Having a Big Time in Cocoa

My favorite at the car show - wow!

 

Pacer "HotRod" - yeah, I said "HotRod"!

Classy Franklin

If you can't afford the big one - the guy said these would go over 50 mph!

So many cars to see

Having fun on the sandbar on the Barge Canal

View of one of the Cruise Ships from the sandbar

Just catching some rays in the Whaler

This is the "burger boat" at the sandbar
"Island Oasis"

You can't see me - I'm invisible......

Yeah, we know there's gators in there somewhere

Getting ready for Comedy Night

Couldn't resist - our "finest"
in line at the donut tent!

Flash Mob!
That was so much fun!

Hali and Me after the Flash Mob
She's our Zumba Instructor and Owner of
"Come On Get Happy"

Mikey standing in line at the BBQ Truck
Had to have some of those ribs!

Sitting in on the drum circle
Don't you love the hat!!

View from the Manatee Park
Just after sunset

Lovin' the scooter!

We’ve been having a time here in Cocoa.  Our time is growing short though.  We will be heading south in a few days.  We will be traveling most of October –crossing over to Venice via the Okeechobee Waterway and then down the west coast of Florida.   We plan to spend the winter in Marathon.  We’re on a few waiting lists at this time.  Surely something will open up by the time we get there in November.  :-)

You won’t believe what I did yesterday!  I can check it off on my bucket list.  Flash Mob!!  There was the Space Coast Festival going on over in Cape Canaveral.  There were 14 bands, vendors and lots of things going on all day.  The local Zumba Dance Studio  - “Come On Get Happy” – (yes, that’s the name) organized a Flash Mob.  We practiced all month at the studio during our Zumba classes.  There were at least fifty dancers that showed!  It was so much fun.  We all gathered at the main stage and when we heard our cue out we came.  What fun! 

Mike had some fun at the Festival too.  He sat in on a drum circle.  That was right up his alley.  We hung out most of the day listening to the music and checking out the food.  Great day!

 Last Saturday the Village held their annual car show.  It turned out to be pretty good.  There were lots of neat old cars and hotrods there, including a Pacer Hotrod.  Yes, a “Pacer Hotrod”  – I know those two words don’t usually go together – but that is what it was.  There was also a “Franklin” and an “Essex” – cars that you don’t see very often.   It was a beautiful day and we had a great time walking around the Village.   

On Sunday, we finally got to take the Whaler for a ride.  We went out the Barge Canal toward to Atlantic over to Cape Canaveral.  It was about a two hour ride each way.  We went to the Lock but didn’t go through it.  The Lock only raises about 12 inches!  Anyway, there was a great sandbar right up from the Lock where there were lots of boats hanging out.  There was a boat there selling hamburgers, hotdogs, etc.  Oh, and fruit smoothies – he couldn’t sell you alcohol so if you bought a smoothie, he would “GIVE” you a shot of tequila to put it.  Funny!  It was a great ride – the Canal had lots of cool flora along the banks giving way to lots of wildlife.  We knew there were alligators back in the brush but never did we see one.   Maybe that was a good thing!  We spent the day and got back to the boat tired and sunburned.  What a great day!

The other night was Comedy Night at Ryan’s Irish Pub (our favorite hangout).  We decided that we needed to check it out.  It was a little hokey but it was fun.  They have this room above Ryan’s called the Shamrock Room.  It’s pretty much an attic – but cool.  It just cracks us up that it’s Ryan’s IRISH Pub – but they specialize in Pizza, Spaghetti, and other fine ITALIAN dishes – in fact – a great Stromboli!

We’ve met several boaters here at the marina – recently two new couples – George & Sarah Hulse and Floyd & Elaine Tapp.  Both couples are from Owensboro, KY.  Don't think they knew each other before they met here.  What a coincidence!  We have spent some time with them having a few “docktails”. 

Mike has spent a lot of time getting the space ready for the Whaler on NautiNell.  There was quite an adjustment to be made for the Whaler from where the inflatable dinghy used to sit.  After lots of R&D – he finally got it figured out and the Whaler is now safe and sound up on the roof where the inflatable used to sit. 

Now we have to figure out just where the new scooter is going to ride.  Not sure about that yet.  But one thing is for sure – we are “lovin” the scooter!  It has really freed up our boundaries.  We can pretty much go anywhere we want now.  Mike is going somewhere on it every day!  He’s got it just about fixed up to his liking. 

We’ve had a great time here in Cocoa.  We will be leaving soon but we hope to come back this way again.  If you are ever in this area – definitely check out Cocoa Village.  It’s a great little place.

 

Till next time! 

Admiral “C”