so it's about time to point the minivan north and let the natives enjoy this 90° Florida heat.
The pool is even approaching the "too warm" state.
We decided to go "celebrate" our imminent departure with a casino cruise out of Port Canaveral.
We caught a shuttle van near our place early this morning and traveled to board the Victory 1.
According to articles I dug up, it's a 300' ship with 4 passenger decks and 600+ slot machines and a couple dozen gaming tables. I thought the ocean would be a nice place to enjoy a 90° day.
We boarded as a couple tugs left the harbor to tend to barges offshore.
Then had to wait until a cruise ship passed.
Lines were cast and we were on our way out of the harbor. The beach was busy.
The boat motored the required 3 miles offshore and motored at a slow pace in a couple mile lap just north of the port. We spent the first hour dining at the buffet lunch on board, played for a couple hours, then enjoyed the slow cruise for the end of the trip.
It was a nice trip.
About the time we docked, we were treated to a launch from the Kennedy Space Center. That was cool but not nearly as impressive as I thought it might be. This was an unmanned payload headed to the space station.
So that's it for the winter. Friday the trek north to the land of leafless trees begins.
Can't say I'm not looking forward to going north.
Need to get the Sea Ray ready for launch next month.
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