Day 65 - March 4, 2016 Long Point Park Melbourne Beach, Florida

The day started out quite beautiful. After breakfast we took Jewel for a walk and then sat outside watching the wildlife.  Once again we had a visitor. The egret came up to our campsite and looked us over for quite some time. Jewel didn't know what was going on but she was good and did not chase the bird. 

Egret

Ron found out they don't like pretzels! LOL 

Later our neighbors came out to go for a kayak ride with their dog.

Their dog is  twelve years old and loves the water. We can't get Jewel near the water! LOL She runs the other way. 

After lunch we took a ride to the beach to get our  ocean fix. The wind had been non-existent in the morning but picked up just as we were heading to the beach. When we arrived it was a full gale wind and people were chasing their umbrellas down the beach and across the dunes. 

Windy!

We stayed at the ocean for about 30 minutes and finally gave into the wind and dropping temperatures  and went back to the CG. When we arrived our neighbor was pulling in his awning and chasing down some of his lawn furniture. 

The wind didn't really die down for several hours. After dinner we put on long pants and jackets to take Jewel for a walk.

We were happy to get to see the dolphins swimming past and Ron was able to capture at least one good picture. 

The dolphins and the pelicans appeared to be playing together. So cool!

As we were walking we saw a group of people in the middle of the road looking up toward the sky. How lucky are we - they had just launched the Space X Falcon 9 Rocket and we got to see it's ascent.

Then we saw the rocket boosters break away.

What great timing. We don't usually take Jewel out until  later in the evening but decided to go at that time. We have always wanted to see a launch but were never here at the right time. 

Another great day here at Long Point park!