CAPE CANAVERAL
JUNE 12-14, 2017
The trip up
to Cape Canaveral from Lake Worth was, mostly, motor sailing. The winds were light and the seas under 2
ft. We had lots of dolphins jumping
around the boat which delighted our granddaughter. We entered the port and took a berth at Blue
Points Marina at 1654 hrs. This marina doesn’t
have much to recommend it: it serves as
a fish cleaning station for private and charter boats. The fish cleaning procedure is to fillet the
fish, poke out the eyeballs so the carcass will sink and throw it in the water. Sometimes they forget to poke out the
eyeballs so the carcass floats around on the water and starts to stink. Usually, the pelicans clean up
everything. These pelican squadrons are
messy and leave droppings everywhere on the floating docks. SLICK AS SHIT is apropos here.
Other than
the Kenney Space Center and the Canaveral National Seashore, there isn’t much
else in the immediate area. All the
stores and supplies are located at Coco Beach.
We rented a car and drove over to the Kennedy Space Center. There is a lot to see in a day so one has to
choose the most interesting place to start.
Ideally, this should be done in two days. We took the bus tour and went to the Saturn V
Complex: truly impressive. By the time
this was over and we returned to the Visitor Center Complex, no one wanted to
continue seeing more so we returned the car and went back to the boat. I would have liked to spend another day there
but our granddaughter was anxious to meet her mother in Jacksonville.
We departed
Blue Points Marina at 0900 hrs on June 14th, 2017 for Jacksonville,
FL.
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