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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019ve been by the shore for two days now and neither of us have seen the ocean, so for lunch today we drove into Daytona Beach to find some food at a restaurant right on the beach. Throughout this trip we\u2019ve been using a cell phone app called \u2018Bring Fido\u2019 to find restaurants, hotels, attractions, etc. that allow dogs. Today that app led us to Sloppy Joe\u2019s right at the heart of Daytona\u2019s Boardwalk. It was relatively cold, right at our limit to sit outside in fleeces and still enjoy our lunch, but we persevered because we really didn\u2019t want to leave Ranger in the car in the heart of Daytona Beach. We weren\u2019t expecting much from the food as our number one priority was to sit along the beach for our meal but we were both blown away by our meal. Kelly\u2019s lunch was a noteworthy chicken sandwich but Paul\u2019s BLT was insane. Paul has long been a huge fan of BLTs with extra tomato and this afternoon\u2019s meal was the object of his desire. The BLT was served with a pound of bacon. I repeat, a POUND of bacon. Needless to say both Paul and Ranger enjoyed his lunch.
\n\u000bAfter Kelly finished work in the afternoon we went in search of a swimming opportunity for Ranger. As we\u2019ve learned on this trip, his favorite activity is playing fetch at the water\u2019s edge and the poor guy hasn\u2019t been swimming since we camped at Grand Isle State Park at the southern tip of Louisiana some two weeks ago. The waitress at lunch suggested we try Lighthouse Point Park a few miles south of Daytona Beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nAs we pulled up to the entry gate at the park, the attendant, seeing Ranger in the back seat of the car, exclaimed \u201cyou must be here for the dog park!\u2019. We knew we were in the right place. We searched high and low in the park for any place to take the dog swimming but there were \u2018No Pets\u2019 signs everywhere! All of the beaches were wildlife sanctuaries and even the rock jetty was off limits. The lifeguard on duty directed us to the bay side of the island where there were more signs to keep your pets on a leash (while swimming???!?) than there were to pick up poop. And there were a ton of those too\u2026 Back home, \u2018Keep your pet on a leash\u2019 is not a dog park, that\u2019s called a \u2018park\u2019. We left $10 poorer and disgusted with Daytona Beach\u2019s idea of a dog park. (We did grab a couple of nice pictures of the lighthouse though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs we headed home we stopped to run a few errands including looking for a place to grab our fishing licenses. We plan on being in Florida long enough to warrant an annual license for both of us. We weren\u2019t successful in that either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re headed south tomorrow in our continuing quest for warm weather and a water view. We don\u2019t have any real tourism plans for Florida beyond warm weather, water for Ranger and good fishing. Tomorrow is Friday so we were ecstatic to find open reservations at Sebastian Inlet State Park on a barrier island near Vero Beach about an hour south of Cape Canaveral. We\u2019re hoping to be able to find a park nearby for the following week with a good cell signal because there is to be a SpaceX launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday. We were hoping to catch a rocket launch while we were in Florida but being able to see a SpaceX launch would be beyond cool. Keep your fingers crossed, we\u2019ll see if Sebastian Inlet has cell signal (the cell signal app is rather ambiguous about the strength of Sebastian Inlet\u2019s signal).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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