There were several VERY nice residential areas along the waterway with 5,000+ sq ft houses. This picture shows one older home (left) and one under construction. Most of the trip was sparcely populated with lots of small mangrove islands formed from dredged sand from the waterway. There were nice and scenic views in abundance.
Our marina in Melbourne is in the Eau Gallie (pronounced "oh galley" and is French for "rocky water") area of Melbourne. It was once a separate town, but now the old Eau Gallie downtown is a restored arts district within the city of Melbourne. EGAD stands foe the Eau Gallie Arts District, and tomorrow morning (Saturday) there will be a Farmer's Markey there. Wanna gues where the Admiral will be in the morning???
For dinner we went to "Squid Lips Restaurant" on the water next to the arts district.
Unlike the name implies, the only squid on the menu was a fried calamari appetizer... I opted for a citrus marinated salmon that was quite a different taste from the "usual" salmon taste. The admiral had an unusual but very good shrimp grits dish. I tried a bite of the grits, and in my "modest" opinion unlike most grits, these were great. Altogether there were 4 different dining areas (restaurant, indoor bar, outdoor Tiki bar and tables on the sand beach). All with scenic views of the waterway.
I suppose that having a statue of a squid in the lobby would have been true to the restaurant's name but perhaps not that attractive? Obviously, for some reason they chose a shark as a greeter in the lobby? Well, I'm not going to lose any sleep over their logic or choices... In fact, speaking of sleep, I will e-talk at you again tomorrow.
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