Do You Have A Magic Holiday Memory?

TonyK
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:08:03 +0000

On Christmas Eve my family and I drove from NY down to VA when my van’s steering system acted up at 6 PM. Our destination was Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando so I got off I-95, but all the repair shops were closed. I tinkered with the van so it was driveable and we drove for another hour or two. When we finally pulled into a hotel they gave us their last room available.

The only restaurant still open at 10:00 PM was an Outback. The host greeted us and then locked the door behind us, and told us the kitchen was closed and they wanted to go home very soon. She checked with the kitchen staff and they rustled up a tremendous meal in minutes which we devoured after being in the car for hours. When we got back to the hotel we sat and watched ducks in a pond and enjoyed a beautiful warm Christmas Eve. It set the tone for a week’s vacation that I’ll always remember.