Cocoa Beach with Charlie 🦮











Before we checked in to our hotel we stopped at Jeff and Rochelle’s on Merritt Island. I was really happy to see them getting settled into their home. 





Charlie and I managed to get out and do quite a bit during our stay in Cocoa Beach. On Monday morning we went to breakfast at a dog friendly restaurant and someone anonymously paid for my breakfast. It’s always a blessing when that happens not because of the money but because it shows that people appreciate service from Vietnam vets. That was a long time coming. 



We did a lot in the time we were in Cocoa Beach. We went to the dog beach including once with my sister Carol and her dog Jack. While Carol was there Jeff had us over for Taco Tuesday, he’s really quite the cook. We also got to see a space launch from the cape and Charlie and I found a nice park to walk in that was really close to our hotel. 











A big part of any vacation is eating and I was lucky enough to find places where Charlie was welcome at outside seating. We went to the Island with Jeff and Donovan and to Rusty’s at the port with Jeff and Rochelle. On our last night there We went to a cookout at Jeff’s and Krista brought the kids over to visit. And of course I had to get food from Rock the Guac a Cocoa Beach favorite of ours. 









We extended our stay in Cocoa Beach by an extra day so we could attend Donovan’s Pre K graduation. I bought Dono a soldering iron for a graduation gift. 5 1/2 years old and that’s what he wanted. I got to see Allison who came over from Tampa for graduation and Charlie went to graduation with us so that we could leave right after and head home with a stop in St. Louis. 











It was a good time in Cocoa Beach! 


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