The MoBiles: Orlando, Florida-Thousand Trails Orlando (Third time!)

So here we are back in Orlando for round 3! Greg always says that staying at a Thousand Trails Campground is down time for him but for me it means days of park activities, swimming, and other kids on top of the usual list of “things to do”. But I enjoy it even though it is a little exhausting.

We stayed for two weeks and probably did a little more exploring than we have done in the past. Not far from the campground were three places of interest for the kids.

The first was the Showcase of Citrus. Obviously, they have citrus fruit for picking but they had so much more for the kids.

There was a fishing pond, an alligator pond, a playground, and an animal area with kangaroos, goats, chickens and an ostrich. They also offer a Big Foot tour but we did not sign up for that.

There is a little store to buy some local products like honey, salsa, jams and hot sauces. And they make a really good orange smoothie.

The next place we checked out was SkyZone trampoline park. They offered a homeschool time and so for $5 a piece the kids were able to jump for 2 hours. We got there a few minutes late but they jumped for a solid hour and a half. They definitely had some energy to burn!

And lastly, we visited Lake Louisa State Park. I have seen the signs every time we have come to Orlando and kept telling myself that we must go since this may be our last opportunity for awhile. I was surprised at how pretty it was. There was a small beach area and a nice new playground where we played and had lunch.

Then we went on a hike in search of a couple of geocaches. We found one but had to use A LOT of hints because it looked like a LOG! We never made it to our second find because we got off course and it was so hot and buggy, that we gave up.

On the weekend, we all headed to Tampa for the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. There were sooooo many people there! We saw an acrobat show, jousting, and a mud show.

And Jordan met a mermaid :)

But it was NOT the Texas Renaissance Festival for sure!

We had also heard great things about The Honeypot at Bee's RV Resort so we drove over there one night for all-you-can-eat meatloaf and pot roast. It was really delicious and I was so disappointed that I could not eat more than one serving! The kids both approved as well!

At the campground, we did all the craft activities we could, swam about every other day and made new friends. There were still many families there from the winter, which made it so fun.