Last Day in Cocoa Beach

Photos.

Minuteman Causeway

The weather has been unseasonably hot this year -- over half the days this winter have been over 80F. Feels good most of the time, but not this morning when I went out for a walk about 11. I went to Minuteman Causeway (0.7 mi according to the GPS on my phone, but it felt much farther). I wanted to walk along the Banana River, but the sewer construction project made the idea seem crazy. Instead, I walked home on the west side of A1A . Fortunately, I did walk in a little shade but I was very warm when I finally arrived at the condo.

We decided to have a late lunch at Fishlips in Port Canaveral. What a great surprise! Wonderful view on the cool, shady deck. We had a scrumptious appetizer (grilled brie and fruit) and shared a wonderful scallop risotto. Plenty of food for both of us. We watched a dolphin jump and a sea turtle appeared from time to time.

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Later, we drove to the boat launch to see the boat traffic. We were interested in the Royal Caribbean ship Grandeur of the Seas, where passengers who had boarded in Baltimore were on a shore excursion to the Kennedy Space Center. A woman who must have skipped the shore trip was entranced by the sea turtles swimming below us. She had never seen one before.

We had forgotten about the complex potluck this evening so I went for a swim. Later on, a guy ("Scott", I think) entertained the crowd assembled out side the party room : Elvis, Everly Brothers, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash ...). We enjoyed the music from our second floor balcony.

We had a great week in Cocoa Beach.