New Smyrna birds and shells

18th of February, Wednesday

We woke up to a beautiful day in New Smyrna Beach, at Bill and Betty's. They're very nice and welcoming people. They love collecting shells (they have a whole room for their trophies), and they love feeding birds at the beach.
  So we hopped in the car in the morning, and drove to the beach. This is the only beach where you can drive your car. 10 miles/h is not much, but it's something. It's a beautiful, vaste open beach.
Betty and Bill took a bunch of seeds and nuts, and gave it to us to feed the pigeons and seagulls, who chilled at the beach. You could just put your hand out, and the birds would fly into your palms. Being pooped on was not a threat - at least that's what they said. Of course Saki got pooped on.
   After all the seeds and peanuts were devoured, we took a walk along the beach, looking for shells. We found quite a few. Betty and Bill knew the names of each kind, they're real experts on the subject. The weather was very nice. We were really thankful, that we were in Florida. Tom, Stephanie's husband kept us updated on the weather conditions in upstate New York ... horrible horrible cold ruled over those lands. And while we were outside in shorts, our friends at home were busy trying to remove the icicles from their nostrils.