Blogs from Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, North America - page 3

Geo: 29.2036, -81.0394Headed east to the coast - Fort Pierce and then north to Merritt Island to Melbourne and Cocoa Beach. The beaches in Melbourne were very nice and the sport of the day was body boarding on the waves. Then on to the Kennedy Space Center where we spent several hours. They are preparing for the April 29th shuttle. The tour includes a variety of films and presentations as well as bus rides to shuttle pads, etc. It is amazing the size of the rocket boosters used to get the command module into space. From there we continued to head north to Daytona Beach. Tomorrow we head towards Georgia. ... read more

After leaving St. Augustine’s Historic district we headed to an area called Valano, which is a beach town, with beautiful beach front houses and motels, but it was quite derelict, but cool; perhaps its busier in the high season. We then headed to Anastasia Island, and were planning to stay there, we found a lovely motel, with a seafront pool and access to the lovely beach. However it was raining and felt really stormy so we decided to head to Daytona. We cruised the 50 miles, listening to Jacksonville rock (Guns and Roses and Nirvana) perfect American driving songs. We arrived in Daytona, and the sun was in the sky, finally! We are staying in a lovely motel and have a balcony which looks uninterrupted onto the beach and pool. The sea is wild, due to ... read more

Last night in Daytona unless the weather does not cooperate. I am stealing electricity tonight because we only paid for one night. Hope I don't get caught. Nothing new. Took Doug to the airport this morning and now I am solo again. Who's coming to ride with Don now? May go meet some friends that have a timeshare. I wold have to get a mariona again in Titusville for a few days or leave the boat at anchor which I am not comfortable doing. I am way over budget, like twice as much as I had planned so may not be feasable. It would be fun though. Sitting in boat in Daytona Beach listening to a little band playing Jimmy Buffet music across at the restaurant, drinking a screw driver, and watching Gunsmoke on the TV. ... read more

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Everything is still a go and the packing--at least on Connie's part -- is still ongoing. Her main bag is getting full and I had to ask, "How come it's got more stuff than we took for a four month trip in '07?" Turns out that since we plan to dress for formal nights on the cruise part of the trip, there has to be makeup, extra dress items, frilly things, special shoes, hand bag, and accessories. Fortunately there is plenty of room in the Tuxedo bag for some of her items. My plan is to ship that whole bag home after the cruise and travel the normal way with wash and wear clothes and never, never go anywhere fancy in the land portion of the trip. In the meantime, other snags appear. An ache in ... read more