Pick up with DOTS (Daytona Orlando Travel Service)
was 7.30am. So David and I were up at
5.30 making sure we were all organized, packed, and breakfasted. Arrived Orlando airport and left our bags
with the United Baggage service for $5.
2.5 hr flight to Houston, about a 3hr layover, 1.5hrs to Dallas. Last flight was good, on an Embraer 175 –
took only 45 minutes! Our bags were
waiting for us outside t he Baggage Collection Service office when we
rrived. Cart. Shuttle to rental cars. Budget.
Michael – upgraded from Ford Festiva to a Kia Soul Lime grren!
Off to the Super 8 and checked in.
Denny’s for dinner, wine from the servo next door.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Tuesday 6 October
Drove to Flagler for our last brekky at the Funky
Pelican. The weather was better than the
last time we were there but the waves were still pounding the pier. The boys rode up on the motorcycles and got
kinda wet in the rain…. On the way back,
they took ‘The Loop’ which is a nice ride with gentle twists and turns. Lesley and went shopping – Bealls Outlet then
to Bealls to see about the half price clearance items! Success – we had a ball finding some lovely
clothing items. Grabbed salad lunches
again from Publix. Spent the afternoon
packing….. ot always fund and a lot of
problem solving involved with keeping items safe and the whole bag under 50lbs
(23kg) in weight!
Jimmy and Joe – Jim’s boys – arrived for a visit –
had some beers and catching up.
Off to Don Pepper’s (Mexican restaurant) for dinner....
Monday 5 October - Daytona
Jim and David worked on the guzzi engine, trying to
get it started. Lesley had to have a
blood test, se was fasting but she cooked eggs and potatoes for us! I went with her, she dropped me at Lelaire
Plaza whilst she was at the dentist and blood testing place (vampire
house). I went through Dollar Tree,
Publix, Bealls and Marshalls before Lesley came back to pick me up. We had brekky at the diner – chocolate chip
pancake with cinnamon?
Went to eh UPS store and bought a packing
container. Realised that there would be
a sale at Beall’s tomorrow on clearance items and decided to go again tomorrow!
Brought home Publix Caesar salad for lunch. That night we went to Tia Cori’s Diner (Mexican -
yum !) for
dinner. Jimmy joined us!
Sunday 4 October - Daytona
Up early and on the road to meet Ron Hewitt at
Papa’s for breakfast!
He has the latest model Can Am spyder and David
enjoyed having a look at the improvements.
Came back and went to the RV Show at the Daytona Speedway. Lunch at
Pantheon Italian restaurant. Jim and
David wen to the Chrome Bar in Main St to watch the Bills play the Giants. Lesley and I were at home catching up on
things…. David and I went to the
Starlite Diner for a quick dinner.
Saturday 3 October - time to leave!
Saturday 3 October
Bid a sad farewell to Key West where we’ve had a
great time. Jim estimated that the drive
home would take about 8 hours so we had to get going. We left about 8.30, the weather was clear and
fine. We stopped at the Coral Castle.
Kept driving through the afternoon. Ended up at Dixie Crossroads for a shrimp
dinner. Arrived back in Daytona about
9pm…
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Key West, Friday, 2 October
Breakfast served at 8.30 – enjoyed a little sleep
in! About 10 we left, having spoken to
the office lady, Ramsey, about tickets for the Old Town Trolley tour. We had to walk a little way to the trolley
stop, they come about every half hour.
Did the tour around the whole of Key West – heard the history and
interesting tales…. ‘Did you know that at this point on the map that you are
closer to Cuba than to a Walmart?’
Ended the tour back at Mallory Square to do a spot
of shopping – Lesley and I bought locally made leather ‘flip flops’ for $20 and
a few other things. Lunch at the Conch
Republic Seafood Company, right in the harbor where the fishing boats had
returned from their morning trips and were filleting fish and feeding the
tarpon. Some impressive and fairly big
fishing vessels there….
Author's Guesthouse in Key West One of the resident cats...
On the harbour looking at boats...
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