Our drive to Cocoa beach was interesting as it was my first time driving on the wrong side of the road in America. It started pissing down with rain about 10 minutes in whilst we were driving down a 7 lane highway. The rain was so hard that i could only just see the car in front of me... so a rather interesting start to the whole experience. We left the rain about half an hour later and discovered we were on a very long straight road. Man it can get boring driving such large distances on such straight roads.
We made it to Cocoa beach without to much hassle... my navigator was pretty good (Don't tell him i said that though or he will get a big head!) we checked into our hotel, went for a walk on the beach and then off for dinner. the next day we got up and headed off to the Kennedy space centre for a good look around. We went on a space launch simulator, had a look at the Explorer shuttle, read a lot about space missions, and generally learnt about space. We even learnt that Cochlear implants where made by NASA, (check out my friends website) The only problem was that although it was a lovely morning, about 40 minutes after we got there the heavens opened, and i mean opened! Tony and myself got so wet it was not funny! I ended up having to drive to Orlando with a singlet on and Tony was topless. if was very funny though.... it did mean that we left a little earlier than we wanted to, and we didn't go on any of the bus rides to the other sites, but we just had to much else to do!
We stopped at another outlet mall on the way to Tampa.... and i discovered that Tony really does have a shopping demon... i had to drag him out of some of the stores, and nearly resorted to taking away his credit card.... some good purchases where made though, especially the second bag for tony so that he could get all of his purchases home!
We finally made it to Tampa around 7.40, just after the sun had set. It was a little disappointing as it was one of those places in the world where the sun sets into the sea, and the sunsets are amazing. Tony got some photo's as we where driving, but it was not quite the same as being able to see it myself properly and not having to concentrate on the road. but i guess you can't have everything!
Clear water beach was amazing... it was beautifully looked after, and the ocean was very swimmable. We found a motel to stay in and then headed out for dinner. On the recommendation of the motel owner, we headed to Frenchy's rockaway Grill which was right on the water front and served us the most amazing Fish ever!
To be continued....
1 comment:
Oh, I wish I was there. It all sounds so amazing. What an experience and to get through so much. Xero must've made you rich -hehe. Tony, remember to spread the word while you are out there... When you get back you can show me how to make a blog too.
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