 We
had to get up a bit earlier today. Breakfast reservation at 8:10am.
So up and at em and down to Shutters for breakfast. It STILL wasn’t
busy, but you would have thought they were swamped with the hub bub
going on. No clue why they were so spazzy but eventually we got
checked in and seated. There had to be 8 tables near us that had no
one there. And their looked to be plenty of staff, so no clue on
what the problem was.
 The
serve a plated breakfast for this. Eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes,
mickey waffle and rolls/biscuits. All was very good and the
characters were Goofy and Donald. They really spent a good amount of
time at the tables which was nice, and Donald’s handler even took a
family shot of us – her idea! Much better than the often times
rushed character meals in WDW itself.
 After
we finished it was back to the room to get ready for the beach
again. Today we are only getting the boogie board and will make due
with towels on the beach to sit on. ;-) Nice surf today, and again
no sign of the ‘finned friends’ again. Thank goodness! Still,
everyone watches all the time so that helps you feel a bit better.
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I
took a sun break after a bit and headed back to the room for a
while. More trip report work and stopped at the front desk to see if
it would be possible to tour a Beach Cottage. No such luck – they
are all filled right now. Bummer! When I got back to the room to
grab my camera the phone light was flashing. Seems Brinn’s coloring
entry at breakfast had been picked as today’s winner! She won a free
round of miniature golf for a party of four. Perfect! She will be
very excited!
I
walked around and took pictures of the resort. Actually, quite a bit
has changed since our last visit. The hurricane that came through a
couple years ago caused quite a bit of damage that had to be
repaired. The walkway to the beach is completely rebuilt and the
campfire area has been moved to the end of the resort just past
Vacation Home building 12. They have done a great job with
everything and it looks better than ever! 
At
the end of my walking/picture taking self guided tour I headed down
onto the beach to find the girls. They were still swimming in the
ocean so I got a few pictures of them as well. Then I took a few
things back to the room, met the girls at the pool area for a couple
more pictures and then our round of golf! Brinn was very excited to
find out she had won and we headed to the restaurant to get the
certificate for her prize. They had her picture hanging from the
podium and she was all smiles. 
We
headed out to the pool area and picked up clubs and balls to play
our game. It was fun and the girls were pretty funny to watch. We
haven’t gone miniature golfing with them before and it really
showed. Maddy still didn’t have holding the club correctly even at
the 9th hole! ;-) But it was fun, and we’ll just need to play more
often so they can get better.
It
was now time to be heading to the room to get cleaned up. My brother
Derek and his wife Tonya are meeting us at the Vero Outlets for a
bit of shopping and dinner. They live about 1.5 hours away, and had
a few hours this weekend to come up and see us. The drive there was
pretty easy (down US 1 south and then west on Rt 60 just past 95 and
it is on your left. Can’t miss it. Lots of good stores and we made a
complete circuit in less than a couple hours. Then it was off to the
nearby Cracker Barrel for a bit to eat and lots on conversation. It
was a very nice visit but way too short.
We
got back just in time for the evening campfire. We arrived for that
just before the fire was started. They have it down to a science and
Hank and his helper from Wales did a fine job. It was packed
tonight, and after several fun campfire sing along songs we all made
smores. It was pretty hot next to a campfire in August, but still
fun. And the smores were excellent!