Busch Gardens was amazing.

While visiting family in Tampa, FL, they wanted to take my husband and I to Busch Gardens. I didn’t get excited about amusement parks, but my brother told us it was more than an amusement park. They had season tickets for a family of four, and since their kids weren’t home, they were going to let us have them for the day. She was telling us about the wild animals and the primates. She said there was a new ride opening soon, and was hoping it would be open when we got there. My husband calmly said it wasn’t what he liked to do, but he would go along. Two hours later, we were heading to bed, and I asked why he capitulated, and went. I couldn’t believe it when he told me we could sneak away from them and go to the Bier Fest. They had beer tastings, and food tastings. For just $40 more, we can eat and drink the day away and it would cost less than if we had to buy a ticket to Busch Gardens. I laughed, but I knew we had to tell our family we would not stay with them the entire day. He shrugged and said we could tell them after we got there. He wanted to enjoy the day with me and not tagging along with another couple. The other couple was our son- and daughter-in-law, but I was sure they would be okay with it. He said there were a lot of pavilions with shade at the Bier Fest. I pulled out what looked like headphones and told him I brought these with us. Our daughter had given us personal air conditioners that you wrapped around your neck and they really did look like headphones.

 

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It was a hot day in Sioux Falls.

My birthday falls at the end of June.

It can be in the eighties ‌or in the nineties.

This year, it was so hot here in Sioux Falls that I had the air conditioning on and I pointed it at my birthday cake. I didn’t even know I had a birthday cake until they delivered it. My husband couldn’t find anywhere to put it in the freezer or refrigerator. He told me he hated to ruin the surprise, but he needed help. Apparently, he planned a surprise birthday party for me, and the cake had arrived earlier than he expected. I walked through the house looking for a place to put a small table for the cake, so the air conditioning could hit it. Even with the air conditioning, by the time his guests started arriving, the icing was melting. He told me he had considered taking the party to Falls Park. The waterfalls could have helped with the cooling, but he didn’t think the older people would want to be out in the sun. He knew I loved Falls Park, and he wanted to have a surprise birthday party for me. I often said Falls Park was my favorite place in Sioux Falls, and he remembered. My birthday party won’t be a surprise, but it will definitely be memorable as one of the best I have ever had. Maybe next year, we’ll go to Falls Park for my birthday without being a folderol with invitations, a melting cake, and having it too hot for the old people.

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They accepted my son at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa..

My son had applied for six different universities, and so far, he hadn’t received acceptance from any of them.

I kept telling him to be patient, bec,ause sometimes it took time to get the paperwork.

I asked if he had one place he really wanted acceptance to, and he said it was the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa. When he said that, all I could think was that was where the Alabama Arboretum was. When I was at the university in Tuscaloosa, the arboretum was the place I went to when I wanted to think. It was such a beautiful place, and it was peaceful. The university arboretum is an exotic plant world. Six weeks later, my son came running into the house with the mail. He had a large packet of papers from the University of Alabama. He had been accepted, and this was all the information he needed for the school. Inside the packet was information on the University of Alabama Arboretum. He told me it sounded just like I have previously mentioned would. The wildflower garden housed over 250 flowering plants. There was a walk-through hickory, pine, and oak forest. You would walk thorough bogs and see cacti and orchids at the greenhouse. He said it was going to be hot in there, and I laughed. It was going to be hot in Tuscaloosa, and he had better hope there was air conditioning in the dorms. He stopped and looked at me like I was crazy about hoping there was air conditioning. There wasn’t air conditioning when I was there.
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We took a morning hot air balloon ride over Phoenix.

It was only fifty degrees when we boarded the balloon, and nearing seventy when we headed for brunch.

Last year, my family and I took our annual Christmas vacation in Phoenix, AZ. My parents moved there when dad developed asthma. The doctor told him the dry weather in Phoenix would be perfect for his asthma and mom’s severe arthritis. When they told me the average temperature in Phoenix during the summer was well over 100 degrees, we opted not to go there during the summer. We suffocated when it was 85 degrees at our house. Mom said it’s a different kind of heat because there is no humidity, but I wasn’t buying it. I would be holed up in the house with the air conditioning the entire time I was there. I promised mom and dad we would be there for Christmas. For their Christmas present, mom and dad planned a morning hot air balloon ride over Phoenix, for the family. My son and daughter were excited. The balloon ride offered a champagne brunch after the trip, and before the trip, they got to watch the balloon being inflated, and prepared for the trip. It was only fifty degrees when we boarded the balloon, and nearing seventy when we headed for brunch. I was surprised how beautiful the Phoenix, AZ area looked from 5000 feet up. When we got back to the house, the furnace was running and it shocked me. I thought it was too warm to have the heat on, but after eight months of 85 to 110 degree weather, I guess sixty-five to seventy-five was cold. Most of the holiday was spent seeing Christmas lights around Phoenix, but even without the snow, we had an amazing time visiting mom and dad.

