Daytona Beach

     We are now at St Augustine, FL. We spent a week in Daytona Beach to go to the Daytona 500 and the Nationwide COPD 300 NASCAR races.

     We left Ft Pierce and stopped twice before getting to Daytona. We anchored in the Halifax River just south of the Memorial Bascule Bridge. Not a bad spot. Protected but not much dinghy shore access. But it did get us to the beach and to the races.

     The races were a great new experience. On Saturday we went to the Nationwide race and had an engine and wheel assembly come through the fence and injure a few dozen spectators. Very unusual especially because the fence structure is so strong and the spectators are away from the fence. The Daytona 500 wasn't quite as exciting but it was much louder and faster. I also got to walk on the track, put our boat name on the start/finish line as well as the SAFER barrier and get a close look at the garage area and all the cars. You gotta be a fan to appreciate all that. We're fans but not fanatics like we are for UConn Women's Basketball.

     Some photos of the 300 or so I took: