Cocoa Beach, After an uneventful flight to Orlando on the “convertible” airline, I picked up my bags and MaryLu, Bill and Ann soon pulled up. Bill, MaryLu’s son, has rented a large SUV and my bags filled up the remaining space. The weather was sunny hovering around 90 and the drive to Cocoa Beach was short and pleasant. Checked into The Doubletree just in time for Happy Hour. Actually, Happy Hour had just ended but Bill is a charmer, not to mention REALLY good customer so we were able to relax with a cold beer. Our hostess was from Dublin and wants to go back to visit her Mom but the airfares, according to her, were outrageous. She has been in the US for 26 years now. Our room has a balcony that has views of
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