Left a bit later this morning, just after 8 as we had quite a late night last night. We had a great meal out with Eric, Natalie and Brett in Croydon, which was about hour and half from here. Got to bed about 1015, and had a awful night’s sleep!
Had quite a wet morning out, but it did get better. I must get myself a raincoat that breathes, the inside is wetter then the outside when I get back to the house, LOL. Came back here about 11 for a cuppa and then stayed longer and had lunch as it kept raining. The 4 of us went out after lunch and walked a few more streets. Saw some great trees covered with lichen, there was a street full of them. Also saw the strangest intersection sign ever, it looked like a windmill. Obviously an intersection with narrow roads on every side. Gary returned home and we did another 4 streets and it didn’t rain though it did get colder. We have capped nearly 1500 munzees so far, and walked about 45 kms.

Once again we three left just after 7.30. It had been raining most of the night, so it was very soggy out there. It was not quite so cold this morning, but we have become weather predictors. When that really cold wind blows hard it will be followed by rain!!! Lots more streets and munzees and a some photos of proteas. We sheltered at one stage in a Macdonalds from a very heavy squall, and then did lots of walking. Gary picked us up and we went shopping and then home for lunch. After a rest we took t the streets again for a little while. Will add photos tomorrow morning, as we are going out to dinner now.

BTW, we rescued 2 rosellas yesterday from inside a protective net over an olive tree. The hole down the bottom was small, we have no idea how they managed to get themselves trapped.

Us 3 girls left this morning just after 7.30, and did some street walking, cold and windy, but not raining. The sun was actually quite warm for a few minutes. The gardens are lovely, very green, lots of camellias and proteas in flower and spring bulbs coming up everywhere.
After coming back here for a cuppa and a rest we all headed out again. Headed towards Port Phillip Bay this time and had a walk along the beach walkway. There was a long trail of virtuals along the pier, but it was closed for renovations. So we got what we could. Maria picked up a lovely shell to take home, but it was already home to a hermit crab!! We then had a chicken pizza for lunch which was very nice indeed. Then on to more streets. Walked 17.5 kms and was very glad to get home. No rain today which was good.

OK, let’s start at the beginning.
Woke at 1 am and set the alarm for 3, as I had forgotten to. Woke at 3.20 with a start as the alarm was set for Tuesday not
Monday, so quickly got the rest of the packing finished, got the compression socks on and left home at 4.20.
Parked the car, caught the bus and got to the airport about 4.50, and then queued for ever!!!! Got to the gate 10 minutes
before boarding so that was fine.
The flight was 3.30 so relatively short, had breakfast, read my book, played a few games on the iPad. I handed over my log
book when I got on to the plane, and the lass who returned it also brought me a little bottle of champagne and some cookies!
Had a fast and bumpy landing and it was 7 C outside.
Met Maria at the baggage carousel and then we waited for Helen and Gary to appear. Rather cold wind whistling around our
legs, but they turned up and we loaded up the car with the luggage and us!
Drove directly down to Rosebud from the airport, nice and warm, lol. Arrived at the house, reversed into the drive, and then
had a lady come out to see what we were doing, LOL, we had the right house number but the wrong street! So we found the
right house on the right street and unpacked. Lovely place, plenty of heaters and even electric blankets!
As we couldn’t start serious munzee hunting until 3 pm and the start of the munzee day, we then popped out to the local IGA to
get some groceries. Home again, a piece of toast for a late lunch and then we went out. 8 C but with the wind the apparent
temperature was 3 C.
Walked for a couple of hours and then the rain started so we headed for home. We are now preparing dinner, pies and chips!

Thought I had better just say something about the trip home before I forget it all. LOL

Alarm went off at 3.30 am , and the shuttle picked us up at 4.35. Checked in at the JetBlue counter, and we were only allowed the domestic weight limit, so Marian had to remove an item of clothing from her case to take it from 51 to 50 lbs, mine was 49, lol.

Flight landed a little early so they gave us a different gate, so we had to wait until the ground crew arrived to let us all off. We didn’t have long at JFK, so it was just a case of popping quickly into a shop for Marian to buy some NY souvenirs and then on to the gate and shortly onto the plane. Spent most of the 12 hours watching the box set of Gotham, which was quite good, a little bloody in places, but very interesting watching the rise of Batman and the villains!

