Where In The World Is Sum1?

Only In Orlando

Locale:Orlando, Florida

         This week I'm in Orlando, Florida, delivering a class to the Customs & Border Protection.  This is a different group than the people I taught last year in Chantilly, and of course, a different class.  I drove here for a couple of reasons, mainly because I enjoy the drive though.  I also took the time to play a little 'tourist' along the way, and made a couple of stops I've been wanting to make.

         I stopped in Bowling Green Kentucky on Saturday afternoon to visit a place I should have seen while delivering a class there last year.  I went to the Corvette Museum.  You might remember that a sink hole swallowed eight irreplaceable Corvettes in 2014.  Of course, that's all been filled in, but the area that was swallowed is outlined on the floor in paint.  There's even a manhole cover that looks down into the sinkhole, 30 feet below. (It looks like the sinkhole may actually be part of the Mammoth Cave system that is a few miles NE of Bowling Green). Several of the cars were damaged beyond repair, and I know it I had owned one of them (each car has been donated to the museum by a kind donor), I'd have cried.

         I arrived in Orlando yesterday afternoon to sunshine, and warm weather.  It was 90 at one point in my drive, which of course felt awesome after this past winter.  But traffic is terrible here, my ten mile drive to work takes about 30 minutes.  Oh well, it's a short class, I'll be heading home on Thursday afternoon.  Besides, I could be back in Illinois where Spring hasn't quite set in yet.


Noteworthy Restaurants:

         http://tibbys.com/uploads/menu.pdf

         I love Cajun food, so finding a good Cajun restaurant is always a plus.  Tibby's food is excellent, and tonight I also had excellent service.  The whole experience was a high-point of my trip.  Tonight I had Shrimp & Andouille Cheddar Grits.  They were excellent.  An appetizer of Muffuletta Spring Rolls only enhanced everything.


         My next trip will be to Alamogordo, New Mexico in two weeks.  So for the second time this year, I get to go 'home'.  Til then, y'all enjoy the warmer weather we're having....