http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Florida , Cape Canaveral en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:43:53 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:43:53 UTC We drove from Orlando to the Kennedy Space Centre which was a bit tricky on the wrong side of the road but we made it ok.We did a special 'NASA up close' tour which was different from the normal tour in that it took us slightly closer to the shuttle launch pads. And showed us the Vehicle Assembly Building which is just a building. And showed us the landing runway which is just a runway. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-345187.html Tired of sitting around waiting to be shuttled to the ship we decided to venture out and see a little bit of Cocoa Beach and area. Humming the theme to ldquoI dream of Jennierdquo we jumped in the Audi and off we went. First on the agenda was food. After driving down the main strip for 34 miles we found a nice steak house called Durangorsquos Steakhouse. I ordered a 12oz rib eye steak and m http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-340623.html Well...the hotel just said that they can't shuttle us to the pier until 5pm ish...lol. However we have to check out of our room at noon...lolol. This is just one of thoes things that makes life interesting..lol. I see a hamburger in my future until next time http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-340560.html Here we are sitting in beautiful Cape Canaveral Fl. The drive down was great After making this trip 5 times the sites are all familiar. The bridge near Jacksonville always amazes. We talk and enjoy each others company the entire trip. With 5 kids between us we have a lot to talk about. We donrsquot even turn on the radio.We chose to take advantage of Country Inn Suites ldquoPark and Cruise http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-340541.html One of the things I have been waiting a long time to do go to NASA http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-338628.html Hello Sorry I've been a bit slow with updating the blog.I did actually do more in Florida than go fishing but not much I was haivng too much fun just kicking back by the pool and spa.Then the weather went a little bad but there were some spectacular thunderstorms. So pretty much I lived in the unit and and the pool for a week. When I did eventually get up and about I only had one day left But a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-336690.html I have just caught the biggest fish of my lifeToday I went out fishing from Cape Canaveral in Florida and boy did I have a grin on my face as we were coming back into port. All up we only fished for about 3 hours and I only caught 45 fish and only kept evidence of one well technically 2.All my other fish were little black tip sharks and what most of the others on the boat caught as you can se http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-332725.html Hi guys...I just realised that you don't really have any idea about what the ship looks like....up close and personal. I.e. in the depths of the massive steel beast HE HE.So I have made this blog as a tribute to the Disney Magic and all it's beauty and majestyEnjoy ladies and gents.love jay xoxoxo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-314426.html Our morning started out at Sunrise Diner where we collected our free breakfast courtesty of the Luna Sea Motel. The breakfast was a bit too homestyle for my taste crisco flavored hash browns anyone but thankfully I picked french toast which was quite possibly the safest choice. And hey it was free so I'm not going to complain about itAfter breakfast we headed to Kennedy Space Center loc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-271678.html If yoursquore planning a trip out of LAX any time soon I highly recommend booking your flight for a Tuesday morning. Living in a post 911 world it is almost impossible to be greeted at the airport by less than 50 people waiting in line ahead of you to check in check bags make your way through the security checkpoint even to go to the restroom Heck lately you have to consider yourself luc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-271341.html Great Sale Bahamas vers Cape canaveral USA150 milles nautiques et 26 heures de navigation notre arrive Great sale nous allons prendre notre dernire marche en sol Bahamien. On se rappelle tous les bons moments que nous avons passs ici les rencontres que nous avons fait et ses multiples 5 7 nos meilleures moments de pche lrsquoeau translucide des Exumas notre safran casshel http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-270647.html The Journey a poem written during our trip to Miami this past Christmas.The JourneyAmelia L. Williams 2008The smell of salt water the prospect of seeing something other than highway drew us down a winding road to the marsh refuge. Fat crabs hid under the rocks in the estuary egrets lifted their legs carefullya heron stood like another branch next to a bush then pounced on something with it http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-264577.html Having lived in Florida for nearly 18 months now we decided that it was time we should visit one of it's major attractions The Kennedy Space Centre. Although we've told all our visitors to go there and have been down there to see a launch Fi and I just hadn't managed to get down there some how......The Space Centre is about 2 hours south of Jacksonville and a little under and hour east of Orla http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-257406.html Greetings from Titusville FL. Where has the month of January gone My goodness what a whirlwind trip this has been. Irsquove packed a lot into the first days of 2008.The campground here is great. It is County run has lots of shade and if the shuttle was going to launch while I was here I would have a great view of it of course Irsquod need that 500 mm lens that I donrsquot have to g http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-235720.html Le Space Shuttle Atlantis de la NASA dvait dcoller le 06 dcembre depuis Cap Canaveral en Floride. Ce matinl debouts trs tt pour prendre la route et assister au dcollage. Arrivs sur place on apprend qu'il est report au lendemain zut On passe le reste de l'aprsmidi la plage il faisait 27 degrs ils ont un super climat quand mme ces floridiens . Mais le lendemain nous n'avons http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-227579.html Obfuscator writes We got up pretty