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Well, my parents and I might be taking a road trip down to Daytona, Florida this sunday. Long story short, the son of the owner of the car dealership my dad works at, wrecked his car down in Florida and his dad asked for someone to go and bring it back. My dad apparently volunteered for the job. If he's sent, his boss'll pay for all expenses and give him a bonus when he returns. Not too shabby, really.

I've never been to Florida before. The only states I've gone to are West Virginia, Maryland and DC, if you want to count it. Hopefully my dad'll get some film for the camera and I'll have some pictures.

Daytona rocks. If you have to stay in-area... hmm. Visit the Daytona Speedway, if you're into the whole NASCAR thing (or even if you aren't). I am mostly unfamiliar with Daytona... sad, because I'm not too far away from the place.

If you can wander around the state a bit, come over here to Cape Canaveral, visit the Kennedy Space Center. The Visitor's Complex is a fun place to waste a day in.

We'll probably be down there for more than a day, since we have to drive from Virginia down to Florida. I'd imagine that my parents might want to see some of the place in the area. I'd most definatly would love to see the space center.

I guess you can't go wrong with the beaches. The colleges should be out by now, and I'm sure there are enough Florida resident students saoking up the rays out there... Not quite Spring Break, but you must learn to make do with what you have.

Beach eh? I've only been to one in my entire life, so it should be fun.

(The only reason for that one time thing is because Harrisonburg is over a hundred miles from the beach)

Aya wrote:Well, my parents and I might be taking a road trip down to Daytona, Florida this sunday. Long story short, the son of the owner of the car dealership my dad works at, wrecked his car down in Florida and his dad asked for someone to go and bring it back. My dad apparently volunteered for the job. If he's sent, his boss'll pay for all expenses and give him a bonus when he returns. Not too shabby, really.

I've never been to Florida before. The only states I've gone to are West Virginia, Maryland and DC, if you want to count it. Hopefully my dad'll get some film for the camera and I'll have some pictures.

Having lived in Florida before moving to Maryland, I'll tell you some stuff.

You're taking I-95, right? Straight Trip from the Northeast. Taken it tons of times. Generally, that means a midway stop for the night in the Carolinas. In North Carolina, Smithfield-Selma and Fayetteville are good exits. In South Carolina, Florence, Manning, Santee, St. George, Walterboro, and Hardeeville are all good places to stop... especially Florence, as it's a big city (not exactly a metropolis, but big enough). You could stay in Savannah, but by then you're real close to Daytona already. The drive from DC is maybe 15-20 hours straight, depending on traffic (possibly more, if it were like a big holiday weekend).

Florida is beautiful - although by May, it's already getting hot. Think 80s and 90s for highs, 70s for lows. The best time to go is in April (assuming no forest fires), not too hot or muggy. Daytona is a nice beach, unless you consider that everything from Key Biscayne to Fernaninda Beach is nice, not to mention the Gulf Coast. For a scenic drive, drive anywhere on 'A1A' - a road (Actually, several roads) that run along the various beachside islands. Daytona Beach is the home of the WPGA (Women's Pro Golf), the Daytona 500 (obviously), and is less than an hour's side-drive from Orlando and Cape Canaveral.

Florida's chief problem is mosquitoes: they're all over. And the females think humans are just tasty.

If you've spent your whole life in West Virginia, Maryland, and DC, you'll be amazed by how flat Florida is. Except for some hills in the panhandle and north-west of Orlando, Florida is one piece of flat land from Jacksonville to the Everglades. If you see a hill, in all probability it was put there, either for some scenery in a park or to dump trash.

I'm sorry if this was long or travel-brochure-y, but I guess I wanted to say as much as I wanted to. Also, I'm rather new here and wanted to be a bit friendly.

Actually, I've spent my entire life in Virginia, I've only visited WV, MD and DC. I guess my dad will take I-95, since he'll be doing all the driving. (yeah, I'm 21 and don't have a liscence, never bothered to get one )

Honestly, I thought Daytona kinda sucked.

Nevermind, my dad's boss decided he'll go down himself.

Aya wrote:Nevermind, my dad's boss decided he'll go down himself.

I'm sorry Aya. Maybe you can come down some other time.

Awww I'm sorry to here that. I went to Florida in november 3 years ago with my dad and it was 70 and people were wearing coats and complaining how cold it was.

Meh, no big loss--Florida's got lots o' big bugs. Ick.

The threads title remined me of a Tom and Jerry where Jerry flies to Florida in an aircraft with the threads title painted on it.

Have fun in Daytona. But stay well north of Palm Beach.