Tuesday February 25th

The gentlemen stayed at home to-day while the ladies went shopping in Cocoa. Luckily the beach was being built up courtesy of the US taxpayer so the gentlemen had plenty of local entertainment. This dredger goes a few miles offshore and fills up with sand from the seabed. It then pumps it ashore through a 30" diameter steel pipe.




This is the scene as it comes ashore half a mile up the beach from here. The sand and seawater are spraying out behind the bulldozer on the left. The seawater runs back into the sea and the bulldozers spread the sand. (Larry and I have been watching the progress with interest and plan to write a monograph on the subject.)
In the background is one of the launch platforms at the Kennedy Space Center.




The plan is to raise the height of the beach by five feet or so over a ten-mile stretch. And that's just in this part of Florida!




By contrast this is the tranquil scene visible from the balcony on our apartment (for newcomers to the blog).

Location:Cocoa Beach