Night Out

Met up with my buddy Brian while here and San Francisco.
He, Brad and I went out to dinner with his wife Nicole, and followed up with a stop a a nice Wine Bar and a Cocktail Bar stop. Great weather and good times.

GG Bridge

Here is a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge from my recent trip to San Francisco.

Happy Easter

Egg Hunting

Chocolate buzz in full effect from this mornings Easter Baskets, the brood migrates into the chilly tundra, to search for eggs to provide additional nourishment for the family.

*Check the Rude Chowder Videos for The Easter Morning Wake Up.

PowerNap and ReCharge

We went to go see Horton Hears a Who this afternoon. Afterward we were on our way to the Parks again.....and this is what it looks like when the kids need a recharge.
They align their heads with the equator, so that they can optimize to full replenishment.
Flip doesn't need to do this , because baby monkeys always seem to be getting into stuff, they must store more energy than the older ones.

Seussland at Night

We went back to the Islands of Adventure last night, and had a blast!
Re-rode all the Seussland rides again.
Max rode the Spiderman Virtual ride with me, the whole team rode the X-Men Storm Force Accleratron , many times.
Little trick we learned, go to the park in the evening, parking is free starting at 6pm, no beatdown from the sun, and the rides seem to be more accessible. Plus watching the park transform to night mode was awesome.
This picture was taken from Olive Oils Boat, and is of Seussland across the water.

The LueFish

This whole time I thought it was bluefish.........guess I should have paid more attention in school.

Poop Deck Pappys

Max in front of Poop Deck Pappys.

Zoiks!

This morning we hit Universal Studios, hung out with the Mystery Machine bunch, and saw some shows like Shrek 4D, E.T. and Animal Actors.

Mr. Lohman reluctantly got on the Woody Woodpecker ride , only to begin screaming "I wanna getoff!" repeatedly after he realized it cranked to a blistering 22 MPH..... Although Flip and Fish thought it was very cool.

Simians in tow, we traversed the sun-beaten park for a few hours before Flip declared he wanted to go swimming. So......back to Horizons for afternoon swimming.

Thank god for 7 Day park passes........ We'll see the rest later, and there is much more too see.

Thank U 4 Flying

Chimps got to park the plane on the way to Orlando.

Flip slept thru most of the flight.

Horizons Day 2

Another action packed day, beginning with a Sunday morning breakfast of sausage and eggs.

Followed by a few rounds of ping pong and pool.

This picture is at the playground.

Aferwards we went to the other pool with tube slide and water park.

As if that wasn't enough, more pool back at the pirate ship, then we grilled steaks and played some basketball before resting the evening for its better tidings.

The kids passed out while watching one of their favorite movies.....Undercover Brother.

Orlando 2008

The Chowderians flew into Orlando yesterday to retreat to the timeshare for a Spring Break.

After a round at the grocery store...and liquor store, we made it back to the Horizons.

Of course the monkeys proceeded to put on their swim trunks and prepare to board the pirate ship.

Here is Flip, Fish, and Mr. Lohman attacking by slide.