Fort Wilderness

Despite breaking my foot two days before their arrival, we managed to get my son's family set up in our motor home in the 500 loop of Fort Wilderness, Disney World's fabulous campground.

I wish I had a good story to go with the broken foot, but I don't. I was walking up to the pool supply place and "POP". I have to keep all weight off of the right foot and I am wearing a boot cast at all times other than when sleeping. That placed the entire burden of getting ready, loading the motor home, driving it to the campground and setting up, on my hero of a wife Barbara. This was on top of her caring for her elderly mother and coordinating the fostering of dogs for Golden Retreiver Rescue of Mid-Florida. Busy lady.

This was her first time backing into a snug campsite and she did a magnificent job. She got it in on the first try!

Chris, Lisa and Jack (4 years) got two full days in the Magic Kingdom. With the end of daylight savings time the days are quite short right now. It was dark by the time they made their way back to the camp each evening. Still, we managed to grill two nice dinners and share each other's company. Bright and early Sunday morning we had to break camp and get Lisa to the airport. Lisa works for an airline and the family was traveling space available. Orlando is famous for full flights, and Sunday was no exception. They elected to split up with Lisa leaving first to get home to their other son, Ben (8 months) and relieve her mom who had come to babysit. Chris and Jack extended the adventure by renting a car and driving to Jacksonville to stand by for their trip home. It all ended well.

Lots of smiles!

For those of you that have not spent any time at Fort Wilderness I must recommend that you find an opportunity to do so, even if it is just for a few days. As you would expect the park is immaculate and the staff is friendly. There are plenty of activities for kids and miles of bike trails through the forested campground. The facility is very large, but the campsites are nicely spread out in the trees in several loops of about fifty sites each. You do not get the impression of being in as large a facility as it is. Don't have an RV or tent? No problem, they have many cabins as well.