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Oak Bistro and Wine Bar was calling to me.

When we moved to Royal Palm Beach, FL, the first thing I wanted to do is find things for my kids and I to do.

There were swimming pools at the apartment complex, and plenty of swings and slides.

They are only four and five, and I thought this would be enough entertainment during the hot summer days and cool winters. There was one thing I still had to discover. After taking care of the kids all day and enjoying their having fun, I needed to find someplace where dad and I could get away and relax. Sitting in the hot sun while the kids played was hard work. I was exhausted when I came into the house, and in need of some good air conditioning. I washed the kids up and then put them down for a nap. When my husband came in, I told him I needed some time without kids. We had already found a babysitter that was only two doors down from us, and she was a certified babysitter. I told my husband the Oak Bistro and Wine Bar was calling to me. It was less than six blocks from the house, but I wanted to drive. I didn’t want to walk in the heat and humidity. Not only did we enjoy the wine tasting, but they had delicious food. It wasn’t a fancy restaurant, but it was cool, we didn’t have kids, and I was able to relax. What more could you want but a small meal and a lot of wine. I was ready to head back home and go to bed.

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Orlando, FL can be safe.

As long as you stay in the areas where the tourists stay, or live close to the tourist area, you are as safe as anywhere else in the US.

I have lived in Orlando, FL my entire life. The weather seldom gets so cold that you need to have heat, and the average temperatures in the summer are upper eighties and low nineties. I loved growing up in Orlando, FL. Being residents, our prices for going into Disney World, or any of the other parks, were much lower. We could buy a yearly pass for the cost of one tourist price to the park. On those days it was too hot to do much of anything else, we would go to the park and ride all the fast rides, and those that have water involved. It was never a bad day in Orlando, FL if you had a season pass to the park. Some people ask if it is safe growing up in Orlando, FL. I guess it depends on where you live. When you live near the most magical place on earth, you would have to have good safety measures in place. A lot of tourists prefer to stay in Orlando instead of staying in one of the costly resorts inside the parks. As long as you stay in the areas where the tourists stay, or live close to the tourist area, you are as safe as anywhere else in the US. The tourist and business areas of Orlando are the safest areas. The city makes an effort to keep these areas clean and safe. With a crime rate of 58 out of 1000 residents, makes some areas of Orlando unsafe to visit. Just like any major city, it has its areas of crime.

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Busch Gardens was wonderful.

While going to see family in Tampa, FL, they wanted to take my hubby as well as I to Busch Gardens.

I didn’t get happy about amusement parks, but my sibling told us it was more than an amusement park, but they had season tickets for a family of four, as well as since their adolescents weren’t home, they were going to let us have them for the afternoon… She was telling us about the wild pets as well as the primates.

She said there was a new ride opening soon, as well as was hoping it would be open when my fantastic friend and I got there, and my hubby calmly said it wasn’t what he liked to do, despite the fact that he would go along. Two hours later, my fantastic friend and I were heading to bed, as well as I asked why he capitulated, as well as went. I couldn’t think it when he told me my fantastic friend and I could sneak away from them as well as go to the Bier Fest. They had carona tastings, as well as food tastings… For just $40 more, my fantastic friend and I can eat as well as drink the afternoon away as well as it would cost less than if my fantastic friend and I had to buy a ticket to Busch Gardens. I laughed, although I knew my fantastic friend and I had to tell our family my fantastic friend and I would not stay with them the entire afternoon, however he shrugged as well as said my fantastic friend and I could tell them after my fantastic friend and I got there. He wanted to appreciate the afternoon with me as well as not tagging along with another couple. The other couple was our son- as well as daughter-in-law, although I was sure they would be okay with it. He said there were a lot of pavilions with shade at the Bier Fest. I pulled out what looked like headphones as well as told him I brought these with us, however our kid had given us personal air conditioning systems that you wrapped around your neck as well as they unquestionably did look like headphones.

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