Bob and I stopped at Patrick AFB before continuing our trip home. We did the usual while there, geocaching, bowling, bike riding, hiking, and visiting micro-breweries.
Our favorite place to geocache in the area is Wickham Park in Melbourne. The geocaches change every year or so as many mega events are held at the park. Some of our favorite finds this time are pictured below. The infamous 'pull the finger' cache, yes, you had to pull one of the fingers to shoot the cache out the tube!
This cache had hollow golf balls and we had to find the one with the log by forcing balls from the bottom of the jar by placing balls in the top of the tube.
When we arrived at Patrick we were told we missed the bad things that happened the week before....one of them was a fish kill by brown algae. Bob and I found reminders of the fish kill as we walked the path along the Banana River to the Outdoor Rec Center. Not only did we see the fish, but they still smelled really bad! The other bad thing was a water main break that caused all the campers to boil their water for several days.
On a bright note, the new bathroom/laundry facility is almost finished. It is located behind the new community building where campers register. There were also 30+ new campsites under construction.
As usual, the sunsets are always beautiful over the Banana River.
Bob and I visited 2 micro-breweries, one in Melbourne--Intracoastal, and one in Cocoa Beach--Cocoa Beach Brewing Company (this one was really a nano-brewery).
We enjoyed our inaugural trip in our new motor home and were looking forward to more!
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