We made it to Blue Springs around 3pm. The weather was overcast and in the mid 70's - which was a welcome change from the near-100 degree weather we've been having. We took a little nature walk along the board walk. Then we went and changed into our bathing suits. With some trepidation we approached the water. One word to describe it - c-c-c-c-c-cold!! Well, it is a constant 72 degrees, year round, which may feel warm in the winter time, but not now - plus we are really big wimps! Jumping in all at once really is the only way to approach it. Surprisingly enough we warmed up pretty quick in the water. Emory and I jumped right in, while Samantha took the more cautious route down the steps a little at a time. Ethan wanted nothing at all to do with it and stood on the steps refusing to go in until about 5 minutes before we were ready to get out. Then he came in and hung onto me like a little spider monkey. He wasn't afraid of swimming, he just didn't like the cold water at all..
We got changed and did our obligatory tour of the gift shop from which we escaped without buying anything (just barely!!) Then we went over to Thursby Manor which is an old house on the park property, built in 1872 on an Indian Shell Mound. Unfortunately it wasn't open, so we just kind of peered through the windows from the outside.
Around 5pm we left the park and headed for Daytona and the hotel. Of course we were starving at that point - swimming in cold water does that to you, apparently, so we stopped at Applebees and had a fairly good dinner - Emory's steak wasn't cooked right on the first two attempts and then it really didn't taste that good, but the wait staff and the management were very courteous and took the price off the bill. Samantha said the service there was the "best she ever had in her whole life"! I don't know if I would go that far, but they did do a good job. :-)
We found our hotel without any trouble. We are staying at the Days Inn on the beach and got an oceanfront room on the first floor right at the pool deck. The kids were dying to swim in the pool. I could hear the beach at sunset calling my name, so Emory, being the wonderful guy he is, took the kids out to the pool and let me take a really nice long solo walk on the beach. Ahhh!
Well, that's it for today -- gotta try to get the kids to sleep amid all the excitement of being in a hotel room- I guess I have forgotten just how thrilling that is!! :-)
More to come tomorrow. Hopefully we will have pictures by then. With all the technology we came loaded with, we somehow brought the wrong cable for downloading the pictures from the camera! But we will deal with that -- we've been meaning to buy a card-reader anyway ;-). Don't worry - we'll be posting boring slideshows for you guys to watch before you know it!!!
We got changed and did our obligatory tour of the gift shop from which we escaped without buying anything (just barely!!) Then we went over to Thursby Manor which is an old house on the park property, built in 1872 on an Indian Shell Mound. Unfortunately it wasn't open, so we just kind of peered through the windows from the outside.
Around 5pm we left the park and headed for Daytona and the hotel. Of course we were starving at that point - swimming in cold water does that to you, apparently, so we stopped at Applebees and had a fairly good dinner - Emory's steak wasn't cooked right on the first two attempts and then it really didn't taste that good, but the wait staff and the management were very courteous and took the price off the bill. Samantha said the service there was the "best she ever had in her whole life"! I don't know if I would go that far, but they did do a good job. :-)
We found our hotel without any trouble. We are staying at the Days Inn on the beach and got an oceanfront room on the first floor right at the pool deck. The kids were dying to swim in the pool. I could hear the beach at sunset calling my name, so Emory, being the wonderful guy he is, took the kids out to the pool and let me take a really nice long solo walk on the beach. Ahhh!
Well, that's it for today -- gotta try to get the kids to sleep amid all the excitement of being in a hotel room- I guess I have forgotten just how thrilling that is!! :-)
More to come tomorrow. Hopefully we will have pictures by then. With all the technology we came loaded with, we somehow brought the wrong cable for downloading the pictures from the camera! But we will deal with that -- we've been meaning to buy a card-reader anyway ;-). Don't worry - we'll be posting boring slideshows for you guys to watch before you know it!!!
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