Daytona, Friday!

Friday 25 September

Today we had lunch at the Sunsetsetter bar, just around the corner.  It has a view of the Halifax River and the drawbridge in the middle of the bridge.  They had a special:  50c beers if you order when the drawbridge is up!  We waited for almost 2 hrs for that to happen...  Great lunch though!

Then we left for the beach at New Smyrna…  Hadn’t been there before, it’s about a 30 minute drive from Daytona. 

                                              50c beers - the drawbridge finally went up!

Wikipedia:

The area surrounding New Smyrna Beach offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation: these include fishing, sailing, motorboating, golfing and hiking. Visitors participate in water sports of all kinds, including swimming, scuba diving, kitesurfing, and surfing. In July 2009, New Smyrna Beach was ranked number nine on the list of "best surf towns" in Surfer Magazine.

We walked along the main street past the bars, restaurants and shops – to the beach area.  The boys found a bar, Lesley and I took in some shopping.  A great little area, very friendly people.  Then we went down to the main street and found the New Smyrna Beach brewing company – had a couple of their brews.  They also had wine!  Next door was a soy candle shop where the lady makes her own from scratch, had to buy a couple of samples of those…

New Smyrna town

                                                      View of the Lost Lagoons restaurant!

We drove to the Lost Lagoons Wings and Grill restaurant to meet Ron and Gina, friends of Lesley and Jim, for dinner.  It had a great outdoor verandah where we sat and enjoyed the view of the storm and some squirrels on the lawn!  Cool beers, home made chips and queso, great meal – a very relaxing evening!  I liked the lights out the front of the restaurant although hard to photograph at night!