Sunday November 9th 2026

Today was a weather transition day. The last couple of days have been sunny with highs in the upper eighties. The next couple of days have forecast highs in the sixties. Today had periods of torrential downpours separated by full sunshine, but the temperature remained in the low eighties. Not a bad day, but the weather did manage to throw a monkey wrench into the overall enjoyment.

After today’s first downpour in the late morning, I got on the road for the Atlantic Ocean. I have been wanting to checkout the activity on the coast and the cruise ships at Port Canaveral for a while. Somehow I keep letting things get in the way, but today was the day. The drive east using the toll roads was uneventful with ominous black clouds hovering to the north. Using the toll roads for the east bound leg was a new experience. I usually go east on smaller local roads, but today I was in a hurry. Daylight is short when you get started after noon.

When I got to the coastal area something was different. There were lots of cars parked along the causeways with people sitting around in groups. They weren’t fishing, swimming or kite surfing. They were just sitting around. It took a few minutes of thinking before I realized they were waiting for a rocket launch. I hadn’t checked the launch schedule before I started my journey, but got lucky. I joined the people sitting around waiting at the Cove area in Port Canaveral. The Blue Origin rocket launch was in a weather hold when I arrived, but it wasn’t raining. Interestingly, it came out of hold when it started to rain where I was a mile or two from the launch pad. It went back to a hold and then a delay until Wednesday about ten minutes later. So I didn’t get to see a launch, but watched a couple of cruise ships leave port.

The drive home was filled with traffic, heavy rain and the glare of a setting sun. Overall a fun day with a lot of driving and listening to the NFL games on satellite radio.