We're here in Daytona Beach, Florida for a couple of days of R&R.

Today we spent the afternoon playing on the beach, and the weather was very hot, but the water was awesome. We happened upon a bunch of manatees nearby who apparently were mating (we just saw them meandering about by themselves.) It was a cool site, and we were fortunate to see them.

We also saw some porpoises a little ways out from shore, dancing and playing. It was cool as well.

Monday Update:

Today was fairly low key, we did work and school work this morning after a nice brisk morning walk, then we headed into town to go to the beach. The girls and Peanut spent some time playing in the water while I worked from a nice shady spot.

We will be heading out early tomorrow for the Kennedy Space Center, and we're all looking forward to learning about our NASA program.

Faith's blog:
Today we went to Daytona Beach. I found dozens of full shells. My sister gave me a sand bath. We had a great time. It was really pretty. I had quite a few drinks of . . . blah! . . salt water. It was fun.

Kenzie's blog:
We had lots of fun at the beach! Me and Faith, my sister, collected seashells and oyster shells. Then we jumped waves (which really has no point to it!) and played a game where you have to sit in the water and try not to get washed up on shore by the strong waves. There were manatees in the swamps near by mating. It was really fun to play at the beach. To bad there’s none in Belgrade!

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Daytona Beach, FL

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