Blogs from Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, North America - page 5

Today is the qualifying. We went to the speedway to see some of the cars qualify and then we went to the grounds outside the speedway to see the vendor and the drivers trailers. We got to see a bunch of different cars. See pictures!! ... read more

Michael and I left for Daytona Beach on July 15, 2001. We had 5 days together. That was the main thing, father and son sharing an experience. I wanted Michael to see Florida as kids in his age group have. We went to the beach and got in the ocean. Michael bought a board which he surfed on. We collected shells at night. We saw crabs in the sand. We stood on the balcony and watched the waves. Storm clouds rose. It rained. We drove over to Orlando. Michael got tee shirts at the Hard Rock Cafe. We drove south to the Kennedy Space Center. We took the tour. It consisted of the Space Shuttle, Apollo program and International Space Station. We went to Cocoa Beach. Michael got a tee shirt from Hooter's. A girl signed ... read more

Hello Hello, We have had a great day today. We picked up a hire car this morning and let the kids sleep in. It was strange to be on the other side of the road a bit freaky!!!!!!! It was good to see the suburbs the houses are all weather board and look like dolls hou.ses. Lots of lush green forest area and very tall cotton palms . We drove to Daytona Race Park about a one hour drive. Boy it was massive, holds 250,000.00 fans. We took a tour all around and on the track, followed by a 3D IMAX movie, they have the Dayton 500 in February so are starting to get ready now. We also went on a couple of simulator rides, it was lots of fun. They had some great displays and ... read more

Jeudi, 23 novembre Position : 29-11-69N 81-00-19W - Millage 830 de l'ICW Hier a été une journée relaxante. Dans l'avant midi Guy est allé prendre une grande marche pour acheter nos réserves en huile et filtres pour le moteur ainsi que quelques agrets pour la pêche. Pendant ce temps j'ai rempli les réservoirs d'eau potable et préparé Moana pour notre prochain départ. Nous avons quitté le quai pour se rendre à l'ancrage et dans l'après midi nous avons préparé notre route. Pendant notre soirée nous avons parlé à beaucoup de nos amis terriens grâce à l'ordinateur et le logiciel Skype. Ce matin départ à 09h00. Le courant propulse Moana à 7.3 noeuds après l'inlet de Mantanzas, où il y a un très petit fort du même nom. Quand je parle de inlet, c'est une entrée par ... read more

Several weeks ago we made a motorcycle trip (200 miles back and forth) from Inverness, a small town on the Nature Cost of Florida, to Daytona Beach to join the Bike-week. Inverness in the past a quiet, laid-back community. Now a days, lively and growing rapidly; new infrastructure everywhere. Villa-parks (almost 1000 new houses per year), Walmart’s after every 10-20 miles, Banks after every 2 miles. Inverness in Citrus County is becoming a big town and area for retired people, lawnmower men, builders and truck-dealers and other people who seek work or a good living. The weather unchained... fantastic. For us, 3 guys from Europe, yes... retired, owners of a second home and kawasaki lovers, an interesting but somewhat stressful adventure, because it was the first ever trip (after 30 years) that our wives joined us. ... read more