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any have since been restored maybe someday i ll see the statues for myself and contemplate their existence like those ancient explorers did and now for the writing update between vehicle problems and life in general i only added maybe another 100 words to my wip trouble times three since my last a to z post still that s a little progress miniscule as it is anyone else have any bucket list items beginning with e lori l maclaughlin and writing reading and the pursuit of dreams 2020 all rights reserved posted in a to z challenge 2020 tagged a to z challenge 2020 alex j cavanaugh book bucket list castle ruins castles easter island edinburgh england iwsg london lori l maclaughlin trouble series trouble times three writing 22 comments may 21 2020 by lori l maclaughlin a to z challenge 2020 my bucket list past present and future d is for disneyworld i m taking the long way around with a to z this year my plan is to post every couple of weeks so i will have time to visit other blogs in between and still have time to write next up in the a to z challenge d is for disneyworld one thing i had always wanted to do was take my kids to disneyworld i grew up on disney movies both the live action and the animated classics even as an adult i still love them one of my all time favorite movies is disney s animated beauty and the beast in april 2012 we took an extended school spring break vacation and hit the road to disneyworld we drove from our home in vermont to orlando fl over the course of four days on the way down we stopped at grounds for sculpture an amazing outdoor sculpture park museum and arboretum in hamilton new jersey some of the sculptures scattered over the 42 acre park were incredibly detailed and lifelike contact by seward johnson eye of the beholder by seward johnson were you invited by seward johnson based on the painting the luncheon of the boating party by renoir others were more abstract but just as interesting henry moore in a sheep meadow by red grooms at disneyworld we stayed at the coronado springs resort it had a lovely swimming pool which we enjoyed very much mayan ruins themed lost city of cibola pool at coronado springs my daughter was a huge fan of the disney princesses so we visited as many as we could find a conversation with snow white the rides were a blast well all but one no one will ever get me on everest again after zipping around at high speed forward and backward and over stomach lurching drops in the pitch dark it was all i could do not to lose my lunch the kids liked it though the dreaded everest ride one of my favorite spots at disneyworld was the lego store in the marketplace right in front of the store stands a towering jaw dropping lego brick version of the black dragon maleficent from sleeping beauty blasting fire at lego prince phillip i have always loved building with legos and i love dragons particularly that one all i could do was stand there and say wow that is so cool lego dragon from sleeping beauty in the disney marketplace after we left disneyworld we went to the real legoland in winter haven fl about 45 minutes south of disney talk about mind boggling creations i can t imagine how much fun it must have been to build all those skyscrapers and landmarks and animals and dinosaurs and people a fantastic collection of lego masterpieces though i have to say that to me none was as awe inspiring as that dragon new york city skyscrapers legoland fl washington dc legoland fl tower cathedral legoland fl lego ford explorer legoland fl lego giraffes legoland fl legoland fl legoland fl legoland fl legoland fl legoland fl on the way home we stopped at the nascar hall of fame in charlotte nc my son s dream is to be a nascar driver so this was the highlight of the trip for him he got to see the racecars of some of his favorite drivers and actually sit in a racecar and drive in simulated races he would have kept on driving until the cows came home as they say if i d have let him but unfortunately we did have to get back on the road my son driving the 16 racing sim car we all had so much fun on the trip it was by far the best family vacation ever and now for the writing update the last couple of weeks have been a little crazy so i didn t get much writing time but i did add another 600 words to my wip trouble times three i m happy to still be moving forward despite everything and there s a three day weekend coming up can t wait to get back at it anyone else have any bucket list items beginning with d lori l maclaughlin and writing reading and the pursuit of dreams 2020 all rights reserved posted in a to z challenge 2020 tagged a to z challenge 2020 book bucket list disneyworld grounds for sculpture legoland lori l maclaughlin nascar hall of fame trouble times three writing leave a comment may 6 2020 by lori l maclaughlin iwsg and a to z challenge my bucket list past present and future c is for caribbean cruise today s the day for the insecure writer s support group iwsg where on the first wednesday of every month writers get together to share their insecurities and offer encouragement the iwsg was created by alex j cavanaugh and you can learn all about it and sign up for it here i don t really have any new insecurities at the moment just the usual ones so i m going to move on to the iwsg question for this month do you have any rituals that you use when you need help getting into the zone the things that help me to be the most productive are a good night s sleep