My fantastic trip through the American West took a lot of planning, but ultimately was designed to be flexible, such that it could be altered as needed. There were very few reservations at hotels, and very little idea as to what we'd be doing or where we'd be going from one day to the next. It was free and frightening, and absolutely nothing like this upcoming adventure.
We'll be staying in a sum total of one hotel for the duration. We will travel very little, and only with pre-purchased tickets. We will attend a number of events for which we have already plunked down a considerable amount of change. Heck, we even have a couple dinner reservations set up. Luckily, Handler 2 shares my love of free range vacationing and has managed to curb Handler 1's more anal retentive planning tendencies. As such, we don't have every single minute of our vacation already planned out for us...just most of them.
And with that in mind, here's the somewhat tentative schedule:
October 21 - After the handlers finish their day of work, we shall deliver Miss Meryl (and her new partner in kitten crime, Gwen the Psycho) to the grandhandlers, and spend the night on the lovely island of Grosse Ile
October 22 - Fly out at an ungodly early hour, check into our hotel, not sure how we'll spend the rest of the day but the handlers have signed up in advance for something that involves chocolate
October 23 - Go to some amusement park...one that isn't hosting a hugely crowded festival of world food and drink
October 24 - Go to some other amusement park, but our dinner reservations are smack dab in the middle of a hugely crowded festival of world food and drink
October 25 - I'm told that today is to feature a huge skillet breakfast, followed by attendance at yet another theme park where I will meet this giant mouse of whom the handlers keep speaking of with reverence
October 26 - Another theme park. Seriously, how many of these things are there....really...that many...oh well, c'est la vie. At least this time I've been promised alcoholic beverages, specifically tequila, followed by Halloween trick or treating. You'd think the handlers would be too old and mature for that sort of thing, but you'd be wrong.
October 27 - This day we are scheduled to get up early and hop on a bus designed to take us away from the land of the great mouse...only to end up at yet more theme parks. No, you know what handlers, I'm beginning to agree with the grandhandlers here. This does seem like an amusement overkill. No I don't care that it has anything to do with those stupid Harry Potter books. Have you seen how those horrible wizard folk treat their garden gnomes?! It's disrespectful, not to mention abusive. I won't stand for it!
October 28 - Today the handlers have planned to visit a local modern art museum and take in the local culture available in Orlando...no, just kidding, they're dragging me to a theme park again. Apparently, they've signed up for some party where they get to drink and have desserts and watch fireworks. Handler 1 is all excited. I'll probably just be left behind in the room for the duration. Humph!
October 29 - Nope, the handlers don't expect to be sick of parks yet. How that's possible, I'm not sure. They'll be engaging in some food presentation or other today...I never thought I'd be bored of food and drink, but I'm getting there. Oh, and to top it all off, we're supposed to be having dinner with giant, mute animal characters tonight. Oh yes, this definitely sounds like a fun filled evening. Did you sense the sracasm there? No. Hmm...must not translate well over these internets.
October 30 - And for the final full day of vacation, you guessed it! The handlers are scheduling yet more theme park time. At least today will be broken up a little by relaxation with a traditional English tea (no, I'm not kidding about that...though I kind of wish I was).
October 31 - For the big Halloween finale of this trip there is to be one last (thank Thor!) visit to the big castle place and then a sad, long flight back to the cold reaches of the North. No matter how dull the trip seems to be, I never look forward to the denouement.
So, that's the basic rundown. Hope you're looking forward to the actual trip report as much as I am to experiencing it (there's that sarcasm again).
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