Kissimmee, FL to St Petersburg, FL

We are up early to be at the Florida Mall so Kim, Reggae, and Marie can shop. I use the time to call Amy as it has been a couple of days.

We go from the mall to Orlando airport where we farewell Kim back to the Bahamas. We continue east to the Kennedy Space Center. It’s 1pm before we get in and so decide to just do the basic park tour and not go to the Space Station Center / Apollo Center / Observation Deck. In the space center we check out the display about robot probes (very badly done) and through the exhibition about the universe and its planets, which I could’ve stayed in all day. We went into the rocket garden before the heat got the better of us and we opted to leave. We tried to drive out to some of the launch sites, but these are in restricted areas.

After stopping at McDonalds for lunch, we continued on our drive north on Highway 1 to Daytona Beach. This is somewhere Reggae has always wanted to go to – I’m not sure why. The place is like a bad version of Surfers Paradise, but it was interesting to see all the cars parked on the beach. After a quick stop on the beach, and a drive a bit further north, we turned back to jump on Highway 4 and start out way to St Petersburg. This drive took us back through Orlando and on past Tampa. Somehow we missed the sign to St Petersburg and we went all the way to the beach. With a bit of guidance we were at our hotel by 8pm. We ordered pizza and chicken wings and gorged ourselves. Television was the order of the night as today’s drive has taken all my energy. And I have the bed to myself.