The Daytona Beach area is like a lot of Florida - some really beautiful areas and some low areas. The intercoastal waterway is always interesting and with the Indian River and the Halifax River there is some awsome scenery, beautiful homes and miles of beaches. It is still very flat so you really can't see a great distance. We have seen countles birds and pelicans and a few alligators. Went on a history cruise of the New Smyrna Beach area and enjoyed the warm and beautiful day. We have been bike riding on the beach. It seems odd that the sun does not set over the Atlantic. The beaches don't seem to have as much stuff (kelp, shells, drift, etc.) as we are used to on the West Coast. The sand seems to be more of ground up shells and often has a pink tone.

We just missed "Biker Week" - thank goodness. It appears to be near the scale of biking in Sturgis, S.D. Obviously biking is very big here as there are many businesses with names like "Kick Start Cafe", "Biker Bar" and "Biker's Tatoo Works". We saw a sign for the "Hot Throttle Divas" motorcycle club - just 1 of many such groups. There is lots of black leather clothes and aging guys with gray ponytails.

Daytona International Speedway is gigantic and impressive! We have nothing of this scale on the West Coast - they hold nearly 200,000 people.