Last day at Daytona Beach

Wednesday morning Judy and I floated the lazy river.  So relaxing, and a great time to visit.   I so wanted to share our secret!

We spent some time on the pool deck, soaking in some warm Florida sunshine while the guys went down to the North Turn Restaurant.  In the early days of racing, before there were any speedway tracks, stock cars raced an oval "track" of half  hiway, half on the beach.  The North Turn is where the cars turned from one to another.

the North Turn today

We finished packing, loaded our car, and we all went to Chucherias Hondurenas for lunch. This was one of the places Judy and I had found online, and everywhere you asked people about Cuban food, this was the first recommendation.  

You know the food is authentic when you walk in the door, and walk past an open kitchen like this!  This is gonna be good!  We ordered a variety of Cuban sandwiches, and also a Main Dish of chicken, which came with rice, beans, salad and sweet and green plantains.  I've been wanting to try plantains for a while, so that was fun.  I liked them both.

waiting for our meal - Judy, Zoe, Abbie, Paul, Warren and DeeDee (Dave is the photographer)

After a good lunch, Warren and I said our good-byes.  Dave, Judy, Paul, Abbie and Zoe were staying another day at Daytona Beach, but we were off to Jacksonville to visit friends.  John & Jean and their family visited us years ago when they come up to Montana to see the old farm.  Jean's dad owned land that we have farmed for many years.  Jean and her brother, Larry, inherited the farm, and are our landlords as well as friends.  Once we got to their place at Jacksonville, we visited the horses while they did chores, saw the swamp behind the barn, (it was neat to see the cypress trees and plants) then drove to a nearby Confederate Campgrounds for a walk.  The confederates camped there, and now it has walking trails and is a relaxing place to be.  Later that evening we drove into downtown Jacksonville for supper.  We ate at the American Cafe in an area known as The Landing.  Our table was on the deck overlooking the river, right near the ocean.  It was beautiful.  Too bad the camera got left in the car.  Warren had been taking night photos in Daytona, and this would have made beautiful photos after dark as well.  The military uses the river as its hiway, so there were a few helicopters who flew by, as well as water taxis and other boats.  It was a very nice evening.  When we got back to John & Jean's we had a good visit, showing them pictures of the farming operation.