{"id":20620,"date":"2017-05-06T15:31:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=20620"},"modified":"2017-05-06T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T19:36:01","slug":"day-15-friday-may-5-vero-beach-to-cocoa-beach-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=20620","title":{"rendered":"Day 15. Friday, May 5 \u2013 Vero Beach to Cocoa Beach, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thunder rumbled on the way to breakfast, but by the time we rode away from our hotel, 30 minutes later, \"\"<\/a>the thunder had been replaced by a light shower.<\/p>\n

Our ride on the quiet A1A \"\"<\/a>continued with miles of parks\"\"<\/a> and small clusters\u00a0\"\"<\/a>of a variety\"\"<\/a> of\u00a0homes\u00a0\"\"<\/a>of all sizes\"\"<\/a>what you see above is less than half of the house<\/em>,\u00a0\"\"<\/a>squeezed\u00a0between the highway and Atlantic, many\u00a0with docks on the river.<\/p>\n

Only one bridge, \"\"<\/a>over the Sebastian Inlet, \"\"<\/a>once again affording views of the Atlantic; though our earlier\u00a0shower did not last long, the dark clouds continued to threaten. \u00a0Shortly thereafter, the sky turned ugly, almost tornado; \"\"<\/a>but the worst of it was our southwest tailwind we had been enjoying was swirling and slowing us down. \u00a0An hour later, it started to sprinkle again<\/em> and then quickly turned to into a downpour. \u00a0Thankfully, we had just tucked into a park cabana for pictures of the ocean.\"\"<\/a>Under cover, we debated whether to forge on. \u00a0By the time we dug out our raincoats, covered up and started to ride, the rain tempered and the sun came out. \u00a0A mile later we stopped in a surf\u00a0cafe for a real breakfast;\"\"<\/a> earlier this morning was coffee and muffin, but this was a 4-egg Greek omelet, yum.<\/p>\n

As we were enjoying our rest and refreshment, in walks Dan,\"\"<\/a> a friend that lives in Melbourne. \u00a0In spite of the in the water direction<\/em> our tracker took us today, he\u00a0found us. \u00a0It was a great visit, but we still had 20 miles to our hotel. \u00a0By the time\u00a0we left breakfast, the wind had switched directly out of the west. \u00a0Any deviation of direction either hurt or hindered, we were feeling the strain. \u00a0This last stretch boasted beautiful condos,\"\"<\/a> more\u00a0parks\"\"<\/a> this great treehouse \"\"<\/a>and the very long stretch of\u00a0Patrick Air Force Base. \u00a0We concurred that the Air Force must have the best base locations of all the services; this is in the base’s backyard. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We did not realize how close we were to Cape Canaveral, until we checked in to our hotel and the famous Virginia astronauts\"\"<\/a>\u00a0were everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A few hours later, Dan met us at our hotel\"\"<\/a>drove us back to his beautiful\"\"<\/a> home\"\"<\/a> for dinner, perfectly cooked steak (note to Justin<\/em>)\u00a0on a spinach, arugula salad with goat cheese, \"\"<\/a>plus our first Key Lime Pie since arriving in Florida…….Fabulous ending to our tough 56 mile day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t