Support a Beach Bum
Recently Terri and I had the opportunity to visit Daytona Beach, Florida. Since we frequently travel with our two small dogs, we were pleased to find a La Quinta (pet friendly hotel) directly on the beach for about $120 per night including the La Quinta Rewards upgrade. Our room on the 3rd floor overlooked the pool and the beautiful beach which permits driving. In fact Daytona is famous for driving on the beach due to the beach races preceding building the famous Daytona 500 Speedway. Motorcycles are the norm there as well and Bike Week and Biketober are two major gatherings in the area each year. Several famous restaurants and bars are there as well such as Aunt Catfishes, the Iron Horse Saloon, Bubba Gumps, and Sloppy Joe's. There was a large amusement park area near the city pier a mile or so down the beach.
This trip we choose to stay on the beach most of the time, enjoying the cooling sea breeze and swimming in the pool, and buying fresh shrimp or ordering in food. A talented sand artist sculpted a sea monster, hammerhead shark and sea turtle in the sand and used what appeared to be food coloring for detail. I did a lot of boogie boarding and body surfing in the cooling 75 degree ocean water. It was a very nice vacation which we will always remember.
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