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From the walk to the Saratoga Springs resort, looking back at Dwntwn Disney.

Not a real boat - a restaurant.  It's along the walk in Dwntwn Disney, taken from across the lake in front of the resort.

Nice area along the walk in front of Saratoga Springs resort.

Mockingbird.  Just sat in this tree looking at us.

Along the walk going to the resort.  My favorite - little blue heron.  See the snails?

2011 Wed. Feb. 9

We went to the Market Street Café in Celebration for lunch, walked around lakes 2 & 3, and met a nice couple while looking at the otter in lake 3. They originally are from the Yorkshire area in England and have neat British accents, but they lived in Spain for 20 years and now live in Cincinati to be close to family. Like us, they come south for the warmth, stay at a resort, but love to come to Celebration to walk around the lakes. We had a nice visit. Next, back to Starbucks for coffee and treat that we ate at the shore of lake 1. Very nice out, lots of people around, and we sat and read our books for awhile. Then we went for a ride to the south of town center. Celebration has no other roads coming in to it except off the intersate - so the edges of the town are all woods and water. There are very few straight streets, and lots of parks and walkways. Finally we went to the library to drop off books and came back for light supper.


FL WEATHER: High 75, low 62. Sunny & all day.


FL NEWS: Wednesday Buzz: Did Gov. Rick Scott lie about school funding?:
The budget proposal that Gov. Rick Scott unveiled this week would cut public education spending in Florida next year by at least $3.3 billion. The cut took many people by surprise, because Scott had said up until a few days ago that schools wouldn’t lose funding under his budget. He insisted he didn’t cut state funding; the lower total for schools reflects the fact that they are no longer in line to receive the billions in federal stimulus dollars they did the past couple of years. In fact, state funding would drop by $155 million under his budget, less than 2 percent of this year’s total -- though a requirement that public employees contribute to their pensions could offset that loss.