Illinois Cousins Visit

My cousin Frances and her husband Jack arrived in Kissimmee yesterday for a short visit. We met them and my brother's family for dinner at the Golden Corral in Kissimmee. Afterwards we all went back to my brother's house for a longer visit.

We caught up on each other's news and family happenings. Then I showed Frances and Elaine the family genealogy I've entered on Ancestry.com.

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We took a group photo before we all left Cyril & Elaine's.

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Then today we had Frances and Jack come out to the RV for dinner. Mike grilled chicken and we had potato salad and beans for dinner and sat outside to eat.

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After dinner we drove over to Cyril & Elaine's for a visit before Frances and Jack leave tomorrow. It has been almost 5 years since we had seen Frances and Jack and we plan on visiting them in Illinois later this year.

Fantasy of Flight Museum

We met Chris, Carole, Paulette and Dredsel at Perkins Restaurant for breakfast before Paulette and Dredsel left to go back home to Jacksonville. Before saying goodbye to Paulette and Dredsel, we took photos of each other in front of Perkins. We wish that they could have stayed longer.

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Chris and Carole followed us back to the RV so we could park the Vue and then we drove south to Polk City in their car to visit Fantasy of Flight. Fantasy of Flight is located 25 miles south of Kissimmee just off of I-4.

We arrived at Fantasy of Flight a little before noon. Fantasy of Flight advertises itself as "an attraction on a higher plane", not an aviation museum.

From Fantasy of Flight

With our AAA discount of $8, the admittance fee for Mike and I was $53.40. We entered Immersion Environments which took us from Early Flight through World War II. We walked through

Kissimmee Air Museum & Columbia Restaurant

This morning Chris, Carole, Paulette and Dredsel came over and we split up into two groups. Mike, Dredsel and Chris drove in Chris' car over to the Kissimmee Air Museum that is located at the Kissimmee Airport.

The Kissimmee Air Museum & Warbird Adventure Flights has displays of airplanes from the WWII era. The admission for the museum is $7.00. Judging from how many photos Mike took of the museum, I'm sure the guys had a great time.

From Kissimmee Air Museum

 I drove Carole and Paulette in our car to downtown Kissimmee. We found out when we got downtown that there is a Farmers' Market on Thursdays,

Out of town visitors

This morning I saw 2 bald eagles here - one eagle was sitting in a pine tree

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and the other was sitting on top of a light pole.

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This is the first time we've seen bald eagles here and they only stayed for a few minutes before flying off.

A few months ago Mike's brother coordinated with their cousin (who lives in Jacksonville) to plan a trip to Kissimmee to visit with us. Today Mike's brother Chris and his wife Carole arrived here at the RV around noon. We