Animal Kingdom close-ups

Posted on by Ian C.

I spent a few hours yesterday, touring Disney’s Animal Kingdom, with my high-zoom camera; I also used my iPhone and fitbit App to track the day, making for an interesting map! The long “stem” is walking to/from the parking, into the park …

Walking at Animal Kingdom

The break at mile one is where I did the Safari (I didn’t track it since I wasn’t walking!); the loop top left is walking Pangani Forest – the Safari drive wraps around the outside of that area. Above mile two is the other forest walk, Maharajah Jungle Trek. Down by mile four is where I rode the Dinosaur ride (which is surprisingly short, more time queuing than riding!); quite a lot of doubling back too, killing time between FastPass bookings!

 

Most of the photos come from the Safari ride; using my high-zoom camera can give nice close-ups, but it’s tricky since this ride vehicle almost never stops! So a few pictures are blurry or poor quality, but hopefully enjoyable enough …

 

Winter Garden Independence Day 2015

Posted on by Ian C.

Back “up north” we sometimes spent the Independence Day celebrations with a Red, White and Blue breakfast organized by the Manchester Rotary Club, and later a parade through Manchester, or Gloucester … I posted pictures long ago!
This year we joined Winter Garden for their breakfast organized by the Masonic Lodge, and then a very different parade – mainly of children on their decorated bicycles: