A Week at the Beach

So, Friday and Saturday was spent, cleaning, laundry and then packing for the week.

And we took what will probably be our last pictures of the Blue Heron babies.  They have grown so fast, and are flapping their wings and flying from branch to branch.  Chances are pretty good that they will be leaving the nest before we get back home.........We'll see....  And the little yellow breasted flycatcher was back knocking at the widow.

Check in time at the Ocean Landings Resort in Cocoa Beach is not until 5:00 o'clock, so it mid afternoon before we packed the car and started the journey to the east coast.   We have in the past taken the path through Orlando and then the 528 across to A1A........But this time we took Fl 70 across to I-95 N.  It is definitely a much better route,  Going across 70 took us through Okeechobee, hundreds of Love Bugs..........and then a pretty good shower.

Below are a couple of pictures of the trip...
Below is in Okeechobee where we cross the Kissimmee River.......... and the Okeechobee sign.....gives you a pretty good idea of how thick the love bugs were.

And their is an aircraft exhibit that we see, every time we go this way.......Not sure what the exhibit exemplifies.......but it's pretty cool.

Then we made our way to I-95, and then crossing the Indian River and inter coastal area as we made our way to A1A... and from there about 7 miles to the resort.  The bridge on the top right is the Sebastian I-85 Overpass, built in honor of an old railroad.  It is a pedestrian and bicycle overpass with paths that run for 2 miles between Fellsmere and Sebastian.

It was about 3:45 when we arrived in Cocoa Beach, so we decided to stop for dinner before we checked in.  We didn't want a big dinner - having to unload and unpack.....so we stopped at IHOP.  Great choice.  Rich had the Banana and Strawberry pancakes, and I had the French Toast, with Butter Pecan syrup!!

We've upgraded the past couple of years to the Ocean view room. This time we decided to just stay in the Atlantic Building, which is close to both of the pools, and the grilling area.  It's really quite nice, plenty big enough and a sitting area out front.

After getting settled in.......we decided to take a walk on the beach before it got dark.  People still swimming......despite the really really big waves! (Actually it looked like fun).  With the way both of us have been feeling we weren't sure how far we'd make it........but we took our time and had a great walk......TOES IN THE SAND!!!

We're going to some presentation on Wednesday where we will get 3 gift cards for 3 different restaurants.........so tonight we are just going to do Denny's which is right across the street.  Then a trip to the grocery store to pick up a few things for breakfast AND some half and half so we can have our White Russians tomorrow!!