I missed a day of blogging yesterday with a full schedule of activities. Besides, the most loyal of my followers is visiting us this week, so there wouldn’t have been anyone to read it anyways. I did not miss my run, finishing the 4700th consecutive day without fail. A year from now I will have passed the 5,000 mark sometime after my 71st birthday. We’re headed for the Kennedy Space Center later this morning so I will have a fresh route from our hotel for tomorrow morning’s endeavor. We plan to visit some of the sights along Cocoa Beach this evening, while I will have a tough time talking my wife out of eating dinner at the neighboring Cracker Barrell restaurant. 

We should probably cut back on dining expenses after last night’s extravagant birthday celebration for our visiting friend. We had a very good bottle of Brunello di Montalcino, jumbo stone crabs, and filets, topped off with a candled dessert. We had already spent the afternoon with Tito’s and lemonade while observing the dolphins romp in nearby Lemon Bay. Afterwards, we squeezed in an hour on the beach in anticipation of the sunset. It did not disappoint from our view over the Venice Pier. Did I mention that I also drank a Seafoam margarita before the wine was poured? I could feel the aftereffects of all the alcohol sugars that caused me to be jarred awake early this morning.

Tally is headed for Schnauzerville this morning for a couple of days with her doggy friends. It’s about a three hour drive over to Cape Canaveral. I have a rental Jeep for the journey that will have us returning late tomorrow night after a tour of the launch facilities. It will be our first overnight getaway since Pittsburgh, a month-and-a-half ago. Our next hotel stop will be Disney World for Christmas. Tonight, however, once the hangover passes, it may very well be bottoms up again!