Wednesday, March 21 2001

Good morning and welcome to Day 5 of the 8th Annual Spring Training Trek 2001!

The Braves have the day off today, and I was all set to take advantage of it by making my first ever visit to Universal Studios.  But due to a transportation mix-up (I did NOT oversleep), the day off became an off day.  So what do you do when plans made 2 months ago fall through?  When things are not going your way?  You eat and
regroup.  Well, I eat when things are going well, too, so I guess it was not exactly a light bulb moment.  But it occurred to me as I sat at the Rain Forest Cafe at Downtown Disney's Marketplace, that the whole week I
had been trekking and not really vacationing.

Although the sun was out it was very chilly (for Florida, that means 65 degrees).  So I went back to my room at the Port Orleans - Riverside resort, relaxed, and read a book.  Not very exciting but very much rewarding.  Around dinner time, I picked myself up and made my way back to Downtown Disney, did a little more shopping, then returned to Pleasure Island.  Appearing live at the Jazz Company was The Mambo Brothers, so while I listed to some great blues music, I had a St. Louis Blues Cheese Burger and, a first for me, cherry wheat flavored Sam Adams beer.  It was actually pretty good .

And so that is the extent of my Braves Day Off.  Tomorrow we return to form and hit the theme park pavement before the 7pm Braves game.  Until then, remember we should all take a day off to smell the roses.

Fuskie