Orlando Monday

Well, the show didn't open until 2:00PM today so I decided to head over to the Peabody at 11:00 AM to see the famous ducks walking the red carpet into their fountain in the lobby. I found a seat near the fountain that gave me the perfect vantage point to get a nice picture of the ducks walking up the red carpeted stairs. Just as the ducks make their appearance, a large sized woman squats right in front of me to get her perfect picture. So my picture had to wait for her to move and then, of course, the ducks were almost all the way into the fountain. Oh well, no big deal, I'll be here all week. I'll probably not make it over again though, I have a short attention span.

On my way back I saw a sculpture of a mountain lion facing toward the Peabody. It made me think it was headed over to eat the ducks...

So I headed into the exhibit hall around 1:30 to fire up the Barco Projector and the various computers. Only four hours today, 2:00 - 6:00 PM. It seemed like a really long four hours. I wandered around the show floor for a while to kill time and there were a lot of really cool exhibits. One in particular was DigiLife. They have a little tapeless digital movie camera that doubles as a 12 megapixel still camera sold through a distributor called Supacam. I thought the guy said it was $349 on a show special, but I went to their website and it was $318. I need to research it a little more. It has a 3x optical zoom which is nice, but I may wait a while regardless.

The show finally ended at 6:00 PM and I walked back to my hotel to change. On my way I took a picture of these Pointsettas in a garden near the Peabody. Later I went with some friends to the Red Rock Canyon Grill at the Pointe. They have an awesome calamari appetizer and I had their signature wood fired chicken. I think this is the best meal I have had this week so far. I highly recommend this place. Another thing that caught my attention were their pepper mills. This is a 12 inch wooden, hand painted pepper mill. We had a red one on our table and the table behind me had a white one. I'm not sure if they are all different but they are very nice. I tried to read the signature of the artist and I think it said Williams, but I can't seem to find it on the web. I'd like to have one at home.

Back in my hotel now enjoying a couple of Yuenglings and relaxing. The show doesn't open until noon tomorrow so I can stay up for a while and catch up on some work...