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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Ormond Beach Memorial Gardens

The Ormond Memorial Gardens are located at the SE corner of Granada Blvd and Halifax Drive on the peninsula.  They are an excellent place to take a little walk and check out some Florida foliage.  My daughter enjoyed tracking down the turtles in the various little ponds and water features on the property.  Here are a few pictures from the gardens:

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Art of the Automobile

The Art of the Automobile is located on Beach Street in downtown Daytona Beach.  Its a great way to see all types of cars from new to old, exotic, muscle, race cars and old vintage.  It was beautiful 80 degree weather this year.  Here are a few pictures from the event:

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Beautiful Sunrise in Daytona Beach

I got up early and went down to the board walk in Daytona Beach to shoot the sunrise this past weekend and really lucked out.  I was able to shoot for about an hour from all different spots around the board walk and Ocean Walk shops.  It was really more like controlled chaos -- at least I hope that's how it looked. The good thing about getting up early is that there was hardly anyone around so I didn't have to worry about people walking into my pictures. Here are 3 of the pictures I have processed so far:

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