SgtMaj
Lieutenant Commander
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Hey everyone. I just got back from Orlando today, or, well, technically yesterday now.
I have to say, you Florida folks really got it made. It was sunny and warm the whole time I was down there. Perfect boating weather... in the middle of winter! Well, starting to get close to the end of winter now, but you get the idea.
I couldn't help but make a couple of observations while I was there as well. For example... I discovered that I really hate toll roads. I also found that their city planner must have REALLY liked curbs. There are so many of them, in such random places, that you find it quite difficult to get anywhere you're going without first passing it, going an additional mile or two, then turning around so that you can actually turn into the parking lot. The street signs are also indecipherable. For example, a sign will say that I-4 is up ahead, but it won't tell you which of the 5 lanes you need to be in to get onto I-4, or which turn goes which direction on I-4 until about 1000 feet too late. In fact, in one spot, the signs tell you to exit in a certain place for sand lake dr. When you do though, you end up in the Lockheed Martin parking lot, and while you CAN turn onto sand lake on the other side of the parking lot, that's not really what I would consider as the best route, when not more than 200' further down on the original road you were on, you can simply turn onto sand lake dr. at the intersection.
Anyway, we had a good time, and envy you Floridians for your year-round boating season.
I have to say, you Florida folks really got it made. It was sunny and warm the whole time I was down there. Perfect boating weather... in the middle of winter! Well, starting to get close to the end of winter now, but you get the idea.
I couldn't help but make a couple of observations while I was there as well. For example... I discovered that I really hate toll roads. I also found that their city planner must have REALLY liked curbs. There are so many of them, in such random places, that you find it quite difficult to get anywhere you're going without first passing it, going an additional mile or two, then turning around so that you can actually turn into the parking lot. The street signs are also indecipherable. For example, a sign will say that I-4 is up ahead, but it won't tell you which of the 5 lanes you need to be in to get onto I-4, or which turn goes which direction on I-4 until about 1000 feet too late. In fact, in one spot, the signs tell you to exit in a certain place for sand lake dr. When you do though, you end up in the Lockheed Martin parking lot, and while you CAN turn onto sand lake on the other side of the parking lot, that's not really what I would consider as the best route, when not more than 200' further down on the original road you were on, you can simply turn onto sand lake dr. at the intersection.
Anyway, we had a good time, and envy you Floridians for your year-round boating season.
Gets confusing...