early anticipating heavy traffic to the Kennedy Space Center. As it happened there really wasn't bad traffic at all and we got there in an hour about the same time that we had taken getting from there the night before. Since we got there so fast we got a great parking spot right up by the front of the lot just a few paces from the entrance. We had about http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-226014.html We all have dreams dreams that sometimes come from our early childhood. And man has always had a dream...to fly...today I may be one of the very few thousands on earth that have realized his dream. I can say too...I can fly...so today was one of the most incredible day of my life. So for this fly first...on a traditional way to Orlando. And really happy to see again my great friendTim...thanks http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-222733.html leaving the shipmeeting up with the girls to start our tripyay http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-205768.html We spent the last week at the Ron Jon Resort in Cape Canaveral which is near Cocoa Beach and Kennedy Space Center. World famous Ron Jon Surf Shop has a resort and it's nicely set up for a family to relax on and near the beach. Although the Resort is advertised as beach front the main building is a short walk from the beach. They get away with calling it beach front because they have a second s http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-177436.html OrlandoPort Canaveral We arrived in Orlando in the morning. At the airport we found a taxi van to take us to Port Canaveral. We were originally going to walk around Cape Canaveral since it was too early to board the ship but since we were so tired we decided to just go straight to the port. We were so glad that we did becuase we ended up being able to board almost immediately and since it w http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-177296.html Just after settling in some members of the Australian Embassy arrived in Jacksonville as part of their national tour visiting all the Australian Defence Members. There are three Australian families here and we all had dinner at the Harris Household. Jason Harris is a navy chief who also works at Mayport Naval Station with Fiona. The other Australian James and his wife Leanne is an airforce Navig http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-131811.html We enjoyed the tiny funky old Cocoa village. Found good onstreet parking very useful signage great local artists' studios and galleries charming boutiques and home made ice cream. A few unusual things happened today the artist in one of the studios lived in Schenectady as a child unfortunately he wasn't in his gallery today the driver from Hertz who took us back to The Schooner after http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-131590.html This was my first trip to florida and i was very impressed with the beauty of this state. We landed in Orlando and rented a car to drive to Cape Canaveral where my cruize would be leaving out of. Be careful driving on the 95 i belive it was because cops sit there and wait for dumb tourists to speed by them e.g. such as us. He luckily let us go with a warning just obey the speed laws. The following http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-130557.html The Schooner is docked at Forest Village RV Park near Cocoa Beach. We met the Vanderwerkers and Tom and Cheryl Rimmer and had a great seafood meal at Grills Seafood Deck at Sunrise Marina Port Canaveral. Drinks and snacks prior at Joe and LJ's condo at Cape Canaveral Beach. Great spot. The Rimmers are on to St. Thomas VI in the morning where they will be sailing with friends for a week or so http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-129779.html I decided to spend the night at Sebastian Inlet State Park a little ways south of Cocoa Beach. This coast line is very cool and some high end subdivisions are in this area. I suspect this is true anywhere along the coast in Florida and there is a lot of Coast. I suspect a lot of these homes are second homes.Made it to Sebastian Inlet State Park around 600 and they were full. They offered me a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-129178.html That was the title of the IMAX movie I saw at NASA Kennedy Space Center today. It was utterly incredible sent shivers down my spine. It was like actually being there in that 3d world of dust Although I was initially underwhelmed by the sheer mundaneness of the complex and the godawful muzak pumping out everywhere as if we needed that to emote about space I soon found myself impressed by t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-126808.html Today the sun had his baseball cap on well we are in the US so I took a long long walk. Everything here is set up for fourwheeled creatures so all amenities are sprawled miles apart hence there is no choice for twolegged animals like me except to perform the Long March. In fact I feel so odd here without a car that I find myself telling people about my sad epileptic past in order to som http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-126462.html Well that's what one of the church billboards here in Cocoa Beach told me This place is uberweird With its luscious vegetation and outrageous wildlife I've seen so many eagles I have the feeling the Florida would be beautiful if only humans hadn't come along and screwed it up It makes me think of that Talking Head song which says Once there were parking lots Now there's nothing but f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-126040.html I am not much interested in Space. However you would have to be lax not to be grateful for the benefits it creates the courage of our Astronauts and the international cooperation involved in this endeavor. As we headed south on Hwy. 95 I just couldnrsquot see driving by one of the greatest achievements of man.The Space Center is sit up for visitors. They have capable tour guides who drive a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-114941.html I am not much interested in Space. However you would have to be lax not to be grateful for the benefits it creates the courage of our Astronauts and the international cooperation involved in this endeavor. As we headed south on Hwy. 95 I just couldnrsquot see driving by one of the greatest achievements of man.The Space Center is sit up for visitors. They have capable tour guides who drive a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-114763.html