Rockledge October 2012

October 4, 2012 9, to October 9, 2012

Our annual fall trip to visit Pam’s mom in Rockledge FL started Thursday morning on October 4, with an on schedule 7AM departure. We traveled south on highway 15 to Jacksonville then I95 straight to Cape Canaveral. We made good time and got to the Marriott Residence Inn around 3:30PM – enough time to unpack and take a swim before our 7:30 reservation at Merritt’s Table. We have stayed a couple times at this particular hotel and it’s always been a pleasure – friendly people and a salt water pool (no chlorine).
Our dinner at Merritt’s Table was good as usual – Chef Chris changes his menu daily based on what is available. Tonight’s menu featured wreck fish a very limited catch deep water fish. We paired that with a bottle of Federalist Dueling Pistols wine a red blend of 50% Syrah and 50% Zinfandel. After a relaxing evening and a good night sleep we spent the next 2 and half days visiting with Catherine and Gail – and had a great time. Pam and I picked up lunch fixings from Publix and fixed lunch in. That night we went to Amici’s for a great dinner. A late night swim and some hot tub action put us a sleep until 8 the next morning.
Saturday we had lunch at the Jungle an organic, wholefood restaurant near Indialtantic. Pam spent some time working on jewelry with her mom, Gail and I talked about genealogy, history and his time in the war. He also killed me in a couple of games of pool – ok we played 10 games and I won 1.

Sunday we had lunch together at The Grill and said our goodbyes. Pam and I had decided to take some personal time so we stayed another night in Cape Canaveral and the next morning we drove up the coast on A1A and spent the night in St. Augustine at the Casa Monica. On Tuesday morning we drove to the St John’s Town Center and did some shopping before driving back to Athens.