I know what you're thinking. Orlando again? It's a story. We had about a month's notice that Mark was invited to another all expense paid conference. But who wants to go alone? I found a discounted way to get their by prepaying for my own trip. The day before Mark was to leave, the conference was canceled due to all the blizzards around the country. That left us with two options - go anyway and pay for all of Mark's expenses, or stay home and lose out on the money I had paid. We would have saved money by staying, but if we're going to lose money anyway, we might as well have fun doing it. Unfortunately we couldn't get on the same flights, so the two days of travel were extremely long by ourselves. 
The weather had forcasted thunderstorms for our first day in Orlando, but we opted to try the park anyway. Maybe it was due to the forecast, or maybe the time of year, but it seemed as though we had Universal Studios all to ourselves. We hardly waited in any lines and got the majority of the park done in 2 hours. The weather cooperated as well and it didn't rain until the evening after we had already left.
We had both been to Universal Studios in California when we were kids and it wasn't like we remembered it. Even Jaws was different being in a boat as opposed to the tram ride. We still had a good time though.
Woody Woodpecker seemed so lonely with no line, so I made an effort to get a picture with him.
We got this one for Sam and Jo so we could amaze them with our story of meeting Curious George.
So did we go to Florida or California? It is trick photography. The street and half of the buildings are really at Universal, but the top half is a picture in front of us.
This picture was for my brother Matt. Maybe someday he can meet one of his idols.
Sorry Mark! He did not appreciate me asking him to pose in so many pictures, but it will always be fun to look back on.