Also got to Dubai a little early and once again a different gate where the ground crew had to come and find us! Once again it was a bit of a rush through the airport, however, we finally after about 20 minutes got to the gate only to be told it had been changed, so another 10 minutes of walking got us there. Marian raced off to the shops again whilst I let the rovers out for a run, LOL. It takes a long time to let out 321 virtual puppies, pick them up again and then do it all over again, as it’s a 4 step process when only one person travelling with them. They had called the our seating zone out whilst I was still fetching, so Marian went on and I stayed at the gate frantically picking up puppies. All finished and I got down to the bus only to find it was the one with Marian on it, so that was good. However, we sat for ages, then drove out on the airport grounds and sat on the tarmac for 10 minutes with not very good air conditioning, then we drove what must have been 3/4s of the way around the airport to finally find our plane. We started boarding at take off time, so needless to say we were an hour late taking off.

Didn’t watch anything from Dubai to Perth, tried to sleep, read a bit, played a few games and we landed half an hour late. Jason was there to greet us and took us back to their place. after unpacking some of Marian’s stuff out of my case, I wended my way home, with only an occasional windscreen wiper instead of indicators!  So that is it for now 🙂 xo

Well the last day has arrived…and I started it off well.
I had a munzee message the night before that new motel and hotel munzees had been deployed about 5 miles away. As that would give me my deploys for the day, I left the motel about 6 am and headed that way. Stopped and discovered to my horror that I didn’t have my phone!!!!!! So went back to the motel and the guy gave me back my key and I retrieved it off the spare bed! No idea how I managed it, so back to the 2 munzees, capped and then went back to the trail of mysteries I hadn’t quite finished. Did them and then headed east to Marian. Made a quick stop at the rover depot munzee and picked up the puppies ready for the trip back home.
Got to Joan’s, sat and chatted for a while, then packed the car, and after teary farewells we headed for the hotel. Took us about hour to get here and after not being able to find my booking, we checked in. After settling in, we took the car back to the airport. We also had to find a petrol station, so I could fill up. Well we got to the airport with no fuel in sight, so exited and stopped to find the gps giving us a station about 4 miles away. Then it started to rain, and boy did it rain, so heavy I couldn’t even see the markings on the road. Anyway, found the petrol and then back to the airport. We missed the upramp to the Budget rental floor, so went most of the way around the huge car park, until we got to a turn around point and then back to the upramp. From there we caught the shuttle back to the hotel, had our showers and having an early night as we have to catch the 4.30 am shuttle for our flight.
Thanks for joining me on my travels. Next trip is to Victoria in August, with Helen, Gary and Maria, munzee hunting of course lol.

P.S. for the 11th. Did pop out and do some walking and capping, and instead of a mystery on a lamp pole I found a hatching cicada, so I have taken a series of photos which will be below.

Today I found small clusters of specials and capped them, 4 here, 6 there, and then walked around the Mango Shopping Centre and it’s car park and capped those there. Then on to the Brandon Crossings Centre where I was meeting Marie & Tim for a hamburger lunch at Square One burgers. This is the location the Event for Ron and Carine was held only a few weeks ago so the area abounds in all sorts of munzees. I had mushrooms on mine, very yummy.
Then we went to an area with some munzees that Marie and Tim hadn’t yet capped, so did those, added a few more to it and then they dropped me back off at my car. I then drove east down to a spot near St Petersburg to grab the virtual butterfly garden. Home again and am going to see if I can finish off the Parsons Rd mysteries before it gets dark.
I’ve had a great time munzee hunting here in Florida, everyone has been friendly and not too many idiots on the roads, LOL.  The munzee community here is strong and there are lots of munzees out there!
Won’t be doing much in the way of munzees now until I get home, except fot Orlando Airport which I missed on the way in, lol.
Will be collecting puppies from the Poinciana Kennel, picking up Marian, finding our hotel, repacking suitcases (Marian says hers is rather full!) and returning the car, all ready for our early flight the next morning. So not sure if a blog entry tomorrow, will see how things eventuate, I will try! xoxo

It took 8 minutesfrom first to last photo

   My little beetle, lol
Osprey nest on right above a very busy intersectionVulture family

