Blogs from Cocoa Beach, Florida, United States, North America

There are lots of places within walking distance of our hotel, so first thing this morning we took a small walk. This is not something that is done very often, so it feels very lonely when you walk along the street. We first made a visit to the Ron Jon surf shop and museum. It is huge and has a selection of everything you could need for the beach, not just for surfing. Next stop was the Key Lime Pie shop. The gentleman here offered us frozen samples of the pie which was great Next we went to a couple of the nearby grocery stores / chemists close by. Had a good wander around but did not buy anything. After a little rest to catch up with the blog, we took to the road again for ... read more

We slept in a little today. Then got up, got ready and went downstairs for breakfast. The hotel had a hot breakfast available. After breakfast we had a little bit of time to just relax so we watched TV before heading out to go to the ship. I knew where the National car return was so I made a left out of the hotel parking lot and soon my GPS was having me turn around. So, I followed the GPS and lo and behold we discovered that National/Alamo/Enterprise have moved to a location at the port. We returned our car and waited a little while for the shuttle to take us to the cruise terminal just a mile away. After going through security and checking in, we had about a 20 wait until they started calling ... read more

We're Going to the Beach...Yahoo, Yippee. What a wonderful day we had with our good friends, Mike and MJ. Remember they were our professional, Harry Potter tour guides at Universal Studios. This day they were professional beach-goer tour guides. They had our watery itinerary all mapped out. MJ drove....brave lady. I haven't driven since we have been in Florida...scaredy cat. She drove us around like a limo driver...not a bit nervous! Her, not me. First stop: the huge Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. Lulu had fun trying various photo shoots. Next stop: neat gift shop across the road with items priced super low. Loved it! As we sucked up the atmosphere of this beachside neighborhood, we stopped and bought a picnic lunch of chips and subs. Carrying 4 folding chairs, we danced across the ... read more

Enjoyable day yesterday just hanging out at the resort pool. Later we met a friend from St. Thomas now living in the area. Happy Hour drinks at Lilly's and then dinner at Fish Lips in Port Canaveral. The food was great all around and we had a pretty good sampling of the menu between the three of us. I had scallops and risotto; Dennis had scewers of shrimp, beef and thresher shark; our friend at a ribeye sandwich. This restruant is right on the water and good place to watch the cruise ships leaving in the early evening.... read more

We finally made it to the beach, yay! Cocoa Beach has flattened out and doubled in width since our first trip 30+ years ago. Unfortunately for Dennis this also means the boogie boarding isn't as good as it used to be. It's great for me, beach lounger that I am. We feasted on blue crab for dinner at the Old Fish House - so tasty. They have tried to slip in a females in the past so be specific, ask for all males and enjoy. We closed out the evening with the band in the pool area. Very nice day.... read more