Space Coast.

After staying a few days in Ft. Pierce, we set sail towards Florida’s “Space Coast”.  We met up with Eva and Rick on Calypso in Vero Beach, and they had a car!  They took us to town and lunch.  We are at Cocoa, Florida now.  The marina here is right by the quaint town (Ft Pierce, Vero and Cocoa all are quaint towns that cater to boaters) which has lots of restaurants and shops.  After severely over eating last night, we took a taxi to the Kennedy Space Center today, and spent all day there.  It is a remarkable place, with I Max movies, exhibits, and a tour of the center itself.  We are also running into more and more loopers headed north, and are sharing stories.  Tomorrow we head to Daytona Beach, and then St Augustine. 

The Live Wire.  We ran in to these boaters in Bimini, Highbourne, Georgetown, Hopetown, and on the AICW in Florida!  

It is tough getting use to the narrow AICW, after the expanse of the Bahamas.  It is very shallow, and the budget for dredging the AICW here (which is almost all recreational) is tight.  No room for errors.

The marina at Cocoa has a paddle boat for sightseeing, weddings, etc.  

Cocoa marina.

These are different papers announcing the lunar landing.  Remember when New Orleans had two papers?

The actual space shuttle Atlantis.  Quite impressive.