Well, we finally made it to Florida. Our first stop is New Smyrna Beach and the Canaveral National Seashore.
Our timing was pretty good. It turns out that we arrived in time to witness the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. It turns out that the national seashore closes the park off towards the southern end so that NASA can put out their assortment of camera equipment. Our plan was to go to the beach to watch the shuttle launch, but opted instead for a shuttle watching party that was advertised under PJ’s restaurant.
Tinka waited patiently for the launch.
Then the launch, right on time. It took a couple of minutes for the sonic booms to reach us after the rocket was out of site. We were able to see the separation of the solid rocket boosters.
On the 9th, our 21st anniversary, we opted for the relaxation of the beach. We’ve learned, from our tour of beaches along the Atlantic, that the walk across the sand can be brutal while carrying coolers, towels, chairs and umbrellas. We came up with the following solution when we were in New Jersey. This cart has only 2-3 PSI air pressure in the tires, but the cart can carry 165 pounds.
The “sand” at the National Seashore is really unusual. It is almost made up of shells.
It can be like walking in dried oatmeal and when you’re wet, it sticks to you like glue.
On our way out of the park, we saw a couple of sea turtles strolling beside the road.
The Canaveral Seashore is a nesting area for loggerhead, green and leatherback sea turtles. More information about the turtles can be found at the following link: http://www.nps.gov/cana/planyourvisit/upload/seaturtles.pdf
R & T –
Great pix! I ate at the same place — PJ’s Sea Shack — back in 1998 when we were at Canaveral for the Discovery Shuttle launch with our printer (and Senator John Glenn) aboard. Awesome and indescribable, isn’t it?
Looks like you’re having a BLAST!
Later,
M&M
That sand looks like sawdust! weird! Love your hair Tinka!! Looks really cute.
Love ya’ll-
Kiri
Mike,
How did the printer work? Did you have to do something special like pressurize the cartridges?
Rick
Kiri,
Thanks for the compliment. I’m glad that you like my new hair cut.
It looked a lot better before the Florida humidity did its dirty work.
Love,
Tinka
I liked your hair also. And that beach cart is really something. You have your usual tonnage of stuff with you. Maybe you can take it with you next time you board a cruise ship, too!!