It was a bit of a drive down to Satellite Beach, especially considering we wanted to avoid the annoying toll road. We went right by Liki Tiki again on the way down and everybody waved. More importantly, we stopped at Race Trac on the way, filling up our cups for free and filling up the tank as well. No free refills on the gas tank, unfortunately. Maybe that comes next year!
We passed by Medieval Times, which we might be coming back to in September. Ms. Karen is getting married there, actually. So we might find ourselves down there quite soon.
But we did make it to the beach eventually. We left later in the day, as our check-in time at the condo wasn't until 4:00. I think we arrived around 4:30 or so.
Sandpiper Tower is where we stayed, and despite the age of the place, the rooms are really quite nice. And here's the better part: nice and quiet. The only sound you can hear is the constant roar of the ocean. Which is perfect for lulling you to sleep, actually.
Yes, the ocean is that close to the condo. We walked into this room, having not seen the ocean yet. And in the room, you see the ocean. From two angles, actually. The living room area has a window that lets you see it head-on, and then another that lets you look northward along the beach. Of course, there is a balcony to go out and rest on as well. Open that sliding window door, and the impressive volume of the beach fills the room.
We were already pretty happy. But the bedrooms are nice too - Madison actually has a trundle to sleep in. What's a trundle? It sounds like a name you'd give a hobbit. But in fact, it's a bed that slides out from underneath another bed. In our bedroom are two beds, and a trundle that slides out in between our two beds. The decor is nice, and the beds are comfortable. And there's a window, and you can see the beach and ocean right there. It's really quite nice.
Of course we couldn't wait to go out and walk along the beach. The temperature was just right for doing such a thing. Off came the shoes and socks, and out we went, walking along the shore and getting our feet wet as the waves rushed up to greet us. Okay, yes: we got more than our feet wet. Those errant waves can sneak up on you, and fortunately Madison was already wearing her bathing suit. We were very close to her the entire time, but she was never wanting to run out too far into the ocean. Once she got salt in her mouth, she was content to just get her feet wet. Chlorine is better in your mouth than salt, she reasons.
The ocean breeze was cooling us off, and the pelicans were dive bombing as usual. We could find a whole lot of shells along the beach, but not many other people. This beach isn't completely deserted, but you couldn't fill a small shuttle bus with the amount of people we could see in either direction. It was just a handful. We love an empty beach.
There is a pool here, and though it is a small one, Madison is very excited about that prospect of swimming in it. There are also shuffleboards and ping-pong. Tomorrow is a 'nothing' day, where we just stay here and relax - so we'll probably take advantage of some of these amenities.
We have all kinds of groceries here to have big meals, which we did here tonight. And of course, we were spending a lot of time already just sitting out on the balcony, reading or playing Scrabble. There's just something about the beach, isn't there? There have been a lot of reports lately about shark incidents, in fact one just north of us at Daytona Beach. And some sort of bacteria too. We're not concerned. We're not going that far into the water, and nobody has an open cut or anything like that. The next few days are going to be just perfect.
We passed by Medieval Times, which we might be coming back to in September. Ms. Karen is getting married there, actually. So we might find ourselves down there quite soon.
But we did make it to the beach eventually. We left later in the day, as our check-in time at the condo wasn't until 4:00. I think we arrived around 4:30 or so.
Sandpiper Tower is where we stayed, and despite the age of the place, the rooms are really quite nice. And here's the better part: nice and quiet. The only sound you can hear is the constant roar of the ocean. Which is perfect for lulling you to sleep, actually.
Yes, the ocean is that close to the condo. We walked into this room, having not seen the ocean yet. And in the room, you see the ocean. From two angles, actually. The living room area has a window that lets you see it head-on, and then another that lets you look northward along the beach. Of course, there is a balcony to go out and rest on as well. Open that sliding window door, and the impressive volume of the beach fills the room.
We were already pretty happy. But the bedrooms are nice too - Madison actually has a trundle to sleep in. What's a trundle? It sounds like a name you'd give a hobbit. But in fact, it's a bed that slides out from underneath another bed. In our bedroom are two beds, and a trundle that slides out in between our two beds. The decor is nice, and the beds are comfortable. And there's a window, and you can see the beach and ocean right there. It's really quite nice.
Of course we couldn't wait to go out and walk along the beach. The temperature was just right for doing such a thing. Off came the shoes and socks, and out we went, walking along the shore and getting our feet wet as the waves rushed up to greet us. Okay, yes: we got more than our feet wet. Those errant waves can sneak up on you, and fortunately Madison was already wearing her bathing suit. We were very close to her the entire time, but she was never wanting to run out too far into the ocean. Once she got salt in her mouth, she was content to just get her feet wet. Chlorine is better in your mouth than salt, she reasons.
The ocean breeze was cooling us off, and the pelicans were dive bombing as usual. We could find a whole lot of shells along the beach, but not many other people. This beach isn't completely deserted, but you couldn't fill a small shuttle bus with the amount of people we could see in either direction. It was just a handful. We love an empty beach.
There is a pool here, and though it is a small one, Madison is very excited about that prospect of swimming in it. There are also shuffleboards and ping-pong. Tomorrow is a 'nothing' day, where we just stay here and relax - so we'll probably take advantage of some of these amenities.
We have all kinds of groceries here to have big meals, which we did here tonight. And of course, we were spending a lot of time already just sitting out on the balcony, reading or playing Scrabble. There's just something about the beach, isn't there? There have been a lot of reports lately about shark incidents, in fact one just north of us at Daytona Beach. And some sort of bacteria too. We're not concerned. We're not going that far into the water, and nobody has an open cut or anything like that. The next few days are going to be just perfect.
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