East Coast Adventures August 2013
Map so far:
View Larger Map
August 15 - Thursday
Start: Seattle, Washington
End: Orlando, Florida
All day plane flight from SeaTac through Atlanta to Orlando on Delta Air.
After 1130pm arrival to Hilton Orlando hotel right near SeaWorld.
Stay: Hilton Orlando
Aug 16 - Friday
Start: Orlando, Florida
End: Orlando, Florida
Stay: Hilton Orlando
Activities:
Swimming in the fantastic Orlando Hilton pool. This hotel has a great pool complete with a nice waterslide and an entire lazy river. The kids loved this pool. Highly recommended.
SeaWorld - for the afternoon we went to the new Antarctica ride/penguin exhibit. You have two choices for the ride - Wild or Mild. Jace and Kaelen chose Mild. Either way you board an 8 person sled/cart and go through a short 10 minute ride that moves around through an indoor ride while showing the story of a new penguin. After that, you disembark into the penguin exhibit where hundreds of Rockhopper and King penguins are hanging out swimming and standing around for the crowd to observe up close.
Aug 17 - Saturday
Orlando, FL
Activities: SeaWorld Private Penguin Encounter
Jace and I went back into SeaWorld for a special tour behind the scenes. We were able to touch and pet a female Rockhopper and a male King penguin.
Titanic Experience. A guided museum tour of relics and stories from the Titanic. About 70 minutes.
Aug 18 - Sunday
Start: Orlando, Florida
End: St. Augustine, Florida
Activities: Swimming in the warm Atlantic Ocean, walking over the Lion Bridge into old historic downtown St. Augustine (established by the Spanish in 1565).
Late night on the beach next to our RV park with the moonlight.
Aug 19 - Monday
Start: St. Augustine, Florida
End: Jekyll Island, Georgia
Morning on the beach again.
RV parking is at a grass field park one block from the main parking structure for visitors. Old town has narrow streets not well suited to RV driving.
Visit to the oldest stone fort in America in St. Augustine.
Then the pirate museum right near the old fort.
Aug 20 - Tuesday
Start: Jekyll Island Campground, Georia
End: Mt. Pleasant KOA, Charleston, SC
Activities:
Swam at the beach, incredibly warm yet very murky sandy water. Very shallow and you could walk out waist deep about 100 meters out.
Private dolphin tour. Two hour boat ride with two tour guides from the historic district (where all the rich family houses are still). Great boat trip to various parts of the island for birds and bottlenose dolphin encounters.
Aug 21 - Wednesday
Start: Mt. Pleasant KOA, Charleston, SC