Well, today was very exciting, NOT!!! I sat in the Westfields Brandon shopping centre car park all day. Cap the surrounding munzees, then move on to the next spot and do it all again. I did briefly go into the mall (as it’s called here) and visit the Apple shop, but didn’t stay long. There were some physical munzees scattered around the outside of the car park, so grabbed those as a variation on the virtuals, lol. I didn’t use the air con much this time as I was getting low on fuel, so when I had finished I set off for fuel and lunch. Got to the Chevron down the road a bit, but the external pump didn’t like my credit card, so the attendant ‘opened the pump’ for me so I could pay inside after filling up! He made me laugh as he knew Australians drove on the other side of the road, but he was incredulous when I told him the steering wheel was on the other side of the car as well, and you changed gears with the left hand! As for lunch, I had some chicken and chips, I’m sure someone would have liked them, but both were rather spicy, lol. Saw 3 new birds today, but no photos, a blue jay, a cardinal and a black-headed gull, which was rather big! Am planning on going out tonight to do a blue mystery trail as soon as it gets a bit cooler out there, haven’t done much walking at all today!

Just a quick comment about the bed at Celebration. It was so high off the ground that I almost needed a step ladder to get into it. My feet did not touch the ground when sitting on the side!
Also, another observation, all the showers have been in baths, so the climbing in and out ritual, but I haven’t yet had two taps the same, so it’s a puzzle every time trying to work out where the hot water is, LOL.
OK, I finished off my book from Rachell this morning (Divergent by Veronica Roth). Am going to have to get the rest of the series, probably as ebooks, can’t just leave it at the first one!!
Packed up and checked out and I’m not even sure what time I hit the road. My first destination was Plant City, where a nice large strawberry shaped virtual garden has been created. It’s over the grounds of where the Strawberry Festival is held, much like the Royal with pavilions and open areas, but it has roads running through it and a school next to it. So I parked and capped and drove on a bit, and did it all over again. Once finished I saw a litle patch of physical mystery munzees around a Walgreens (chemist) so popped in there for some advice from the duty pharmacist and came away with some antihistamines. So we will see, mind you the voice is better than yesterday, but still croaky. Grabbed the munzees and then headed for the motel. The room was ready when I got there at midday, so unloaded and headed out to the Florida sun virtual garden. Once again, parked and capped, it was rather a hot day today, so that was way more comfortable, LOL.
Finished there and headed for the Publix supermarket again, a couple of salads for dinners, breakfasts and some fruit. Dropped all the rovers onto a munzee in my room so that they can have their goals reset to home and am going to have dinner when this has uploaded. It’s almost time to come home!!!

Nothing much in the way of photos today, but this tree was so draped in Tillandsia it had to have a photo taken, and the little black dot is a vulture!!!

Well, I think I am Disneyed out, and as Ursula has taken my voice, doubly so. LOL. I was a bit croaky yesterday, but woke up to no voice at all, and it’s still gone. Hopefully tomorrow will see its return.
I actually think I slept relatively well until 2.30, which taking into account daylight saving would be 3.30 in proper time and my normal waking up time, it would seem that my body clock has got the hang of the time change as well, and only a few more days before wending our way home.
Marian is having a great time egging. They went to Gatorland yesterday and she held a snake, an alligator (baby), and wait for it…. a tarantula!!!
I spent today flitting in and out of Epcot, I think it was 3 times I went in. I did the monorail again as it was raining quite heavily (umbrella still in car,  lol) as well as a small ferry ride across the lagoon. I walked around the World showcase, where there are numerous countries represented, with not only buildings that are country specific, like a stave church for Norway and a pub for Britain, but they had a taste of food and drink for each country as well. I had a Pulled pig slider for America (pork & coleslaw bun), California roll for Japan, chicken kebab & couscous for Morocco and weren’t those 2 pieces of chook spicy, and ice cream for Canada.
I caught a couple of different buses (or motor coaches) from Epcot in circles through some of the resorts so I could cap munzees along the roads and in the resorts themselves, and then I went to Downtown Disney which once again had a lot of munzees to get. Got back to Epcot in time for the 7.30 bus back to the hotel, which is my last night here.

Mallards in the garden

Beautiful bromeliads

More topiary