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2001
Dressage at Devon
25 - 30 September 2001
Astrid's
Journal -- "The Way to Devon"
Tuesday September 18, 2001 -- Frontal Breeze
Mary's adorable corgi Gizmo woke me up round 8 AM,
as she came scracthing at the door. Working day started
at 9 AM today and I had to upload a bunch of press releases
onto the Horsesdaily server. PR's are a routine job
for me. Meanwhile, I got acquainted with Ken Delaurentis,
who is Mary's web technician and computer doctor. He
spiced up her laptop so that it would be ready to go
on the road for three weeks as Mary and JJ are covering
Devon, the Medal Finals and the Regional Finals in October
as season closener.
Round 2 PM, I was ready with my computer work and fluttered
about in the house. I started writing this dairy of
my visit to Mary's. A pleasant surprise came round 3
PM. It appeared to me that Mary had an appointment,
so suddenly everybody had to get ready to leave. Mary
took out her 1986 Ford Mustang convertible, pulled down
the top and told me and JJ to get in. She had mentioned
about driving to St Augustine yesterday but I actually
had the impression that she needed to go somewhere else
today.
We drove to Jenny Craig's meeting center in Daytona
and, while Mary was getting her food, JJ and I went
to Best Buy to get an external CD Writer for the laptop.
I quickly took a peek inside Barnes and Noble Book Store,
because my brother requested me to bring some Star Wars
books back home, but the ones he asked for where not
there. We then drove to Daytona Beach and took the coastal
route to Flagler and St Augustine. It was a wonderful
ride. Although it was hot and sunny outside, the frontal
breeze hitting your face (from driving in the convertible)
was devine. I watched pelicans fly over the car, surfers
fighting the curl of the Atlantic and boats setting
sail for the open sea. We crossed a gorgeous bridge
right before getting into St Augustine and then toured
the city by car. The city holds beautiful buildings
with a clearly Spanish influence.
At 6 PM we had dinner near the marina and I ate stuffed
flounder, which was great. I ordered a chardonnay and
the lady didn't even ask for my ID. JJ said that that
was typical when you turn 21; then they never ask for
your ID. Bummer. We got home in Deleon Springs at 10
PM and I immediately turned in.
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