We took a little road trip up to Cocoa Beach the other day. Went to the Ron Jon surf shop. Went out to the beach. The water has stayed pretty rough since the hurricane. The weather has been great. It has been breezy and warm with cooler nights, but it has gradually warmed up since we have been here.
Yesterday while Brandon was at work we had Stanley Steemer come out and clean the carpet in the motorhome. It really needed it and we had some time, but it didn't dry nearly as quickly as we had hoped. So we took the dogs and went out for a ride. Drove along A1A from Melbourne Beach up to Cocoa Beach. You can still see some of the hurricane damage from the hurricanes that came through here last year. And of course, there were hurricane force winds with Hurricane Wilma just last week, so there is a lot of debris. There also were 5 tornadoes I think Brandon said with Wilma, and we saw where that went through. Hopefully with hurricane season almost at an end, it is over for the year.
Last night we went to Meg O'Malley's for dinner after Brandon got off work. It is an Irish Pub/Restaurant and the food was very good. We had a nice time for our last evening out with Brandon. Tonight he came out to the park after work and we fixed burgers. He is gone now and we will be on our way tomorrow. Brandon has to fly to Dulles tomorrow for work. He recently changed jobs within Harris and now his boss is leaving so they are sending Brandon out to do some of the things his boss would have done.
The park here has become interesting. When we arrived, no one was here as they had mandatory evacuations due to Wilma. However, some people told the park they couldn't get their units out, so they were allowed to leave them, but had to leave themselves. Turns out they are homeless, or at least "itinerant" workers who apparently have been here for quite some time. This park allows you to book for up to 180 days. But November 1, the snow birds have started moving in and they have most of the park booked for the winter. The rangers have been out here a couple times to get these people to move and they don't want to. The police have been here and today they have started to clean up a little. The have too many units on the sites and most of them don't have water in their units, so they are using a garden hose for everything. They really trashed their sites and we were a little worried about going away, but we haven't been bothered. Also this morning, the ranger came out and evicted someone who snuck in during the night without paying. He refused to leave, so the sheriff came and the guy left within 5 minutes. Apparently he is with a circus which arrived for 2 shows this week. We had decided that when we come back, we won't come here because we don't feel comfortable with this stuff going on. But there have been enough other people in here, so it really has been fine.
Well, tomorrow morning we pack up to leave. The snow bird who rented our site for 6 months is here and right next to us. He is ready to move over when we move out, so we will make sure we give it a good going over. I forgot to mention that of the two couples we met, both the women are cancer (colon) survivors. One for 27 years and the other for a few months.
I have started the Harry Potter series. Great fun, easy reading. I am on the third book now. Haven't had time all summer to read, trying to get the house ready to sell. It's good to get back into a book.
Till next time. . .
Dale
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