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| North Turn Restaurant |
John and Kathy showed us the Daytona Beach area today. The beach here is 23 miles long and hard packed sand. 11 of those miles allow cars to drive along it and park during the day. John drove us down those 11 miles. At the end we pulled out onto the road and into The North Turn Restaurant which is located at the original Speedway's north turn. It was warm enough to eat outside and enjoy the Atlantic. After lunch we drove around looking at the different neighborhoods and finally stopping at John D. Rockefeller's summer home, The Casements. It is an unostentatious house which is now the cultural and civic center for the City of Ormond Beach. Some of the rooms retain original pieces, pictures. Our final stop of the day was at The Daytona International Speedway. While I know or care nothing for racing, it was interesting to see something so famous. There was a walk of fame with winner's hand and foot prints in the walk. Dale Earnhardt was the only name I recognized. This evening Wayne and John cooked steaks for us.
More pictures can be seen here at flickr.
