Sunday November 19th 2023

The improving weather trend continued today. It was a day filled with sunshine. The temperature started in the low sixties and peaked in the low eighties.

This was a travel day. My stay at Kissimmee South RV Resort was over. My two week reservation at Jetty Park at the entrance to Port Canaveral began today. I had plenty of time to get packed this morning. The official end of my stay is Monday. I booked a month to get a better rate and it ends on the twentieth. It worked out since the official checkout time is 11AM and the 2PM check in at Jetty park is strictly enforced. I departed shortly after 1PM for my seventy mile drive.

The route I take from Davenport to the coast starts by passing through the very congested downtown Kissimmee and downtown St. Cloud. Traffic wasn’t the worst I’ve seen, but I had to stop at more than half the traffic lights. There was no getting up to speed between the lights. The middle of the route is through the middle of nowhere. The cattle fields didn’t have many cattle, but lots of water. The coastal area got several inches of rain over the last week making things look a little swampy.

The final part of the journey skirts around the edges of Cocoa then heads over the bridge to Merritt Island followed by another bridge onto the barrier island and Port Canaveral. The last bridge brings the huge cruise ships in the port into view. Today there were four cruise ships in port. My route takes me right by several of the terminals to get to the campground at the point that the port meets the ocean.

The campground is full. There were two rigs checking in before me and several more after. I booked my reservation for one the last available sites back in the spring. It turns out that this is a vacation week for most of the Florida schools. The result is many families in the park creating a bit of a party atmosphere.