Speaking of routine, the Palm Tree Bikers wasted no time to hit the trail. Our first trek was Fort Wilderness and the Wave. Our small but eager group led by Jim met up in the parking lot and headed out. Alright, everyone line up for the official trailhead photo! Hey, Larry.... Larry!!!
OK, now we're ready!
We look pretty good for our first outing!
Thanks to our Captain, Roseanne, we have a terrific group photo!
You'll notice Pete and Joan didn't make the bike ride and for good reason, They arrived in Lake Magic the day before and have been on the go since. They needed to get their camper in order at some point. But, (oops, correction)they did not make it to lunch at the wave. Eight riders and thirteen for lunch, not bad for our first outing!
(Editor's note: Sorry we don't have a photo of our group at the Wave. The PTB photographer was so eager for a Ruben he totally forgot to snap the picture.)
For the record, all but three of our group selected the Ruben! By the way, we hear that the Ruben will be discontinued from the Wave's menu! Grrrrrr! They say we can get a very similar sandwich but it will be on pretzel bread. Mel told us we can still order the "Ruben" but we will need to request multi-grain bread. (corrected)
Please tell me this ain't so!!!!
I didn't forget about the "Nostalgia Journey Part 2." Pat and I were treated to a special event we'd like to interject before I carry on.
A few weeks ago we had an opportunity to enjoy a "Breakfast with the Chef" at the Festival Center in EPCOT.
The guest Chef was non other than Robert Irvine. Our Sunday morning consisted of a breakfast of wine and Eggs Benedict with all the fixings including dessert.
Following breakfast Chef Robert offered a program of how to cook the breakfast along with a wonderful mix of his quick wit and outgoing nature. His program was fun, lively and extremely interesting. He drew from the crowd and ended by enlightening the audience about his devotion and work with our Military personnel.
The Robert Irvine on TV is basically what you get in real life. He's extremely energetic and can be quite demanding. He's one of the more difficult people I've tried to photograph. He's constantly moving and very animated as you can tell by the photos.
If he calls you to the stage to "assist," be prepared!
See what I mean about being prepared if your in his audience? Robert had two guest "sample" the difference between Olive Oil and Grape Seed Oil. He cooks with Grape seed oil.
He has his Sous-Chef and an audience participant do the preparation of the meal as he walked about and explained the procedures as the cooking progressed. You can see, he's quite animated!
Near the end of all the cooking, Robert had one last thing to do... remove his chef's coat to show off (among other things) his trademark tee-shirt!
Yes, he is as big as he looks!
As mentioned earlier, Robert is more than a little connected to our Military men and women. He spends much of his time with and training them as well as traveling to be with them and preparing meals and supporting them. In the British Military, Robert was the equivalent of our Special Forces fighters. He's cooked for the White House and often travels with Gary Sinise to be with and support as many of our fighting men and women and especially our Wounded Warriors as they can.
After the breakfast, he set up for a "Meet & Greet!"
What a terrific way to spend a Sunday morning!
Here's a couple Robert Irvine links you may find interesting....
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