Cocoa Beach, Florida

 

Life is a "beach" at Cocoa Beach!

We are staying at Jetty Park in Port Canaveral for a truly relaxing week. The park is located on a jetty with the ocean on one side and a man made canal on the other. The canal allows cruise ships to enter/leave the port. We couldn't have a better site - right on the point - just a short walk to the beach or along the canal and fishing pier.

Cape Canaveral property is across the canal - pretty quiet around there nowdays.

They rent 2 chairs with cushions and an umbrella for $15 per day. We rode our bikes around the area in the morning and then I spent the whole day on the beach! Walking, reading, napping, watching the dolphins and boats - glorious!

We watched the Carnival Pride leave port last evening - a huge cruise ship that takes up most of the canal. A "port pilot" is required to "drive" the ship out to sea so there is a small escort boat that leads the ship out of the canal and then picks up the pilot and brings him back.

We are golfing today - such a tough life we lead!

A cute Emily story: They were eating chicken for dinner and Emily asked why Heather "always makes chicken" - Heather asked her what her favorite food is so she could make it sometime - Emily answered "rice" - Heather said you can't just eat rice, Emily, what is your second favorite food? Emily thought for a moment and said "frosting!"

We were on SKYPE with the girls last night - early morning in KL - Heather was fixing their hair before school - Emily told Samantha she looked "fabulous!"