All the penguins!

We returned to Seaworld today for the last time before our pass runs out; we don’t do big roller coasters which seems to be most of Seaworld these days – and a number of things we might do, like Atlantis and Shamu, were closed … but we did get almost private access to the penguins, arriving soon after the park opened and with only two other people viewing them!

Later in the day we had an even closer penguin experience (a paid for VIP event) where we were allowed to stroke the penguins; again we got really lucky with a very small group so lots of penguin interaction!

Winter Garden Fire Rescue Annual Santa Run 2023

Since we moved to Stanton Estates, we’ve been included in the Santa Run route that the fire department does throughout Winter Garden, over a few nights approaching the holidays … our homes location means that we see the run pass behind us (visible from the upstairs rear balcony) and then a few minutes later they run down the street in front! This year I grabbed a few seconds of video of each pass:

Our house was on the first night this year (all the routes for 2023 are listed here):