Day 316 Daytona Beach 2nd day Sunday March 31, 2019

Day 316 Daytona Beach 2nd day Sunday March 31, 2019

The night time cooled nicely for sleeping.  The sun dawned bright.  Temperatures from 57 to the mid 70s and light breeze again.

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Today was about seeing Granddaughter Sydney again today. Her mom Jenn had some work to do in the morning so we made some plans for the next several days at marinas and then went for a walk in town.

It was a nice day so we walked Beach Street that is the main street in town.

This is another view of our marina and ..........

another one next door to it.

The downtown is rather historic and I thought if a little more improvement it would be a wonderful spot. There were a good number of resturants and shops, but may closed store fronts as well - and a number of the shops were closed on Sunday.

One store front had this wonderful wood sculptures from drift wood.

We found a coffee shop to sit and wait for the girls and soon they arrived.
Sydney is certainly growing up. I had to laugh Faye and I are in short sleeves and shorts and Sydney is dressed for to be back in Maine - well not quite - maybe Maryland

We went to a new Dave and Busters arcade/restaurant in town. As you can see there are games and games and ...........

 and games and ...........

 and games and ...........

.... and food ......

--- and TVs to watch sports!!

 Nana's sunglasses fit the young lady well don't you think?

Nana and Papa with our girl Sydney.

And a nice picture of Mom Jenn and Sydney. Sad to part.  but we will see Sydney for several weeks this summer.

As the cool air has descended over us with the coming of the night, it is time to say ....

Good Night and May God Bless

Day 315 Titusville to Daytona Beach Saturday March 30, 2019

Day 315 Titusville to Daytona Beach Saturday March 30, 2019

The night time cooled nicely for sleeping.  The sun dawned bright.  Temperatures from 57 to the mid 70s and light breeze.

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The day started beautifully as you can see from the several shots below.

We were away at 0730 for our 48 mile jaunt to Daytona Beach.

The landscape was actually quite nice for most of the way. Knights Kingdom is leading the way through the nearby draw bridge.

If you check out the map you will see that we have to go thorough a canal that was cut into the isthmus, that is directly ahead in the photo below, that connects the mainland and the northern end of Cape Canaveral island

We then ran north up the inside of the outer barrier island.

Most of the area was undeveloped for many miles. There was a lot of fisherman out and some camping on the higher islands.

We passed through New Smyrna Beach.

Here are a couple of shots approaching Daytona Beach

Halifax Harbor - the Municipal Marina for Daytona Beach. It has a large (491 I think) number of boats.

The Lady Dolphin of Daytona, a real paddlewheeler, was out and about with a good number of passengers today. It is stationed in the marina.

And Daytona is just south of where Granddaughter Sydney and Mom Jenn live. Here the Admiral is all decked out for our visit with them. We saw them today and will again tomorrow.

Jenn picked us up and we went to her wonderful new home. We had very nice dinner that Jenn prepared. And here is Sydney and Nana playing "Heads Up!" They laughed and had a great time. Sorry that I don't have more photos, but my phone battery was gone. So I will get many more photos tomorrow.

We stayed until after dark and now back at the boat it is certainly time to say ..........

Good Night and May God Bless

Day 314 Merritt Island to Titusville Friday March 29, 2019

Day 314 Merritt Island to Titusville Friday March 29, 2019

The night time cooled nicely for sleeping. The wind calmed. The sun dawned bright.  Temperatures from 57 to the mid 70s

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First - it is Happy Birthday to son Robert in NH. Faye and I tried to sing a happy birthday greeting voicemail but it quickly dissolved into laughing and coughing and little singing - but I trust the message came through despite the failed audition of our America's Got Talent  demo recording. The good thing about Faye and I we still have fun and make each other laugh. Rob, my birthday wish for you and Dawn is to be able to keep that same spirit for all your years ahead.

Well we had a nice day on the water. The sun was bright and the wind light when we departed at 7:30.

The ride was uneventful with not much to see.  We made the 38 miles to Titusville just after noon. Don't know where Titusville is? Well Cape Canaveral is just across the intercoastal and this location is famous for watching space launching.

Faye and I walked around town. The "downtown" has a few nice places but there is a lot of shuttered store fronts. We started our walk through a nice park next to the marina.

There was a nice memorial to the those in the space program

The most poignant plague was for Christa McAlliffe, the teacher from NH who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger failed flight. It still makes me shutter to recall the video of the explosion and the sense of terrible loss.

Changing tone, here is one for my "I Spy" friends. What is unusual in this photo?

Downtown is situated on Route 1

The Pritchard House is a museum.

We had a nice lunch at the Downtown Dinner - the name is certainly full of information - if lacking in creativity. Guess I would choose the former if it was my restaurant too.

The Hardware store seen here is not as it seems.

It is part of the local historical exhibit - which was free and interesting.

This park demonstrated the connection of the town to the space program - that is but a shell of the past.

The images in this monument is etched into the stone - it is amazing to see up close.

The marina is very large as you can see below.
 

And the sun is setting on another fine day on the Great Loop.

But that does not mean the day is done - not by a long shot.
It is Mexican Train time - Tournament time with the score tied at 2 games a piece.
The final game was back and forth with the Captains pulling out a slim victory in the last several rounds. But Admiral Faye has the best final word that she says all the time. "I just like to play." And that is true for both the Admirals - so we all won as it was a huge pant load of fun just playing.

And now as it is time to take Rocky the Wonder Dog out for his evening stroll I am sure it is time to say...

Did you see Ronald MacDonald in the upper window? and .......

Good Night and May God Bless