Hi peeps ! Got back from our Florida hols this morning and as usual - LOVED IT !
One thing that has supprised me though was since we were there last (3yrs ago) i can't believe how bad the standard of driving has got out there !
REMEMBER THE TV AD ....... "Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule ?" ( refering to the space between traveling vehicles )
In the States they work in MILLI-SECONDS !
Had quite a few scary moments, one being a rather MASSIVE 4x4 Lincoln something or other ( tag plate from Texas where everything is bigger - say no more ), needless to say he got some rather tastey English verbal and hand signals that the deaf wouldn't be able to read !
Our rental car was a Chevy Malibu 2.2 ( name says it all - Sh*te ) but got 28 to the gallon, although U.S. gallon is 1/2 ltr less than ours.
Fuel is at $2.82 a gallon (£1.50)
Disney is still effing expensive ( but had 2 go with the kids)
Weather was ....... HOT (92 F) some brilliant T-storms last week, 1 lasting nearly 9 hours !
But best of all is the Meguiars gear is half the price or less than here in the UK.
I didn't buy any though ...........NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
MEGS , ZYMOL , MOTHERS etc. cleared the shelves at Wal*mart !
No more visits to Halfrauds for years !
There were 2 things that made my holiday to Florida...............................
1) I FINALLY saw the Atlantis space shuttle launch.
All i can say about that is TOTALLY AWSOME ! Worth the trip even though as you can imagine everywhere was packed with people and big campers with BBQ's strapped on the back ( PLASMA - ever considered doing that with a BBQ ??? ) i have welding kit - will travel .
2) Even though i hate Disney's mentality of fleece the visitors for every $ they can , they sure know how to entertain !
The look on my kids faces will live with us forever .
Where should i go next year ? Any ideas folks ?
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