Chris and Mabel Visit Florida

My good friend from Iowa, Chris, and her sister, Mabel, who lives in Ohio, came to Ormond Beach to visit me. They are currently visiting another one of their sisters at Jykell Island, GA. They decided to make a road trip to St. Augustine which is only about a 45 min. drive from Ormond so they decided to come on down. Ormond is adjacent to Daytona, and we just happened to drive by the track when we went to the huge flea market in Daytona. It was a beautiful day, and you can tell we were warm by what we are wearing. I think it was in the 60's.

We had a successful trip to the flea market. Chris bought a Mah Jong game, some blouses, and some other useful things while Mabel bought some jewelry and some nice T shirts for her sons.

I found another swan pin I had to buy. Afterwards we drove to a neat restaurant on the beach where we had a delightful lunch with a spectacular view as you can see.

This, too, could be Hawaii.

After lunch we drove all the way to the end of the barrier island on which Daytona and Ormond Beach are located. This area is called Ponce Inlet and there is a really neat lighthouse as you can see here.

Chris couldn't resist the call of the beach and decided to take a nice ride along the ocean. You can actually do this when the tide isn't too high.

View from inside the car. Those are sea gulls on the beach. They are not skiddish at all.

Sorry I didn't get any pictures of Mabel, but Chris did so she'll have to show us some of those pictures.

I loved having them come visit right here in sunny Florida.

Wish you were here too.