Morning Cheer
As the sun arose over Crescent Lake the next morning and the concierge lounge began to fill up with juices and cereals and other breakfast-type items to charge people up for another wonderful day at Disney World, we knew that it was finally time for this couple to go home…
Ok, so I wasn’t exactly up at sunrise, per se – I mean, I’ve heard of it, but I’ve personally only ever witnessed its brother sunset at the more desirable end of the day. Nonetheless, over the years I’ve managed to hone my sleeping habits so that no matter when the checkout time is, I tend to wake up approximately 45 minutes prior to that time, leaving just enough time to shower and then rapidly pack before housekeeping (sorry – mousekeeping!) starts beating down the door!
Note: if you were to ask my wife about said practices, she would probably infer that her waking me up is the only thing that gets my lazy ass out of bed before checkout time, but to me it’s simply an issue of symmantics…
A quick shot on the way carrying bags down to the car – such a nice day!
No Beach Club Stay is Complete Without…
Of course, the timing was as such that we were basically going to have to eat out for lunch either way, whether here or once we got home and realized that we didn’t have a crumb of food left in the entire house, so we opted to grab an early lunch over at Beaches & Cream, another favorite dining establishment of ours here at the Beach Club. We ate here last time for our honeymoon as well (on the last day, in fact!) and it’s just a neat, laid back place to grab a quick bite to eat. The hotdogs are good, the authentic soda fountain drinks are good, and, well…
Their dessert offerings ain’t too shabby, either!
The Final Leg Home
So on that note, with ice cream in our bellies and admittedly a bit of a heavy heart for our journey finally coming to an end, we hit the road and drove the last 66 miles back home. It seemed a little surreal for it to finally be ending – just a few days ago we had been starring up at the Washington Monument on the National Mall, and a week before that getting completely soaked at Niagara Falls! Even looking back in writing these blog posts, it’s kind of incredible to think about all of the things that we managed to do in those three and a half weeks…
I don’t know what else to say except that I, for one, can’t wait until our next big adventure! I wonder where the open road will take us next time…