Verity, Simon and Evie,day 11, the day of ...the beach...

[Verity Chambers]

Wednesday 13th August.

We were meant to get up early to drive to the beach today, but again managed to sleep till 10am, ooops! We must have been been shopping the day before because it says here we had Krispie Kreme doughnuts and chocolate milk for breakfast that morning, very naughty!! After humming and harring about what to do, we decided to carry on with our trip to the beach, it was very grey, but never mind. Simon has always wanted to go to Daytona Beach, I hadn’t read very good things about it, but we went for it anyway! We had a pleasant drive up, listening to my favourite station K92FM all the ay there. We arrived around lunchtime and parked up, a nice lady from a local hairdressers came over to us and told us a better spot to park, where there were restrooms, so we headed up there, which was great.
On the beach we grabbed some sunbeds, it was very windy but we weren’t to be put off! We had a fun afternoon even though a storm kept threatening to come. Evie loved playing in the sand and in the sea and I enjoyed relaxing with my book. Simon was thrilled because he got a Reece’s icecream!! We stayed till late afternoon and escaped just as the rain began. We had a lovely day on the beach, but Daytona wasn’t the nicest place I’ve ever been to. Sorry any Daytona fans out there!

When we were back in Orlando we showered and dressed and went over to CrossRoads for some dinner. Simon really wanted some buffalo wings so was thrilled to find a wings place for us to eat (Buffalo Wild Wings??) We had a great meal here, some boneless buffalo wings, fries and onion wings to share, it was delicious!
We were heading back to the room for the night when I decided we should have a drink in Scat Cats as we hadn’t ventured there yet. It turned out to not be a quick drink, but several long drinks!! We had such a great time. I had my favourite Glowtini and a few Baileys (maybe they were doubles!!). Elliott Dyson the entertainer is amazing! He plays so many instruments and sang a song all about Evie which was a really memorable part of our holiday.

Tomorrow: EPCOT, yet again!!

 

[Snowy-girls]

Shame you did'nt like Daytona.Evie seemd to though.x.

 

[Nubbedy]

Evie was certainly enjoying the beach, and how lovely that she had a song sung just for her.

Sara.

 

[Pinky166]

Sounds like a fun day. I have always thought about going to Daytona for the day but like you have read many bad reviews of it.

 

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

I agree with you on Daytona,its nice but there is nicer.

Sounds like a fun day,I can imagine Evie being like our DD loving the sand/mess etc
And how lovely to have a song about Evie what a lovely day x

 

[natalielongstaff]

What a lovely day Verity ive never been to a beach in florida !

 

[Minniespal]

I think you either love or hate Daytona Verity. Another brillant day with lovely photos.

 

[Verity Chambers]

We certainly didn't hate it there, the beach was nice, but there was noone around, it was like a ghost town. I think we'd try a different beach next time.

 

[irongirlof12]

sounds like a fun day

 

[Lizzybear]

Sounds like a lovely day, we never managed to visit Scat Cats but thought it looked fun

 

[mandymouse]

It looks like Evie enjoyed the beach Verity

 

[arieljasmine]

I love Evie's little strawberry suit, so cute! We have still never made it to a beach in Florida, maybe one day.

Laur's

 

[mark&sue]

great way to end the evening. I love going to the hotel bar and finding the time has flown!!


Susan

 

[diberry]

Looks like you two girls were having fun on the beach.
We loved Scat Cats too - that entertainer was there in 2006 too.