and we found other stuff to do. Manatees have always amazed me and Sea World's manatee exhibit is one of my favorites. It's almost as if I feel sorry for them...they are so big yet graceful and somewhat quick but seem to always be in harms way. Blue Spring State Park is about 20 minutes or so from Daytona and back in 2006 Ronnie and I visited there so we decided to take the kids this time. … [Read more...]

And now we tune in to what this trip is all about, ha! Four straight days of racing,hitting the 'famous flea market' for diecast to get autographedchecking out all the local produceand those juicy Florida orangesIt's about fast cars, going to the Mall Show to see those popular drivers. It's about the 2.5 mile race track, experiencing the 'fly over' and even finding those 'crafts' that tell people … [Read more...]

although I have to admit I was feelin' pretty guilty this morning knowing everyone back home was dealing with another blizzard :(.Unfortunately this was one of those situations where I had to put my 'big girl panties on' and deal with it! Which meant having lunch here...(and sitting in this booth) before going to visit one of my favorite guys...Needless to say Cierra and I had lots of … [Read more...]