Well, as I was pretty sure would be the case, Pixelmania's re-scheduling indeed interferes with my other annual vacation...I've officially booked my next cruise which goes right over Pixelmania, which puts the nail in the coffin for me (ha! ; Halloween reference!). Funny thing is, all of you northerners are coming down here for Pixelmania, while I'm heading north for my cruise...to go see some fall colors, feel some cooler air, and enjoy the mountains and evergreens and historic towns I don't get to see enough of. ; I'll be taking a 14-day trip, 12 days cruising, starting in Quebec City, and cruising up the St. Lawrence, to northern Quebec in the Saguenay region, to Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Bar Harbor Maine, Gloucester Mass, Newport Rhode Island, New York, and then home. ; I'm starting off with an extra day in Quebec before the cruise, because I absolutely love that town. Wish I coulda been there, but it will be a pretty decent consolation prize. ; And I can still hope and hope and hope that the next Pixelmania will be back to the awesome December schedule!
Too bad, but that sounds like an awesome trip. Much as I like Florida, by Fall I begin to long for cool weather and changing foliage. Guess you can't become a true southerner just by moving, even if it has been 20 years. Erich
Indeed - that's something I always yearn for - I've been a Floridian for a long time, but never get that seasonal change desire out of my blood. ; And definitely love the cooler weather - I'm in bliss for that one week out of the year where Florida's temperatures actually get low enough to be considered 'cool' to the rest of the U.S.!
Actually, you wouldn't believe how big a difference there is between Orlando and southern FL in the "winter". Then again, considering how often you're up here, maybe you would. Erich
Oh yeah...I actually consider my November through March Disney trips to be my winter getaways! ; I've seen Orlando hit low 20s, and fairly regularly dips into the 40s and 50s for that 3 or 4 month period...whereas south Florida where I'm from we might see upper 40s on 3-4 nights, max - and maybe a few weeks total that get into the 50s.
Sounds like a great cruise! Sorry you won't be here but let me know when you are coming and we'll see if we can have our own little version. Another Incredible poster.
From what I hear, the maritimes region of Canada is it's own sort of language and region. ; Canadian comedians consider that area their version of 'redneck' - they tell jokes about Newfoundland and Nova Scotia the way American comedians do about Alabama and Arkansas. ; Lots of Scot and Irish immigrants, very similar to our 'hillbilly' heritage in the south. ; Which is fine by me, as an Irishman. ; And of course starting off in Quebec, I need to par-lay-voo-fran-say!
I am from the maritimes and have lived there for over 25 years. Western Canada (Alberta) is where the rednecks are..
No offense on that Sean - just going by Sirius/XM's Canadian comedy channel - just about every Canadian comedian has a routine involving the Maritimes, and it's always that type of stuff. I'm personally looking forward to the Scottish/Irish heritage of the area - music, patois, dress, architecture - it's all my own background.
BTW - since you lived there - do you have any idea if the whales would still be migrating in that area in the second to third week of October? ; Just want to know if it's worth looking out for them or taking a whale watch trip...I've never seen the Atlantic whales, but used to go often in California to see the Humpbacks moving through...it's pretty cool.
There are always whales in the area, I took Karen on a couple of whale watching cruises and we always found it to be a good trip.
