A short drive and the chance to catch up with the cousins. Awesome. As i5 was going to be a short drive we woke later than usual and headed off to Clarion, driving alongside a river for the first part of the way, once again commenting on the amount of water on the ground in the US. The scenery again was spectacular, and some of the cliffs that we drove past had huge icicles hanging from them, there was still snow on the ground in places, and not a lot of traffic....

We left Charlotte and headed north on one of the drives that I was looking forward to, and yet not looking forward to. On the map it looked like nice country and should be nice scenery, and on the other hand, was going to be close to Washington and all of the traffic that would be associated with that. Despite being a Sunday, the usual plethora of trucks were on the road, occupying the right lane, except on those occasions when they wanted to overtake another tr...

Back on the road again as we left Disney quite early and headed north, back towards Savannah and Georgia. Apart from the roadworks and the constant traffic that we encountered, it wasn’t a bad drive. We crossed from Florida into Georgia, then into South Carolina and then into North Carolina. Most of the drive was country, with the trees changing from palm to deciduous and the lack of leaves making for an interesting spectacle. The interstate skirts most of the...

For the last day at Disney we returned to Magic Kingdom as Sue missed out the last time. We did have a Fast Pass so after the obligatory security check and transfer to the world, we revisited Space Mountain. With Sue in tow we went back to Laughter House from Monsters Inc and then headed to the Winnie the Pooh ride, one of the rides that caters for wheelchairs. From here we headed over to Adventure Land Only to be told that the Jungle Safari ride’s wheelchair b...

Our second day back at Hollywood, and we had full intentions of it being a quieter, more relaxed day than before. We sent Matt ahead to get into line for ‘Slinky Dog’s Ride’, a roller coaster based on Toy Story. A 50 minutes wait for really not a lot. We had Fast Pass tickets to Aerosmith’s ‘Rockin Roller Coaster’ which is a fun, intense, but VERY quick ride. You shoot off and end up upside down within 4 seconds and then proceed to flip and turn for t...