Florida- part 1- Cocoa Beach

I am catching back up on my posts- I have been a terrible blogger, I know. So let's take a trip back to March for our memorable trip to Florida. We tried so hard to see our friend Steve launch into space to the ISS, but we failed miserably after further delays occurred while in FL. Oh well!! We had a great time anyway! These first pics our the afternoon of the original launch. Mary (Steve's wife & my good friend) & her family threw a pre-launch reception at the Cocoa Beach country club. It was an outdoor pavilion surrounded by bay waters- very lovely & GREAT company! By the end of the party, the launch was officially delayed until what would become Sunday (this was Wednesday).

Vacation!!!

Here is Audrey at the park with bay behind her....lovely!

The girls!! Me, Mary, & Ofelia (my other good friend from nursing school)

Ofelia & her hubby Michael- this was their second launch!

Audrey devouring cupcakes!!

Back up plan! Since there was no launch that evening we headed to the beach. It was a perfect evening but I was NOT impressed with Cocoa Beach at all. Very disappointing. This pic is as close to the shuttle as we get- what a bummer! To the left on the horizon is a white sailboat- the shuttle is the spec to the left of that- HA! Very far away!!The next day we piddled around Cocoa Beach. We hit the massive Ron Jon surf shop & picked up a few souveneirs......

Well, at this point the launch was still pending so we headed into Orlando!!