October 20, 2007 by steve.

The CurbCrusher’s made a big trip this last weekend. All of eight (yup that’s 8 ) miles from the RV storage lot to Moss Park. Moss Park is a county park located south east of Orlando International Airport on the shores of Lake Mary Jane.

This is a fairly large park, up at the front near the entrance are two boat ramps, a swimming area, a number of pavilions, a playground and some large fields. As you go back towards the camping area, there is a group campground that always seems to be busy with scout groups and a couple of more pavilions. The campground is located at the back of the park. It has 56 regular sites with water and electricity and two large bathhouses laid in one big loop. There is a smaller loop inside the bigger loop that contains four “family” sites. These family sites are set up as big pull through sites that have two water electric posts that are set up to serve three rigs. Each site also has a grill and fire ring (except the family sites which only have fire rings). The sites are a crushed shell/sand surface. A big appeal for some folks is the dock that is located next to the campground. Campers are permitted to put their boats in at one of the ramps, and then keep their boat in one of the slips during their stay. In addition, there is a rather long trail, the Split Oak Trail, which starts at the beginning of the camping loop and heads back west into an area that is closed to vehicular traffic.

One of the reasons for heading on this looong camping trip, was because Lady CrubCrusher was taking Little CubrCruhsers Girl Scout troop Orienteering. The Florida Orienteering group was putting on an orienteering event. This is where you get a map with check points on it, and you use a compass to find your way. The troop managed to work their way around the course in about an hour and a half. Then we all went back to the campground for a lunch and some play time on the playground near the campground and dock.

It was a cool weekend in Central Florida, with temperatures dropping into the upper 60’s, lower 70’s each night, so we enjoyed a campfire both nights. Its the first time in a long time that we’ve had a fire in Florida.

All in all a pleasant weekend camping. No long drive, and not really far from home, but a good time was had by all.

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October 5, 2007 by steve.

The Kansas City airport is the place sometime in the past 10 years that Mr. CurbCrusher found himself during the month of January. The day started out blustery cold, then got colder. Sitting in a conference room facing a lake, Mr. CurbCrusher watched the lake go from a liquid state to a solid state over a period of about 6 hours. Since it also happed to be Mr. CurbCrusher’s birthday, his boss had promised him a steak. Well needless to say with weather freezing the lakes, there was only hotel food that night, no steak.
So Earlier this week, Mr. CurbCrusher finds himself in Kansas City for a conference. On Tuesday night, he found his way to The Majestic Steakhouse located at 931 Broadway, about four blocks from the convention center.
The setting is a downstairs, basement like, environment with raw brick walls. There is a piano player and jazz singer, who would probably sound good if the room was bigger. But with a seat right in front of the speakers, it just makes conversation impossible, and is a bit noisy.
Mr. CurbCrusher enjoyed the 8oz Fillet, with a twice baked potato. The meat was cooked and seasoned nicely, and the potato was about average. In my mind that about describes the meal, it was about average. Nothing to rave about, but nothing to turn your nose up at either. Considering that the alternatives were hotel food or a sports bar across the street, it was about as good as it was going to get.

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