Ormond Beach Corporate Challenge

Last Saturday June 21st at Andy Romano Beachfront Park the Ormond Beach Camber of Commerce put on a 1st annual event called the Ormond Beach Corporate Challenge.  It was made up of 18 teams with 5 people each.  They participated in several events including:

Obstacle Course
Sack Race & Wheelbarrow
Sprint thru the surf
Paddle Boarding
Tug-O-War


The overall winning team was Homes for Heroes which is a program where fire fighters, police officers, educators and health care workers can get discounts when buying a home.  All the money raised was for a new scholarship fund the chamber has started, as well as operating funds for the chamber.

Here are a few pictures from the event:

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Sunset full of color

Last week I planted myself out on the dock that goes underneath the Granada Blvd bridge in Ormond Beach, Florida and waited to see what the sunset would be like on that night.  I was pleasantly surprised to see the array of colors that made it worth the wait.  Here are 2 pictures from that sunset:

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Movies on the Halifax: Frozen in June

This months movie on the Halifax river was Frozen.  Ever heard of it?  Live under a rock?  My daughter loves this movie.....as do most girls under the age of 12.  This was the most crowded I have ever seen the Casements for one of their monthly movies.  It was actually a gorgeous night with a good enough breeze to keep the mosquitoes away.  It's a fun family event and really gives the area that "small town" feel.  Here are a few cell phone pictures from the night:

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Day Trip: Deleon Springs

A cool place to visit within 40 minutes of Ormond Beach is Deleon Springs State park.  It's a great place to take a swim, canoe, fish, take a boat tour or have a pancake lunch (more on that later).  The water is a brisk 72 degrees -- good for cooling off on a hot Florida day.

 Here is the path from the parking lot down to the springs.  The Spanish moss hanging down from the oak trees is quite a site.

 This is the water wheel attached to the little restaurant that they have at the park.  It is a functioning water wheel but on this day the water level was too low to actually get it going.  The restaurant is famous for it's pancakes that you make at your table on the hot plate built into the middle of the table.

 Here is a view of the springs looking out onto the open water where they have canoeing, boat trips, fishing, etc.  We even spotted an alligator in the marsh about 200 yards past the restaurant on the left hand side.  It was a four foot long gator sunning itself on the banks of a little island.

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Spectacular Sunset

A couple nights ago we were treated to a really spectacular sunset here in Ormond Beach.  I was out walking the dogs with my wife and daughter and of course my camera and tripod were back at home....When I realized that this was going to be one of those special nights we had to rush home (obeying all traffic laws) and get my gear and get back out there to take some pictures.  Here are a couple that I have processed so far.  These are taken from the west side of the Halifax river looking north:

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Catching the Sunrise

I managed to drag myself out of bed Sunday morning to catch the sunrise.  I was a little later getting up than I had hoped so I was fighting against time (and light) to get to a spot to take pictures.  I ended up down the street about a mile from my house at the base of the Granada Blvd bridge.  I have been there a thousand times but never at sunrise so I scrambled to take as many shots as I could before the sun got too high in the sky.  Here are a couple of the pictures I have processed so far:

Best viewed large ; )

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