Terry and I got back late yesterday afternoon from a week of vacation in Daytona Beach, FL. We were in a nice resort right on the beach, with a room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. We did many long walks on the beach, ate lots of great seafood, and generally had a much appreciated break from winter.



This is a view of where we stayed, from the beach. All rooms face the beach!

We were looking forward to seeing sunrise over the Atlantic. The first three mornings had fog, but the fourth morning was a winner.


Immediately after sunrise, we went for a long walk along the beach.


Tuesday afternoon we visited a Daytona Beach area RV–8 builder, who is installing a Rotec R3600 radial engine (150 hp, 3.6 litre, 9 cylinder engine) in his RV–8. I’ve got a soft spot for radial engines, as I flew the S–2 Tracker for 4 years, with two somewhat larger radial engines (Wright R–1820, 1525 hp, 29.9 litre, 9 cylinder engines - over 3.3 litres per cylinder!). BK is doing a beautiful job with his project. Terry was very jealous of the rear seat heat - he built custom sidewall panels and routed a hot air duct through the side wall to the rear seat and the passenger footwells (the stock ones get very cold).