deliriouslove1970. The life & times of Gary and Denise Flanders. (Free and worth every penny. If you would like to compliment the editor, send to garytheflan@deliriouslove1970.com. If you would like to complain, call your mother.)

Come to find out the seashell tree was a practical joke perpetrated by Gary the Gopher Tortoise. I caught sight of him on his way home. The only thing I heard him mumble was, ‘No photos allowed…f#%king snowbirds.’

Everything is close here in New Smyrna Beach. We drove the short distance to Canaveral National Seashore. It is a National Park so I was able to use my Military Lifetime America The Beautiful pass. At the Visitors Center the Ranger told us twice, “Remember, at the far end of the road that beach is where we can’t convince people to keep their bathing suits on.” Playalinda is the ‘buck neked beach’