Category Archives: Travel

The many travels of the Hayes family!

The Old Spanish Sugar Mill Breakfast… Errrr, Lunch

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The Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant at De Leon Springs State Park It was a year ago this month when we first ventured out to the highly recommended Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant in De Leon Springs.  For those of you who have been there, you know that the visit to the De Leon Springs State Park, and the restaurant… Read more »

Disney Dream Cruise Vacation 2015 – Day 5, At Sea

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Our last cruise day had arrived and everyone but me took the opportunity to sleep in. The boys have been going full steam from sun up to sun down and I have never seen them sleep in so late. We finally got everyone upright and ready to go and we headed to breakfast one last time at Cabanas. We art… Read more »

Disney Dream Cruise Vacation 2015 – Day 4, Another Shot at Castaway Cay

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As I awoke on day four I had my fingers crossed as I approached our curtains hoping when I pulled them back I would see clear skies over Castaway Cay, and I did!  I lightly encouraged the troops to get their butts out of bed because it was beach or bust today. I am sure this will come as a… Read more »

Disney Dream Cruise Vacation 2015 – Day 3, Nassau

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Day three on the Disney Dream was yet another perfect day on the ship. When we awoke we were still making our way to the island of Nassau in the Bahamas. Due to the fact that we made the most out of the first two days everyone was quite tired and not chomping at the bit to spring out of bed… Read more »

Disney Dream Cruise Vacation 2015 – Day 2, Castaway Cay

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I would argue there is no better place in the world to wake up than Castaway Cay. Even though the weather was a bit overcast it still was truly awesome to be docked at the amazing island. Emily was smart and had ordered a few things from room service to help tide us over until breakfast (only on a cruise… Read more »

Disney Dream Cruise Vacation 2015 – Day 1

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Today was the day we had been looking forward to for a while – Disney Dream embarkation day for our 5 day cruise to the Bahamas!  Emily did her usual amazing job getting us packed and prepared for five days of fun and sun at sea. We spent the morning locating and crossing off items on her laminated packing lists… Read more »

Road Trip 2010 – Day 17

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Seconds after I woke up today, I remembered that we were still in Orangeburg, SC, and it wasn’t just a bad dream.  I decided to rally the troops to get us out the door as quickly as possible so we could complete the last six hours of our road trip.  We picked through the limited breakfast choices, and I tried… Read more »

Road Trip 2010 – Day 16

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After enjoying a great night’s sleep in our comfortable room, it was once again time to embrace the day.  Since we were staying at the Hampton Inn we got to enjoy the delicious waffles that you can cook yourself.  Hunter loves waffles and they seem to help him get his day off to a good start.  Emily joined us for… Read more »

Road Trip 2010 – Day 15

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We awoke to yet another warm day in Strasburg PA.  We had about a five hour drive ahead of us today to get us to Roanoke, VA, so we made quick work of our morning.  Hunter and I headed down for what would be another challenging breakfast without Mom.  I basically got Hunter all set up to eat and about… Read more »

Road Trip 2010 – Day 14

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We awoke to a sunny and warm day in Strasburg, PA.  To see Hunter’s face this morning you would swear it was Christmas.  He could not get the day started fast enough, so he could get to his beloved trains.  Today was all about Hunter and trains.  We greeted the day with an extremely average breakfast and Hunter and I… Read more »