The Raven's Roost

The campsites at Walt Disney World's Fort Wilderness aren't exactly roughing it, but I'm having a fun first camping experience here. We're in the pop-up and tent area, so we have a gravel pad, an aluminum picnic table and one of those big grills like you see in parks all the time. It's actually pretty quiet back here once the sun goes down, and the whole area is very walking and biking friendly.

We're having a much more low-key trip this time around, possibly because there's no racing. But we also aren't feeling the need to have Maximum Fun, which is I think what makes some peoples' tempers flare and causes so many fights and things here. If you've been planning this once in a lifetime trip for over a year, the timing of everything is super tight, because if one reservation or lightning lane pass fails or gets pushed back, everything else later in the day is fucked up, your kids are tired and having meltdowns, etc. Anyway, we're obviously not doing that. We've been enjoying tooling around Fort Wilderness, bike riding, walking, and then hitting the parks to look for yummy things to eat. Tomorrow we're going to Typhoon Lagoon.

We don't quite have the "camper life" thing down yet, so it looks like we've trashed the place, but there's a learning curve. It's comfortable for the two of us. The first night we both slept somewhat badly because it's so new, but last night I slept like a log for nearly ten hours. Anyway, here's the inside - one of those black and yellow boxes is clothes, the other is pantry items, things like coffee pods, trail mix, our dishes and things.



I'll get some outdoor shots tomorrow.

Also, Gideon's Bakehouse has a key lime pie cake, and holy shit, it's incredible. But it's also huge. There were three layers of cake, and the layers of buttercream were just as thick as the cake. I felt kind of icky the rest of the day but it was worth it.

Oh yes, and Gideon's didn't do this, but enough places have that it's making me mad. Why do I have to place an order just to see the menu? I've had to sign up, select a store, and start building a pickup order just to see what the fuck is on a menu, and I really don't think anyone should have to jump through that many hoops just to see if there's food somewhere they want to eat. Just let me see the menu. I might not want to order anything once I see it, but I guarantee if you make me set up an account first, I am absolutely not getting anything.


Anyway! I also saw a Camper Cat. In one of the loops where the big RVs park, someone had a kitty and it was loafing on the dash. They'd put a donut bed up there for the cat, but in typical feline fashion it was not sitting in it.