vacation part 3.

this is going to be my favorite post & last post about vacation. 3 parts you guys. sorry!

as you know i did my research before visiting daytona, 1. because i have never been 2. i like to make good use of my time.

hidden treasure rum bar & grill.  - you are a piece of work , with your huge portions, friendly staff, all you can eat crab legs on wednesday night, & last but not least amazing prices. if you are ever in daytona please please drive to this place, if you are staying in ponce inlet it is so close, if you just want to drive somewhere amazing to eat get up from your desk tell your boss you are not feeling well and make the drive. 4 hours, 7 hours or even 10, get my point?

                                                                         the view.

the food.

i had 6 orders of crab legs, pretty impressed with  myself.

jill had the order of nachos. this thing was huge!

cory is funny.

caught this selfie in action. 

needless to say we will be going back to this place. incredible.

here are some shots of storms rolling in & a night of put-put.

hes cute.

jill & zac

alligators.

serious face.

we also took a few walks.

caught this bird in flight.

& this man fishing. 

& of course a few pictures of zeke.

& us girls.

ronda, megan. me, & jill.

cutest couple award.

on our very last day we saw one of the turtle nest care takers checking out a nest in front of our condo. we rushed down to see what all the commotion was, well the nest had hatched 3 days prior & we couldn't see any tracks because of the rain. the lady was digging and digging so she could get all the eggs out and count how many hatched & see how many did not. they are trying to make the numbers of survival for baby turtles higher so what they will do is put the eggs that did not hatch just a little below the sand so they have a chance of making it which is still highly unlikely. we made our way back to the condo & started packing the jeeps, i was still staring at the ocean and the group around the nest- all of the sudden one of the boy scout troops had something in his hand and everyone was walking to the ocean. i started yelling for megan (she is a little obsessed with sea turtles) and ronda & i took off. one of the sea turtles was still under the sand! it was like God saved one just for all of us to see. it was so tiny & so cute & we were all so happy to see it take off past the waves.

vacation was great. 

cheers,

mrs. estes

vacation part 1.

i really was hoping to wake up and see the ocean today, but sadly i am at my desk working. vacation got off to a pretty rough start, but read on please- it got better.

last friday after work i drove to ronda's to pack up the cars and then head to augusta to pick up cory. he was playing a show with andy velo at the country club. when we got there i texted him to let him know i was there & then he called and told me the club let someone walk out with his book-bag- & then he told me our macbook pro was in the book-bag. i felt my stomach drop. we just bought this computer & all my pictures were on it. needless to say cory was pretty angry & couldn't shake it for a while on vacation.

say a prayer they find the guy with our stuff. the club knows who he is & we are hoping they are proactive in getting it back.

we drove through the night to ponce inlet & as soon as we arrived everyone took a nice long nap. i actually loved driving through the night bc we got a whole extra day from our suffering. all the girls, (ronda, megan, jill & i) drove in one jeep and the guys in the other. we made plenty of stops for drinks and junk food & kept busy playing games & talking about anything & everything.

 the condo we stayed in was  ponce inlet club south. this was my view every morning.

gorgeous right?

we stayed in the bottom condo so you walk out the door and the pool was to your left and the ocean was right in front of you. i am reminded of the lords awesomeness every time i hear the ocean. something about it is so calming. 

now onto my favorite part- the food. yum. in one post i wrote about some places i read about & wanted to try & some of them were amazing. 

our first stop was tia cori's

you could tell it was going to be good, i love those small little hole in the wall places where the line is out the door, don't you?

i had ordered a mexican torta, but they ran out of bread so i got to order whatever i wanted off the menu at no extra charge- score. fish tacos for me & 5 different tacos for the husband. 

cory also ordered horchata.

the scenery was also nice- i mean check out this post office right next door.

so pretty!

cannot wait to share more & trust me there is a lot. if you are ever wanting to try somewhere new to visit- i highly recommend ponce inlet! 

cheers,

mrs. estes