12/2/13-12/4/13 - Daytona

We got underway from St. Augustine at 8 o'clock, travelled 46 miles, and arrived at Halifax Harbor Marina, Daytona, about 2:00 p.m.  The first night there, we did laundry and had dinner on board.

The next day, Tuesday, December 3, the sun finally came out and we could actually wear shorts and t-shirts.  We walked Beach Street and bought a few Christmas presents. 

Miss Deb at the "Fountain of Youth".  Not really.  It was a smelly sulfur fountain.

After lunch, we toured a chocolate factory.  YUM!  A bit pricey, though.

On Wednesday, we walked to Walgreens to pick up a prescription.  We then decided we had walked enough the past two days, so we were going to rent scooters.  Problem is... the scooter place was at least two miles from the pharmacy, even though they told me on the phone that it was only a mile from the marina.  By the time we realized how far it was, we had already walked half way there.  No sense in turning around now.

We drove the scooters to Daytona Beach because I wanted to see the ocean.  Honestly Daytona Beach wasn't much, at least not the part we saw.  There were a lot of empty store fronts.

We purchased two sweatshirts for Christmas presents in Daytona Beach and it was pretty chilly on the scooters, so, sorry, we wore them.  But you're still getting them for Christmas.  We just aren't telling you who is getting them.  You'll have to wait 'til Christmas to find that out.  We left the  beach and rode about ten miles to Ponce de Leon Inlet to see the light house.  There was very little traffic and it was quite easy getting around on the scooters.  The light house at Ponce Inlet is really pretty, but then I'm partial to light houses.  The whole complex is pristine.  Too bad we got there too late to go to the top of the light.

Ponce Inlet Light

We returned the scooters after 2.5 hours and took a taxi back to the marina.  I wasn't going to walk another two miles.

We'll be leaving in the morning for Titusville.  We are now 990 miles from the Bohemia River.