Cocoa Beach Airshow

Day 2 - "We Used To Wait" - Arcade Fire

Awoke to see the sun rising over the sea 100m away from my tent. Beautiful. Having not quite landed yet I set off a 9am and drove to Cocoa beach (for the air show starting at 12). Had to pay $25 for a car park!! But then spent a good few hours strolling up and down the beach getting my bearings.

Bought a pretzel, some suntan cream (good grief it's hot in this part of the world) and now I'm heading off back to the beach with my beachtowel to get burned and watch the air show :)

So, spent all day at the beach for the air show (which was truly awesome, americans do big, overblown and spectacular in a good way). I arrived 2 hours before the airshow to "get a good spot" (I was on a flippin beach, like it mattered!). The airshow hadn't finished by half past 2 but after four and a half hours in the sun, I definitley had. I had no hat, and had to buy another tub of suntan cream, and I was still getting burned. When I stood up and tried to leave I found that all the glue on my trainers had completely melted, leaving them shreadded! Drove bare foot to a "Beachware" shop and got my self a $10 pair of flipflops. Dropping by at a supermarket I went back to the campsite, feeding myself up on florida grown baby tomatos, little peppers, beef and cheese, all washed down with fresh florida "OJ", which was unbelevabally good.

Nature around here doesn't half have some weird things to say for it's self. Some of the noises going on on this campsite are so weird! There are always squirrls chucking nuts (or somthing) down from the plam trees, there are some crickets, and then god knows what these other sounds are!

It is haloween tonight, and I have carved myself a little tiny pumpkin to celebrate. A lady called Janice from the next tent along has invited me over for soup and beef later, which was very lovely of her. Now for a beer, and to watch the sunset over the palms! :)

Spent last night talking to the 3 lovely ladys from the tent opposite. I learned that "Candy Corn" is actually fudge, and I got my first american trick'or'treat candy. Everyone liked my little pumpkin. Spent a bit of time on the peir with one of my new friends, looking at stars and trying to work out what constellations we could see. Saw two shooting stars, it was lovely!