The Beach and the Daytona 500

Together with our friends Dan and Anne Farley, we spent a very busy and exciting week and we enjoyed it immensely! Besides going to Kennedy Space Centre (earlier blog post), we went to the Indialantic Beach and boardwalk where this crab guy/gal joined for part of the afternoon. He looks pretty cute, don't you think?

The big event of the week was Sunday, February 17 when we celebrated the 50th anniversary of "The Great Race" at the Daytona 500! There were 167,996 other people there with us to watch 43 cars travelling at 180-200 mph with unrestricted exhaust for 3+ hours! The crowd, the noise (we wore ear protectors), the speed of the cars, the history - it was an amazing experience - and a completely civilized bunch of fans! The weather was good to us at 85 degrees and, despite the fact it was a long day and we were 'pooched' when we got home, it was a super to participate in this particular NASCAR event. Dan is a long-time NASCAR-guy so it was nice having a play-by-play! Dan was a month old when the first Daytona race was run!




We drove Dan and Anne to Orlando this morning to catch their flight home to Kingston - thanx to both for a great week!