Well today was an adventure - in more ways than one!
We had the optional excursion to St Augustine planned today - our most popular trip with almost everyone tagging along for the ride. To make sure we had enough time to hit all of our stops we had to be on the road by 8.30am.
Everyone was excited for our first stop of the day: The Old Sugar Mill at De Leon Springs State Park. An all-you-can-eat, cook-your-own pancake house. Because there were so many of us we were spread over four tables around the restaurant, each with their own griddle pan in the middle. The lovely waitresses gave us the drill - spray the oil on, pick the batter, pout it on, wait for it to bubble and then flip.
We soon got the hang of it, and after a couple of rounds we were stuffed! We were still on schedule so we had a wander around the State Park, with natural springs and lots of wildlife, before we headed north to St Augustine.
Some of the group decided to walk the city, I took the trolley tour (I LOVE the Old Town Trolley Tours - I've done then about 10 times in different cities and they are such a fun way to see everything and learn about it as well). After we'd done the loop we hopped off, got ice cream and looked around the historic streets.
We left at around 5pm and we were racing the clock as Dad doesn't like driving in the dark. This meant that our dinner stop at the Daytona Pig Stand was more like a drive-through as we all had to-go meals and then held on tightly to our plates as we drove the next hour and a half home! The ribs were SO GOOD though...it was worth it.
We had the optional excursion to St Augustine planned today - our most popular trip with almost everyone tagging along for the ride. To make sure we had enough time to hit all of our stops we had to be on the road by 8.30am.
Everyone was excited for our first stop of the day: The Old Sugar Mill at De Leon Springs State Park. An all-you-can-eat, cook-your-own pancake house. Because there were so many of us we were spread over four tables around the restaurant, each with their own griddle pan in the middle. The lovely waitresses gave us the drill - spray the oil on, pick the batter, pout it on, wait for it to bubble and then flip.
We soon got the hang of it, and after a couple of rounds we were stuffed! We were still on schedule so we had a wander around the State Park, with natural springs and lots of wildlife, before we headed north to St Augustine.
Some of the group decided to walk the city, I took the trolley tour (I LOVE the Old Town Trolley Tours - I've done then about 10 times in different cities and they are such a fun way to see everything and learn about it as well). After we'd done the loop we hopped off, got ice cream and looked around the historic streets.
We left at around 5pm and we were racing the clock as Dad doesn't like driving in the dark. This meant that our dinner stop at the Daytona Pig Stand was more like a drive-through as we all had to-go meals and then held on tightly to our plates as we drove the next hour and a half home! The ribs were SO GOOD though...it was worth it.
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