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Sunday, July 25, 2010

The 2010 Wallace Family Vacation

And we're off to Orlando......Owen just didn't seem to understand even at the ripe age of 7 that this was going to be a LOOOONG car ride.

The first leg of the trip was from home to Birmingham AL. We decided to go an alternate route to avoid Atlanta and I-75. Matt's dad usually takes this route when he goes to FL ...a little longer in miles....but NO TRAFFIC which is worth it's weight in gold. Our trip started on our 16th wedding anniversary. We had dinner after checking in to our hotel at The Fish Market. The Fish Market is a locally owned neat little restaurant. In the picture above, Matt and Abby are enjoying Lobster Bisque.

Five Guys Burgers....

Thanks to my iphone and our GPS....we were able to find a Five Guys Burgers to eat lunch at when we hit Florida on Saturday. The food is amazing here. If you have never ate at one, you must try it. Fresh ingredients....hand patted burgers, fries from actual potatoes nothing frozen.... It's Abby approved as well!!

Double Tree - Castle

Doubletree Castle was a nice and inexpensive place to stay. The pool was perfect and secluded unlike most hotel pools. It was perfect for the kids since the deepest area was 4 ft. Our only complaints about the hotel was the lack of channel choices and NO FREE WIFI!!!!!

Bad Ass Coffee Company

Bad Ass Coffee Company is a local Orlando Coffee shop on International Drive. They had free Wifi and were close to our hotel that lacked free wifi. On Sunday, we ate at this local coffee shop and paid way too much for our food and coffee. They only brew Kona Coffee ....and were hawaiian themed. We got some great photo opps!