Daytona Beach Meet Up

I met some online friends in Daytona Beach yesterday.  Now, I don't go to Daytona Beach as a rule because it's not my kind of beach.  And now I remember why.   Wall to Wall highrise hotels.  Even the pelicans don't go there.  Really.  As I drove from Flager Beach to Ormond Beach on A 1 A I noticed that there were huge flocks of pelicans flying right over my car roof all across the road.  And why is that? Because that stretch of highway is sand dunes and two lane roads.  No buildings.  I got to Daytona and while visiting and walking the beach with my friends, I asked if they had seen flocks of pelicans during the week.  They had not seen a one.  And it was then I looked up and out, and there were no spaces between the buildings, no sky except out across the Atlantic.  I hate construction and hotels.  Daytona Beach is horrible.  My kind of beach is just sand, ocean and sky.  That is it.  I don't even want wall to wall umbrella's.  Fishermen are fine.  They are there for a true purpose.  I want no cars parking on the sand.  I don't mind sand castles or jelly fish.  But just give me a natural beach.  Not wall to wall hotels with cabana's.  Meet Penny and Fred from Maine. 

So, on my drive back it was too late to stop at my favorite state park,  Washington Oaks.  But I still got to walk miles on the beach, and breath deep of the ozones.  The air is better at the ocean.  I don't know what it is.  But as soon as I open the car window I breathe deeply like no where else.  So, here are a few snapshots. It was a bit windy.   A high of about 68.  Not as warm as the last few days but still plenty of sunshine.  In February.  Love it.  I hope I can manage to keep a house in both places.  I would miss this beautiful February weather.