Unexpected Early Snow -White Halloween 2011 (Oct 29-30'11)
by Adrian

Early during the week, it was forecast-ed to snow on Saturday. Since it was forecast-ed to be accumulating one inch, no one took the warning seriously. I suppose it is very rare to have snow during October.

Wham.....! Did it hit us hard....! It was worse than hurricane Irene. Nobody factored in the fragile tree branches that would break easily. Well, as I have said it is too early for snow and the leaves have not completely fall off the trees yet. The treacherous snow landed on the leaves increased the load for the branches mixed with strong wind caused it to break.

Tree branches are over our area and we lost power since around 2pm Saturday (Oct 30'11). We saw branches on the cars and middle of the streets. We spent the night with camping lamps lighting our rooms with no heat. Imagine it was about 32F (0 Celsius) outside. Anyway, see for yourself the damages from the October snow storm.

Look at the sagging tree branches next to our shed

Broken branches on our front yard (Saturday)

Broken branches on our front yard (the next day)

More broken branches on the backyard

Road down our street closed due to broken branches

After about 24 hrs of no power, we finally had it back around 4pm the next day. We are very grateful there were no substantial damages to our property except a few broken branches that need to be cleared. Tennis elbow, back pain from shoveling the snow and a cut from cutting the tree branches .

Looks who is so happy. It also means Elmo's World is back.

Thanks for all your prayers and best wishes.

Disney Magic Kingdom Park
by Adrian

This is our second day at Orlando and also our second visit to another Disney Park. I have been to Disney Land (Anaheim, CA) twice and first time at Magic Kingdom (Orlando, FL). The Magic Kingdom's set up is very similar to Disney Land. Regardless of how many times I have visited the Disney resort, I still get excited. It reminded me of my childhood fantasy. Walt Disney has done an excellent job at creating a dream for a lot of people on this planet. See for yourself..!

Cinderella Castle iconic fairy-tale fortress that serves as the gateway to Fantasyland

Mickey Mouse's pumpkin deco on the Main Street U.S.A lamp depicting Fall is coming

A section of Main Street U.S.A

The Haunted Mansion

Pinocchio

Lilo and Stitch

Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Aladdin

Brandon enjoying the park

Family picture

Overall, it was a great visit even though we did not go for all the rides. We will definitely be back in a few years time. I strongly recommend you to check out the place.