FL17 - Day 2

By the time we got up at around 8am the rain had stopped.  The puddles in the car park looked to have been kept topped up during the night.

Breakfast at Rodeway Maingate is included. Don't expect a luxury experience though.  With the room rate of $31.99 plus taxes a night you can't really expect free/included anything.

The room was decent.  Two large beds. Aircon. Hot water. Free wifi.

After bagels and coffee we packed up and let TomTom take us to Silver Lake.  Really just hoping to get access to storage for our cases. In the end unit 236 was ready and so we checked in early.

Plenty of time before the football to do some shopping, food, and maybe get lunch.

There are only so many times to eat out.  We like to eat in and watch TV.  A chance to unwind and maybe gave a beer.

We did a Publix shop and unpacked that. The 3 in 236 denotes 3rd floor.  Luckily in the US ground is 1. So only two flights of stairs to lug everything up.

Next we went to lunch. At a Denny's.

Plenty of time to get up to Orlando for the football. 

On I4 there are lots of roadworks plus even with less than perfect weather too many cars.

We made it to the parking okay and then to the stadium.

The app that holds the electronic tickets wouldn't work. My phone took way too long to connect to the free wifi but once it did the ticket bar codes turned up. We were in.

The game was pretty good and we had a shaded view.  So glad I checked the stadium's north/south alignment and chose tickets in the south stand. Under the roof.  Although this didn't protect us from the rain at half time.

Going underneath did. The game ended 0-0.

The drive back proved more hazardous. Raining and a sky punctured with flashes of lightning. Lots of traffic heading west on I4.

Eating in. Some beers had. Soon it will be bedtime.