Daytona Beach

Another great day at the conference. Lots of good information and great presentations. But the highlight of the day was the evening. We left the conference and decided to drive to Downtown Orlando. We passed by the downtown but did not stop as it looked very unimpressive. And then at the spur of the moment decided to drive to Daytona Beach to checkout Daytona USA. Daytona Beach is east of Orlando and is a good 60-90 minute drive. The freeway was smooth and there was hardly any traffic on it. We were in Daytona in about 80 minutes. We checked out Daytona USA from 92 West. It is really a gigantic structure. We did not spend too much time there as we planned to see the Daytona Beach also.

We parked the car at the Ocean Center Parking lot and walked to the beach. The waves were hitting the beach with a lot of aggression, the wind was blowing, everybody looked relaxed and happy, it was like a different world altogether.

We spent 10-15 minutes just walking on the beach, then decided to get some dinner. Surprisingly we did not see too many restaurants there and settled on going to Adobe's Gila, a Mexican joint. We ordered some Jalapeno peppers, vegetarian wrap and a chicken burrito. The food was mediocre at best. The salsa was very different(oily) and tasteless. Anyway we were done with the dinner quickly and decided to drive back to Orlando.

The drive back was uneventful as the traffic was even lighter on the way back.

This is definitely something I will remember as I always wanted to come to Daytona.