I Followed The Yellow Brick Road

This is not going to be the kind of post you think. Safe to read even while drinking your coffee.

Where others may think that a Honeymoon Trip to the beautiful state of FLORIDA in 1977 is extraordinary, keep in mind we live in Florida. But yes honeymooning in Florida was special for us. The morning after our wedding we woke up to our first time ever sleeping together or for that matter with anyone. What I remember most about that day, that I can share here…. is that I woke up to Sweetie in a complete panic. His pillow was over my head and he later said he thought surely he smothered me. That’s what happens when you have never shared a bed with another person. It was a full size bed and we didn’t graduate to a queen sized bed for several decades. Actually our choice.

Our honeymoon plan was staying at an onsite beautiful hotel at Disney World and then over to Daytona Beach. Unfortunately our trip did not begin until Tuesday. Back in the 70’s the flood of northerners into our state was so rapid that the phone system could not keep up with it. The house was purchased the month before our wedding but we were told the only way we could get a private phone line was to be present for the installation on the Monday after our wedding. When I look back on it now it might have been fun to have a party line. Not as fun as it sounds. You basically had to share the line with someone else. We all had our own phone number and you didn’t even know who or where the person was you shared the line with. As you picked up the phone if someone was having a conversation you simply hung up and waited you turn. We had that same phone number for over 40 years. More on that soon.

I don’t remember much about Disney. I will have to look back in the limited pictures we have. But I do remember beautiful Daytona. We stayed at a place called Perry’s on the Edge. Each morning you went down for breakfast which was an elderly couple making homemade donuts. They were heaven. There was also an indoor pool which was good since it was in the month of February and the beach wasn’t going to happen. We actually brought the boys there several time in the years after. OK keeping this real. I just googled and the hotel is still open AND THEY STILL MAKE HOMEMADE DONUTS! This may have to be part of the surprise ahead.