Day 11 Port Canaveral

A person should start writing their blog before 10 pm at night!!  I am about ready to retire for the evening (and my Mom did go to bed an hour ago as she is fighting a cold) so should have collected the day’s thoughts before now!!

Room service for breakfast allowed us to leave the ship as soon as LC joined us about 9 am. Today we are in Port Canaveral and have rented a car with Hertz. Hertz had a shuttle service to their rental office less than 10 minutes away. 

We weren’t sure what we wanted to do - but we started by going to Manatee Sanctuary Park. I thought it would be paid admission and an opportunity to see alligators. Wrong on both accounts. No paid admission and no alligators spotted!  We did see a heron and some lovely park space. 

We then headed to Cocoa Beach Pier. It clearly had lots of sand beyond the parking lot and we wouldn’t have been able to push Mom in the wheelchair too easily in those conditions!  We were unwilling to pay $15 to park to see how lovely the beach was!  The day started off at 24 C and got as high as 28 C so it really felt tropical!

After a quick stops at a few shops we decided we would make the trip to the big attraction Cape Canaveral is known for - and make the trip to Kennedy Space Centre. It was a 30 minutes drive. Entrance cost $57 for adults and $50 for seniors over age 55. Parking cost $10 for a sedan. 

It really is a big attraction like Disney and is built to manage crowds of people. We took the general tour to Saturn V. Is it huge!!

Fascinating for all the science geeks out there. The video at the end of the tour tries to remind the average individual how space research has trickled down to benefit all - like the tiny processing unit we all cannot live without in our hands these days!  It was a good reminder - because you sure saw how much is invested into space exploration!

The free Hertz shuttle terminal stops running to the cruise terminal at 3 pm , so we took an Uber back to the ship. Mom was really feeling the effects of her cold and so decided to stay in the room while I went for one last supper with LC and B. I delivered Mom a meal later but she felt too unwell to eat it. 

We pulled out of port at 7 pm and we saw the huge Norwegian Escape. Quite an impressive ship!

Mom had packed up her bag so I then packed my suitcase and set it out in the hallway. Needs to be out there before midnight!

I watched the end of Oceans 8 movie on the mainstage, then had my usual cup of tea. Sleep beckons as tomorrow will be a long travel day back home!  Our journey has come to an end!!