Florida Week 3 - Caleb Visit Day 6

Today the boys are going to Daytona Beach International Speedway to catch the BMW endurance race.

I get together with my friend Jean for lunch and some shopping.  

We are adventuresome and turn down this Scenic dirt road.  Jean figures her car is already dirty so why not? 

 It starts out mostly dirt

 But the further in you go

The more bricks there are

What's that ahead??  Well, we never got to it - I figure it was a mirage or optical illusion of  the road ahead

 The bricks are in surprisingly good condition

We find out later that this was part of the original Dixie Highway. This is one of the few extended portions of the original brick Dixie Highway left in Florida.  The highway was constructed between 1915 and 1925

We ended up on US 1 just north of Bunell, FL an hour and 15 minutes later.  A nice lunch out and some thrift shopping before I had to go to work.

Meanwhile the boys were having a good time in Daytona Beach.  They thought it was awesome.  It was very loud - not my cup of tea

 They even came home with some free gifts