congo River Golf and played two courses of mini golf for $29. It was pricey, but fun. It was super hot outside and there was little shade. I didn’t like that very much, and I started feeling even worse than I already did. It took us about two hours to play the two courses. There were some pretty neat holes. So I really enjoyed it even though I was fading fast at the end. I really should’ve been in bed, not playing 36 holes of golf at midday in Florida... Oh well.
Around 3pm we headed for the airport to return the car. On the way we stopped at Wendy’s for dinner. We picked up 6 99Cent chicken sandwiches to eat on the train later. We also stopped at Walmart for chips and salsa. We were happy to find what we needed.
We returned the car at 4:30pm, and then caught bus 11 towards downtown Orlando. The bus driver kindly told us when to get off (although she almost forgot, and had the pull the bus over when she remembered a half a block after she past our stop!). Then it was a short walk to the Amtrak station with all our bags. We are much happier with our load now. The number of bags we have now is how many we should’ve had (maximum) the whole time...
Our train arrived at the station early, so we were able to board the train at 6pm (only about 15 minutes after we arrived at the station). We settled into our car, and built up Davin’s computer. Then we went to dinner aboard the train, but we only got dessert because we had the chicken sandwiches to eat. I watched 2 Voyagers and then went to bed at 10pm because I was tired, and, unbeknownst to me, getting even sicker.
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