Post for Wednesday, March 30 - Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach, Florida has become one of my favorite places.  I am sitting in the newly remodeled hotel room of the Holiday Inn Resort.  The Holiday Inn Corporation has told all of the hotels in the chain they have to upgrade to the new design and upgrades or they will loose their franchise and Holiday Inn name.  The new upgrades are comparable to a four star hotel and the room reflects this.  Our room is on ocean front and close to the Daytona Beach pier.  I can hear the ocean in the background and the Ohio and Kentucky basketball game is currently on television.  My husband was watching the game but his eyes were too heavy from the long drive down.

There is a car show at the Daytona International Speedway this weekend and we are planning to visit it tomorrow and spend some time relaxing on the beach.  Spring break is winding down and there are still some college students enjoying their time off.  We saw some really interesting sights driving up the beach today.  I wish I had checked out a video camera and brought it with me.  This would be some great and interesting video.  The fashion always grabs my attention and leaves me with the puzzling question of, Why? and What are they thinking?  Tomorrow when we sit on the beach I plan to photograph some of the interesting fashion statements. We always have to visit the famous Zeno's and get some salt-water taffy.  They have so many unique flavors.  This time we just got blueberry, cotton candy, and maple, which is our favorite. After walking on the boardwalk we ate at Pepper's, a nice Mexican restaurant.

After a three hour drive to Fort Lauderdale on Sunday we leave for the Caribbean.  I hope my cameras work and allow me to get some great photography.  There are so many good opportunities in the Caribbean and I can easily take over a thousand pictures.  It is so exciting just thinking about it.

Well, I must go and get some rest and try to catch up on my sleep.  These last couple of nights of only three and four hours of sleep are catching up with me.  Happy blogging! Thanks for visiting.