A busy week!

Some guests, a Social and a bike ride. We've packed a lot into this week. With Christmas and the New Year approaching our tempo is picking up. The Holiday season is the time for some of our "Snowbirds" to head home to be with relatives while those still up North are beginning to pack and plan their escape just after their Holiday "requirements" have been met. We wish everyone safe and speedy travel.
Starting off our week we headed for the parks with Kevin and Annie and their triplets, Pat's best friend Cathy and her sister Mary. To a person they left their mark on Disney World after a whirlwind several days in the parks.

Don't let those cute little faces fool you. By the end of the week the adults were crying "uncle!"

Yep, dawn to dusk and then some.

For added measure, a little "Pixie Dust" was in order.

They hit the parks with gusto and left a lot more tired then when they arrived. The triplets got to dine with their special Princesses and collected more than a few autographs.

With a little break in between, our monthly "Palm Tree Bikers" Social was a time for chat and good food.

Although, if you can recall your early teen years at those "Sock Hops" and High School dances, our Social was not unlike those good ole times... when the boys sat/stood on one side of the gym and the girls sat/stood on the other side. See for yourselves...

(I just can't resist a photo op!)

and....

I guess we never really grow up!

Alas, we had another bike ride to ponder.

Fort Wilderness this time.

With some of our members making their way home for the Holidays our numbers shrank.

We welcomed Joepy (pronounced U P) to our group. Just nine of us peddled our way around the seasonably decorated campground.

Oh, that's Joepy in the "recliner" with the yellow jersey on. We got quite a few comments about our uniform Tees and even one "drive-by" who politely told Joepy that he had the wrong color shirt on. To which Joepy replied, "you're color blind!"

We observed quite a collection of decorated campsites...

We hid Steve's bike... (he never did laugh about that one).

Rose commented (more than a couple times) that she and Bobbi were the only two "chicks" among all the "roosters!"

We passed by the coolest wagon.

This one is built on a small vehicle chassis and is motorized. This wagon is not just slapped together, it's really classy.

We passed by the corner that's loaded with inflatables.

Ray says you've gotta see this park at night!

We just had to check out the Fort Wilderness Lodge Christmas Tree.

We're just now seeing some leaves on the ground. Just a few weeks ago we noticed some trees turning colors. Now that's the way to enjoy winter, trees change colors, leaves drop, two Holidays and then we can get serious about enjoying winter without snow, slush, ice, wind, cloudy days, street lights on longer and...

Oops, sorry, I forgot we've still got lots of friends up North.

To add a little more "salt on the wound," while some are fighting off "Jack Frost" we were trying to fight the garden greenery getting a photo of this beautiful specimen...