Reminiscence: 06/17/08

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

COCOA BEACH 2008 - Part I

It was so great to be back in Cocoa Beach, Florida for another vacation! We had wonderful weather the whole twelve days that we were there. It was sunny and in the eighties, sometimes nineties. Being by the ocean is one of my favorite things, and we have found a very nice resort that we get to use once a year and enjoy just relaxing and walking on the beautiful beach by the ocean, picking up seashells, eating in the great restaurants in the area, playing games, reading a lot and just enjoying ourselves. This year Bob and Shelley and Matthew joined us from Sunday to Sunday of the first week. They had a frustrating day with the airlines in getting to Florida, but after they finally got there on Sunday night, we had a great time. We stayed on the sixth floor this year and had a double balcony with a great view of the ocean. Here are Shelley and Bob on the balcony that goes along the inside of all of the condos and overlooks the pool area.

Here is Matthew playing on the beach with his sand toys. The water was warm this year so we spent a bit more time playing in the waves, which were rolling nicely every day. We also got to see lots of different birds, some jellyfish, and some crabs.

This is a picture of Terry. As usual, he is multi-tasking! He was trying to fly a kite and talk on the phone at the same time. We thought that Matthew would enjoy the kite, but he was too busy doing other things to bother looking at it much. He's probably too young yet.

This is the view from the inside balcony overlooking the pool area. It is a beautiful view and is usually very busy with people. We spent a lot of time there in the water, reading, eating at the food bar and talking. One day in the second week, I actually played BINGO! Most days there is either live entertainment in the afternoon at the pool or organized games or trivia for those who want to participate. We did the trivia one day and I did Bingo one day. Lost both.

Matthew got to be quite a little surfer while we were there! Here he is on a big wave. Isn't he talented? Oh no! He forgot to remove his shoes! What kind of surfer surfs in sandals? He just isn't up on all of that stuff yet.

The ocean was warm and we really didn't have to get used to it before walking in. I never really swam in it, but Bob, Shelley, and Terry did a bit, and Matthew went into the waves while someone was holding him. Beautiful water!

Here is Matthew playing in the sand. He loved to make rivers and fill up the bucket with sand and then pour water into it so it would overflow into his river.

Here we are walking along the beach one day. I am the one taking the pictures, so I am not in the pictures! I have to figure out how to fix that one of these days. I find that it is easier to just take the pictures myself most of the time.