Famille Du Pentium

Bob Dylan turns 65 on Wenesday. 

 "How does it feel… to look like an aging hee-haw regular?"

Lets see how many of my siblings remember this

I plan to give you a little insight into my crazy mind, and blog what, for me, goes into planning a trip to Disney World for my family.  Follow the "Travel" category (http://famille.org/blog/travel/) to keep up with the Disney entries.

It is about 13 months (384 Days to be exact) before we will start our Disney vacation, not including travel time (we’re driving).  Here is what I’ve done so far:

• Buy the book.  I need the book.  
• Read the  section of the book on "when to go."  We actually already know pretty much when we’re going, but we can tweak the days to take advantage of slight lulls in the crowd. 
• We have to decide which ticket to buy.  This is much more complicated now.  Disney charges extra for the water park add-ons and park hopping option.  I think the park hopper is a given, we used that a lot last time.  Last time we didn’t use the water parks, but it was December.  Hmm, now we’re going in June.  So I read the book sections on the water parks to decide if our kids will have fun there, or just become french fried potatos.  I’m leaning toward not getting the water parks.  They seem more geared toward older kids, and Aaron really doesn’t like the slides.  I like the slides, and so does Marla, but I don’t think that the kids can hold down the fort while we go water sliding. 
• Decide where we are staying.  The Port Orleans – Riverside is the lowest price resort that has rooms that accomodate five.  It’s a moderate resort, doesn’t look too bad, friends have stayed there and said it was fine.  Looks like it’s Port Orleans!  (And, hey, they have a sit-down restaurant and a Jacuzzi.)

So far, it seems like we’ll buy the "Magic Your Way" base tickets with park hopper option, and it looks like our dates will be:

• Leave Chicago June 3, stop over about 1/3 of the way there, probably somewhere in Kentucky
• Stop over June 4 about 2/3 of the way there, probably somewhere in Georgia
• Stay the night in an off-resort Orlando hotel the last travel day (June 5)
• Get up bright and early on June 6, go to our resort, and get our tickets.  Drive to our first park in time for opening.
• Spend a week there
• Leave June 14

So now we’re set.  We’ll need tickets with park hoppers for five starting June 6 and ending June 13 at the Port Orleans – Riverside resort.

That wasn’t so hard, was it now?  🙂  Only 383 days left… 

Sadly I just this week learned of the passing of Buck Owens.  I was raised on Buck Owens, by virtue of his long-running show Hee-Haw.  Hee-Haw, it is little known, was the longest running show ever – 24 years, from 1968 to 1992.   It ran in syndication all but the first 3 or 4 years, often against powerhouse shows like Lawrence Welk.   One of my earliest childhood memories was asking my mom if, after we made a planned move from suburban Chicago, IL to San Antonio, TX, we would still be able to receive the Hee-Haw show.  That’s right, I was worried about not being able to watch Hee-Haw IN TEXAS.  Hey, I was six.

In honor of Buck Owens, I must post the following song, written by Buck, in his memory.  It definately brings back memories for me.   Where, oh where are you, Buck? 

 

Down here on the farm the weather gets messy

Laying around with nothin' to do

When you went away, you took my cow Bessie

I miss her darling, more than I miss you

You took off your leg, your wig and your eye glass

And you should've seen the look on my face

I wanted to kiss, I wanted to hug you

But you were scattered all over the place

Chorus:Where, where, are you tonight?

Why did you leave me here all alone?

I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.

You met another andPhht! you were gone.

I know that you loved me, here's my way of knowing

The proofs hanging out right there on the line

When I see the snow and feel the wind blowing

Your nighties hugging them long johns of mine

The noises you made at our supper table

Your habits, my dear, were surely absurd

But how many times do I have to tell you

Soup is a dish to be seen and not heard

Chorus:Where, oh where, are you tonight?

Why did you leave me here all alone?

I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.

You met another andPhht! you were gone.

Remember you phoned me a-sobbin' and cryin'

The dog bit your maw, and drug her around

You said she looked pale and thought she was dying

I said "Don't worry, I'll buy a new hound."

I had six kids and you had eleven

And we had a boy, and they grew like flowers

I wish you'd come back, without you ain't heaven

'Cause your kids and my kids are beatin' up ours

Chorus:Where, oh where, are you tonight?

Why did you leave me here all alone?

I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.

You met another andPhht! you were gone

I searched the world over,And thought I found true love.

You met another andPhht! you were gone...