This was one of the towns that we anchored near, Cocoa Beach. It is a charming little town with very interesting and unique shops. This next picture is the beautiful park at the waterfront of the Intercoastal Waterway.
We had a great time walking around the park and enjoying the town. As you can see the anchorage was just the other side of the park.
Here is a couple of pictures of the geckos in the park, they were everywhere as they are in most of Florida, but this park was full of them.
The next town that we visited was Titusville. It too was an interesting town. They have a brand new mooring field that opened in October of 2011. It was a great stop for us as we both need a haircut (and of course I needed to get rid of the gray hair) so we stayed in town a couple of days, but now we both are looking good.
This is a picture of Solitude on the mooring ball. We had to take a picture as the water was finally really calm. We had several days of the wind blowing like snot and we were very happy to be sitting still.
One of the days while we were walking I noticed that the pond in the park that we were walking through had something that looked different on the bank, yes, it was an alligator.
After we watched him a few minutes, I thought I had spotted a second alligator popping his head up. Check it out!
Run Mr. Turtle, this is not a good place to catch some sun. Lucky for him the alligator had eaten breakfast. He swam away and I was glad that he was not a snack.
We also saw some fascinating animals at the dock of the marina. The manatee love this area and we spotted several each time we went to the dinghy dock.
You can see from this next photo that this manatee had a couple of scars on his body from coming in contact with the motor of a boat.
The highlight of our visit to Titusville was meeting our old cruising buddies, Tom and Sheryl. They have cruised with us for a number of years in Michigan, Washington State, and when ever one of us was cruising, the others would come for a visit. It was great fun to catch up with them. We had dinner at the boat and had a wonderful visit. Here they are enjoying the sunset at the bow of our boat.
The next day we traveled to and anchorage close to the Ponce Inlet. I got a picture of the the lighthouse there. It is the tallest lighthouse in Florida at 175 feet. It was a great sunny day and we enjoyed it.
There is a beach near by called the New Smyrna beach. It is dog friendly and there were a lot of folks enjoying the sun, the beach, the sea, and we went shelling on the beach. Isn't it pretty?
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