and a quiet house it s impossible for me to concentrate and think creatively if i have a tired brain or too many distractions that disrupt my focus sometimes going outside and either taking a walk or just getting some fresh air helps clear my head if the words aren t coming as easily as i d like another thing i find helpful is to go back and re read the last several pages i ve written or even the previous chapter many times when i get back to where i left off the way forward becomes clear and i m back on track and ready to dive into my characters next adventure and speaking of adventures it s now on to the a to z challenge i m taking the long way around with a to z this year my plan is to post every couple of weeks so i will have time to visit other blogs in between and still have time to write c is for caribbean cruise i went on my first and only cruise way back in september of 1988 i always thought it would be a fun thing to do to sail on the ocean and visit tropical locales like you see in the movies the first things that struck me when i landed in miami besides the heat were the palm trees i had never seen real palm trees before only pictures that may sound kind of silly but i found them really interesting things didn t go quite as planned in the beginning of this adventure someone was supposed to meet me at the airport and give me a ride to the ship the caribe where i would then meet up with the tour group i would be traveling with no one was there however so i ended up hopping a bus that took me to the port where the cruise ship was docked of course there were several ships docked there and not being able to see the names i had no idea which was the caribe but after stopping and asking a few people for directions i did find the right ship after i made it onboard and got settled in my cabin i discovered a not so fun thing about cruises ships rocking in the ocean make me seasick and we hadn t even left the dock that prompted a visit to the ship s doctor who gave me a shot and some motion sickness pills that solved that problem things went much more smoothly after that our first stop was in puerto plata in the dominican republic it was my first time visiting a developing country i remember bartering with one of the natives for an amber necklace and bracelet the differences in the way of life between the people there and where i live were both eye opening and sobering and made me think about how many things in my world i took for granted we visited a market place took a scenic drive past sugar cane fields and spent some time on a lovely beach puerto plata dominican republic puerto plata dominican republic puerto plata dominican republic our second stop was in san juan puerto rico we took a tour through the city and saw the capitol building and some other places some of the city s streets have the unique feature of being paved with blue cobblestones apparently when the spanish sailed across the atlantic to the west indies looking for gold in the 1700s they brought the blue cobblestones with them as ballast in their ships they left the cobblestones behind when they took the gold back to spain and the people of san juan used the cobblestones to pave their streets a few of the original cobblestones still exist there s a legend that says if you stop to listen you can hear the footsteps of the spanish soldiers who once walked the streets san juan puerto rico san juan puerto rico capitol building san juan puerto rico if you look really closely you can see the blue cobblestones through the bus window on the right we also visited castillo san felipe del morro a citadel built by the spanish between the 16 th and 18 th centuries to protect the entrance to san juan bay against seafaring enemies the citadel was used as a military base by the us during world war i and ii san felipe del morro san juan puerto rico san felipe del morro san juan puerto rico san felipe del morro san juan puerto rico view from san felipe del morro san juan puerto rico from there it was on to st thomas in the virgin islands the land of amazing beaches we took another scenic tour shopped in the shopping district and enjoyed the white sands and gorgeous turquoise water charlotte amalie st thomas virgin islands my ship the caribe is the little ship behind the huge sovereign of the seas in the bay on the left the norway is the ship farther out to sea megan s bay st thomas virgin islands bolongo bay st thomas virgin islands the flight home was uneventful thankfully the caribbean cruise was quite an experience but i have to say that once was enough for me i have no desire for any more ocean excursions and now for the writing update i added another 1 000 words to my wip trouble times three since my last a to z post feels like a turtle pace but at least it s moving forward anyone else have any bucket list items beginning with c lori l maclaughlin and writing reading and the pursuit of dreams 2020 all rights reserved posted in a to z challenge 2020 tagged a to z challenge 2020 alex j cavanaugh book bucket list caribbean cruise caribe dominican republic iwsg lori l maclaughlin puerto plata puerto rico san juan st thomas trouble series trouble times three virgin islands writing 9 comments post navigation older posts now available now available now available lori l maclaughlin lori l maclaughlin follow writing reading and the pursuit of dreams on wordpress com follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications 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