There is so much to do here in central Florida and now that the weather is becoming more tolerable,
going out is fun again and this past weekend was full of fun things to do and see.
Here's a few pics of what went down and I'm really looking forward to this weekend for Biketoberfest in Daytona.
Captions are for the pictures below them :)
My weekend started with a surf session at New Smyrna beach. Before the internet about the only way you could predict
if the surf was up was to watch the 6:00 news and pray for waves. Now a swell can be accurately forecast several days
in advance and checked on a live HD webcam so the days when I'd walk down this boardwalk not knowing what I would find
over the dune line are long gone and I kinda miss that eager anticipation.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...mages/OCT1.jpg
Even though I knew what to expect I still got that rush with my first glimpse of the waves and was assured my trip would not be wasted.
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Florida gets decent surf and some of the worlds best surfers have come from Florida including Kelly Slater whom
most consider to be the greatest of all time. His hometown is just about 45 mins south in Cocoa Beach.
This day the waves were above average and the weather was perfect.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...mages/OCT3.jpg
This beach is know as the shark bite capitol of the world and when I saw this surfer girl trying to go under a wave
as she paddled out I wanted to add another bite to those statistics.
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With a love and appreciation for the ocean and bodies shaped by the elements I find surfer girls to be the most naturally
beautiful women on earth. This girl was a solid ten in my book and I planned on being all over it until I saw her boyfriend
coming out of the water giving me the stink eye. Even though I'm bigger than him :winkwink: I learned early in life that there is
no sense in fighting for a woman that is not already yours so......
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.....I quickly turned my attention to this Osprey that had been fishing close by and scored a ladyfish of his own.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...mages/OCT6.jpg
Looking to the north at the Daytona beach skyline another Raptor was doing it's thing at the Wings and Waves air show
over the Daytona pier. While it was too far away to get any pics I could still hear the roar of jet engines as the....
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...mages/OCT7.jpg
....F-22 Raptor put on a show for the spectators. I took this pic at the air show when it was held in Ft. Lauderdale a few
years ago so I didn't feel the need to make the drive to see it again but I must say the F-22 is amazing. Besides, I knew
I was going to get to see some new vehicles tomorrow that would be just as breathtaking.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...ages/OCT14.jpg
Sunday I went to the Festival of Speed exotic car show and as promised there were some of the hottest cars on planet.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...mages/OCT8.jpg
There were so many cool cars like this TVR which until now I'd only seen in video games.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...ages/OCT10.jpg
When you're talking about exotic cars you have to put a McLaren at or near the top and their new model did not disappoint.
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...ages/OCT11.jpg
I managed to work up quite a thirst walking around the Ritz Carlton taking pictures of killer cars so when the Peroni girl
offered to get me drunk I accepted and ended up having more than I could handle so I don't remember......
http://www.julie-clarke.com/public_h...ages/OCT12.jpg
.......what the hell kind of car this was :winkwink:
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That's my weekend and this one coming up should be just as eventful. :thumbsup