Sunny and Cold

Thursday and Friday were both sunny but very chilly days, especially in the morning. We actually wore long pants yesterday morning when we went out for breakfast at IHOP, with no particular destination in mind for the morning.

We went to one of our favorite boat watching venues, Port Canaveral. Men were fishing happily in the cold, dressed as warmly as any Minnesotan around the time of the fishing opener in May. I couldn't quite see my breath, but I was very grateful for the jackets that kept me warm.

We had gone through the Canaveral lock before, connecting the ocean to the Banana River, but had never visited the park overlooking the lock. Workers on a boat were doing some repairs, but the real fun was seeing the snook, a popular gamefish, sunning themselves and swimming lazily, apparently oblivious to the fishing pelicans, herons and gulls.

In the afternoon, we walked on the beach (still using my cane) and then lounged around the pool between dips in the water. There were more swimmers -- well, they were "bathers" rather than "swimmers" -- today, but I still got some laps in, a little less enthusiastically than on Thursday, because the knee hurt a little from my aggressive swimming the day before.

We had dinner at Jack's Lobster Shanty, where we had enjoyed a fabulous lunch the day before. Since we hadn't eaten lunch, we were quite hungry and arrived at about 5, where we half expected to see the residents of Del Boca Vista lined up for the EB specials. We were among the younger dinner guests, some of whom seemed to have lost most of their faculties, except the ability to eat. The meal was not up to the quality we had previously enjoyed in that restaurant, but the view was great.

My feet are cold as I write this on Saturday morning. The Harley boys parked in the motorcycle parking area have headed out already, maybe back to Daytona for the last weekend of Bike Week. There are more walkers on the beach, so maybe the weather is a little warmer today. Optimistic as always, we have our shorts on.