Our Trip to Florida - Days 1 & 2

Saturday, June 5 we flew out of Billings for Florida.  We had finished seeding the night before, got most of the garden planted before dark, then moved machinery home from Tony's farm up north.  It was about 1:30 in the morning when we got to bed.  We got 2 1/2 hours of sleep before getting up at 4 a.m.  We left home about 5, and were in Billings by noon.  We had a quick lunch with Rhonda, Kayla, Ron & Mary Ann before heading to the airport.  We flew to Minneapolis, had a 3 hour layover there, then on to Orlando.  We arrived there about 11 p.m. local time.  We waited for our one checked bag, and it didn't come... The first time we have ever had luggage lost when we have flown.  By the time we made arrangements to pick it up the next morning when it arrived from Minneapolis, got our rental car, and got to the nearby hotel, and got to bed, it was about 12:30.  A very long day!

Dave & Judy (my sister and her husband) met us at our hotel Sunday morning.   The guys went to the airport to get our bag while Judy and I waited at the hotel.  Once they were back, Judy, Warren and I left for Daytona Beach.  Dave was staying behind with their car to pick up Paul, Abbie and Zoe when they flew in later in the afternoon.  Once we got to Daytona Beach, we had lunch at a favorite place of  Dave & Judy's, Caribbean Jack's.  We sat out on the patio, under the awning, even though it was raining.

 

Judy had a wonderful coconut shrimp salad.  If we ever go back, I would definitely order this!

Warren and I shared the seafood boil.  It arrived in a bucket and included sausage, shrimp, crawfish, crab, corn on the cob and potatoes in an Old Bay Seasoning flavored broth.

 

The crawfish were interesting...  We decided they were too much work for the amount of meat you got.

After lunch we went to the Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort to check into our three bedroom condo.  By the time we were settled in there, Dave, Paul, Abbie and Zoe had arrived.  We all enjoyed a walk on the beach and boardwalk after supper, before turning in for the night.

Our condo

 

The view from our balcony - 3 pools, a lazy river, and the Atlantic Ocean!