Driver's card · Sat, Sept 19

Cocoa Beach
with Jen

High 86°NE wind 5–10Storms 40% at lunch20% by 5 PM
◆ Open the whole day in Maps

Beachline is a toll road both ways. Every stop after the launch runs north up A1A in a straight line, so the truck never doubles back.

9:00 AM · Pickup

Jen, College Park

About 1 hour to the launch via 528

Boards strapped, life jackets and whistles in the truck, dry shirts for lunch.

Route to the launch

10:05 AM · Paddle

Ramp Road Park

401 Ramp Rd, Cocoa Beach · kayak launch ramp · restrooms

Pay parking in the Passport Parking app the second you park. $6/hr or $25 for the day. Launch off the small ramp, head into the wide Thousand Islands canals, skip the mangrove tunnels. Off the water by 12:30. Thunder means straight back in.

Directions Map

12:45 PM · Lunch

Coconuts on the Beach

2 Minutemen Cswy, Cocoa Beach · 5 min from the launch · opens 11

Patio on the sand, nobody minds salty hair. Poke nachos or conch fritters for her adventurous palate. Saturday wait? Grab the bar or the sand.

Directions Site

2:15 PM · Putt-off

Golf N Gator

6355 N Atlantic Ave, Cape Canaveral · 10 min north on A1A

Two 18-hole courses and thirty live gators you can feed and hold. $13.99 a person for one course, $18.99 for both. Loser buys the first round at Grills.

Directions Site

3:30 PM · Ships

Grills Seafood Deck & Tiki Bar

Glen Cheek Dr, Port Canaveral · The Cove · open till 10

Get a table on the water by 3:30. The ships come out of the port right past the deck.

4:00Carnival Vista and Carnival Mardi Gras 4:30Harmony of the Seas 5:00Disney Treasure
Directions Site

After 5 · Home

Back to College Park

About 1 hour · she's home around 6:30

Directions

Swaps

If the radar looks bad when you park, or she'd rather swim than putt.

Rain
Flip the day Lunch at Coconuts when it opens at 11, then Ron Jon, then paddle 2:30 to 4:30 once the storms thin out. Skip golf. You can still catch the Disney Treasure at 5 from Grills, 15 minutes north.
Beach
Lori Wilson Park 1500 N Atlantic Ave. Free lot, restrooms, boardwalk through the trees to the sand. An hour in the ocean instead of mini golf. Directions →
Pier
Cocoa Beach Pier 401 Meade Ave. Walk 800 feet out over the ocean to Rikki Tiki Tavern at the end. About a dollar to walk on. South of lunch, so it replaces golf rather than adding to it. Directions →
Storm
Ron Jon Surf Shop 4151 N Atlantic Ave. Free lot, air conditioning, twenty minutes of wandering if a cell rolls through. Directions →

In the truck

  • Two boards, two paddles, two life jackets, two whistles
  • Water, sunscreen, towels, dry shirts, sunglasses strap
  • Card for the Beachline tolls and the parking app
  • Phone in a dry bag on the water

Exploration Tower is closed for maintenance · Jetty Park charges at the gate · Grills is free to sit