We left Jacksonville and headed down the coast towards Cocoa Beach, a seaside resort on the Space Coast. The weather was not great when we arrived so we walked the short distance down to the beach itself. The drizzly weather had not out people off, the beach was still quite busy. Looking north up the beach, we could see the launch towers at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from where the Parker Solar Probe was due to be launched that evening.
We walked back to the hotel and the sun made an appearance, so we decided to have a couple of hours by the pool. We found a popular local grill restaurant for tea – shared crab cakes for a starter, then swordfish for Tom and gulf fish for me.
We went to bed, then at 3am, were back up and on the beach to hopefully see the launch from Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately, a problem with a helium regulator meant the launch was postponed until the next evening so we didn’t get the great view we were hoping for. Back to bed!