Cocoa Beach the last

I woke up even earlier the last day I was in Cocoa Beach to get some great sunrise photos.  It's going to be really hard to narrow them down.  It was so quiet on the beach at 6am.  It was wonderful.  I love how the colors of the sunrise reflected back on the water below.  It looks quite magical, doesn't it?

There was a surfing competition in town as well and I took some photos of that as well.  It's hard to capture the action with my camera.  Here are a few of the better pictures:

I would love to learn how to surf!  We don't have good waves where I live, but I am thinking about taking lessons when I find myself back in Nicaragua!  I want to go back there to attend Spanish school and there is a good school right near the beach!

Cocoa Beach Trip

I went to a convention in Cocoa Beach at the end of May.  Even though I was in town for a reason, I was going to find fun things to do while I was there.  It's kinda what I do.  We left town at about 7am central time and by 4:30, I was hiking in the little park near the hotel.  I meandered back to the beach after the BBQ to check out the sunset and take pictures, of course.

"I Dream of Jeannie waas part of Cocoa Beach when a television sitcom ran from 1965 to 1979 starring Barbara Eden as a 2000 year old female genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut.  The TV series was set in an around Cocoa Beach.  Barbara Eden visited Cocoa Beach in 1969 when the "I Dream of Jeannie" street sign was placed at Lori Wilson Park."

Either the botanical folks got it wrong or the grapes migrated.  There were no muscadines to be found anywhere near this sign.  Fail.

This racoon is amazing.  We kept checking each other out.  (S)he would move, then stop to watch me.  I'd move.  The raccoon would move.  It was quite the dance!

Is it wrong that I only want to drink my beverages out of flamingo straws from now on?  I think not.

Gratuitous beach photos.  I love this dress!  I bought it in Guatemala.  Made in Mexico. 

The sunset was in the other direction, since I was on the east coast.  I kept looking for it over the water and having to remind myself that things are different on this coast!  The sun rises and sets on the water where I live.  It's always pretty!  Speaking of sunrises, I took some really great sunrise pictures that weekend too.  Just not this day.  I'm only sharing my Friday pictures in this post.

 

The only thing better than weekend road trips and vacations are vicarious weekend road trips and vacations, amirite?  Enjoy!

 

~elle

Meanwhile in Florida. . .

It's crazy hearing about all the snow that is falling in different parts of the country.  I was heading into work after church on Super Bowl sunday (February 3rd) and it was just such a beautiful day.  I was compelled to pull over to walk along the beach and take some photos.  I can't really say for sure, but I'm sure this is why people move to Florida. :)

I hope everyone enjoys making their snowmen and sandcastles, whichever you have the pleasure of making!
Have a great week!
~elle