Actually "Worwando" is how Bella says Orlando. Which is the real subject of this post. After returning from Hilton Head Island, we were home for seven short days before we had to pack it all up again and head for sunny Orlando. Yes, we drove. No, it was not fun. And no, we will not be venturing to Orlando again unless it is on an aeroplane.
Anyway, getting there wasn't too bad. We drove to Savannah and spent the night, then went on to Orlando on Monday morning. We had gotten free tickets to a place called "Gatorland" from our travel agent, so we decided to stop there since it was too early to check in our resort.
To be honest, we were all a little leery of a place called "Gatorland". It sounded kind of... well, redneck. And the entrance wasn't entirely reassuring:
Yes, that is a large alligator mouth made of fiberglass. It wasn't very encouraging. However, Gatorland actually turned out to be a pretty interesting place. And it was more than a little disconcerting to be walking along and look over the hand rail to see this: 
The picture doesn't do it much justice, but they had some big gators. There was a small petting zoo, as well as an aviary, a walkway through the swamp, tortoises, etc. The girls had a blast. The down side was that it was in the upper nineties that day.
I love this picture. And I shouldn't have to even say it, but no, this is not a
real alligator. (Although you could have your picture made with a real
baby one for $15. We passed on that. )
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