Back to Reality...

Back to reality….It has been a couple of days since I got back from Florida and yes reality has hit. Maybe it is the snow, the routine of things, or being back at home. But no matter how I look at it, it’s back to the old grind.

To look back on the last week, I can say with confidence that it has been a great break. I enjoyed a great vacation “book ended” with two fun events. It started off by watching the St. Patty’s day parade in downtown Saint Paul. This is always a great local event; I have seen several times and hope to continue to do in the future. It ended by going out to eat at Mesa and seeing Mike Doughty put on a great show at the First Avenue Saturday night.

In between these events, Tracy and I took off for Daytona Beach for a vacation. A little fun in the sun was exactly what I needed.
After spending a 6 days in Daytona here is what I discovered….the town wasn’t anything special. It appeared to be that every other store or restaurant was closed and trying to be sold. The people in the area we stayed at, were of all ages and seemed to have different purposes for being there. The food served at the area restaurants was the typical seafood menu.

The beach, which is 23 miles long and 500 feet wide is an active one. There are always people walking, running, biking, and playing on it, in addition to all types of vehicles driving on the make shift road. That being said about the beach it is enjoyable to be standing vertical then laying horizontal. Reason being…the wind coming off the Atlantic was always constant and chilly. To lay on the beach you are almost guaranteed to get sand in you eyes from the sand storms…

There wasn’t any marquee event that took place during the week, just the slow leisure lifestyle that occurs when vacationing to a beach. The daily routine consisted of running/walking, breakfast, relax ocean side, shower, walk to dinner, eat, walk back to villa, and sleep. Pretty consistent…pretty basic…very relaxing…..but it was perfect vacation.