Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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Fairfield Harbour Vacation 2006

My family and I will be going to our Timeshare in North Carolina in 3 weeks and I will be using this Blog to document how it goes. (Maybe) Tmobile does not cover that area and unless I can get roaming or have a wireless conection for my laptop, I will have to update when I get home. Which I doubt I will do because the amount of paraphrasing and abridgment that I will do would make the Blog all but useless. If I can use my Sidekick II for this, then I can keep a daily or bi-daily account of my trip and hopefully keep its flavor. Another option would be to create daily Emails to myself and save them as drafts to be sent when I Do get coverage or use the NOTES feature on my phone and then Cut and Paste my Journal into this Blog when I get home. I can use the E-mail/Draft feature to keep my pictures that relate to the Blog as well but this will take up precious memory.

Satuday Morning August 12th 2006.
Well I CAN edit this Blog with my Sidekick and I was told by T-Moblie that we won't be charged roaming charges @ New Bern so I can update this as I go.
Well we left Mami's @ 4pm yesterday and hit a lot of traffic until just before Washington DC @ about 7pm. We got to Fredericksburg Va. Howard Johnsons @ about 10:30 pm. They tried to charge us more for the room than the price we paid online but GG didn't want to hear it and either did I. The room was nice enough though. We are going to try to leave here at about 8:30am and try to stop for donuts for breakfast. Too expensive to eat and restaurant. We hope to be at Fairfield Harbour at about 2pm.

Saturday Night
Well our first day was a bit hectic but turned out great. We got lost a few times trying to find the Resort itself but finally found it with the help of New Bern Tourist Information Center. We went to CiCi's Pizza for Brunch/Lunch and then went to the resort to check-in. They sent us to another office and didn't like the fact that we had 10 people( really 11) and the place was for 8 only. Nobody expected the place to look as nice as it did, based on the surrounding area, but the place is Beautiful. The kids went swimming while we went grocery shopping at Food Lion. Trying to figure out where everyone was going to sleep was not too hard but also not a breeze. Everyone crashed by about 11:30 and tomorrow I play on using the Gym @ 8am. Good Night


Sunday Night.
I got up at 4:30 and made coffee and then went online with the laptop on the deck outside. Watched a sermon from Andy Stanley and then went for my morning walk. At 8am the Gym opened and I used the Lifecycle and treadmill for an hour. Went back to the house and then we all went to the pools for a few hours. At one point all the adults fell asleep for a afternoon nap and the kids raided the fridge.The kids played miniature golf after dinner and Mayo ,GG and I made friends with a squirrel on the deck. Now everyone is playing Farkle. Overall a nice relaxing day.

Monday Night.
Today we pretty much stayed by the pool. Weather was nice. GG, Mayo and Charlie tried out the Gym. Ther was a welcome BBQ for all guests at 4pm. We went but did not eat because we are going to CiCi's for Dinner. $1.99 for kids on Mondays from 5-9pm. In the Evening we went for a walk through the marina and look at all the Boats. We might all take a tripe on a sailboat later this week. Found out today that the hours on the Rec. Center are Winter hours and actually the pool opens at 7:30am and doesnt close until 9:30pm. Tomorrow we plan on going to the North Carolina Aquairium and maybe the beach.

Tuesday Night.
Today we all Went to the North Carolina Aquairium. We tried to go to the beach but not only were most of us not interested in a beach with no arcades, Boardwalk but also there was no place for public parking. We went to Golden Corral on the way home. I wasnt sure if the food is the same from area to area but I have to say that the food was incredible.

Wednesday Night
We went to the pool for the day today and at 3:30 they had a Make your own Sundae Event for $2. We all had that and are going to have dinner at home and probably a Game night tonight. Yahtzee and Trivial Pursuit. A mouse made himself known today and helpled himself to Hot Dog Rolls. Antonio's Cell Phone made a trip through the Washer AND Dryer. It still works but the display is black. Trivial Pursuit was the 20th Anniversary Edition and was IMPOSSIBLE. Charlie, Antonio and I spent 2 hours trying to Build a Better Mouse Trap. No Good.

Thursday Night
We relaxed at the Resort today. Charlie and Mayo took a class on Chinese Painting at 10 am. The Weather was Shakey. Rain on and off. At one point, by the pool, it was pouring out and almost everyone went scrambling inside to the indoor pool. The kids and I stayed outside. I was under the umbrella at the table trying to keep everything dry and the kids had the entire pool to themselves. For dinner we went to BB Hurricane ,on-site, for some good food but the service was terrible. We waited for 1 hour from the time we sat down and ordered to when we got served. the place was not packed but ther was only 1 waitress and when Gregoria asked to speak to the manager, we were ignored. Never never never never again. Well, maybe next time the service will be better.

Friday Night
Our last day here. We leave tomorrow morning. Plan on driving all the way home without sleeping anywhere. Spent the Entire day at the pool. Everyone got plenty of sun. Tia Mayo Upa and Charlie took a Watercolor painting Class and the Teacher stayed 1 hour and 15 min later to let Charlie finish his painting. It came out Great! Went to Golden Corral for Dinner again. Came home from dinner and went to the pool for 1 last dip then packed up the house and went to bed.

Saturday Morning
Got up early and fed turtles. 14 at one time. Going to Golden Corral for Breakfast and then shopping at Pepsi Birthplace if open. Driving straight home.