Sun Viking Lodge marks 50 years in Daytona Beach Shores
Sun Viking Lodge marks 50 years in Daytona Beach Shores DAYTONA BEACH SHORES — For Gary and Barbara Brown, longtime owners of the Sun Viking Lodge, the hotel’s office is a home away from home. Actually, in the early part of the hotel’s 50 years as a beachfront fixture, the office really was the couple’s home, where they simultaneously raised two children and handled the phone calls, front desk, laundry, leaky faucets, midnight emergencies and other innkeeper duties. “This used to be my kitchen,” Barbara said, ushering a guest past desks where hotel staff members answer phones and...