Daytona, Titusville, Melbourne & Vero Beach
We departed Palm Coast Monday morning in pleasant conditions for the easy 25 mile run down to Daytona, arriving just after lunch. The route is through the Halifax River, which is a long, wide, shallow body of water with a narrow ICW channel. We stopped at the Halifax River Yacht Club, which we had stayed at before on our “Covid Run” north in 2020. The club marina is very nice with a pool and nice facilities. Daytona is a bit of a work in progress though. There is no real city centre to Daytona, and the few blocks of the historic downtown which are quite nearby are in varied states of improvement. The boulevard is being rebuilt with what will be a nice waterfront walkway, but is not there yet. The highlight of the area is the Jackie Robinson ball field, home of the Daytona Tortugas. It is at this field where Jackie Robinson first played in a major league game, while with the Brooklyn Dodgers farm team, the Montreal Royals. The route continues down the Halifax River, which is more o