Cocoa beach/melbourne area tri scene?

awwwww, come to MacDill and be part of the Glorious Awesome Tampa Bay Area  BT mafia!! 

all kidding aside.... I haven't been there in years. We used to go out surfing every weekend.  We've taken a couple camping trips to NASA, that's it.   Good luck!   try googling tri clubs or bicycling clubs in the area? 

and it's gonna be a heck of a lot more fun than Biloxi...... 

Locally in early June is the Pineappleman in Melbourne Beach, nice flat fast racing!  Early Oct is the Health First Oly & Sprint. Nice race with the Pineda & Eau Gallie Causeways to ride over (also run over and back the EG Causeway).

In Orlando area there also a number of races to do, I stay out of the freshwater once it the water temps are in the mid 80's.  Swimming in the Indian River lagoon is nice as is off the beaches (when the bait fish and sharks aren't around!)

Pineda Causeway is technically unlawful to ride on (highway) but a bunch of us do anyway!  Eau Gallie Causeway and Melbourne Causeway are rideable with nice bike lanes and protected walk/run sidewalks.

The EG Causeway (Melbo practically identical):

A nice ride is on the the route where they run the Space Coast marathon.  Very little traffic and some rollies here and there.

There are two Century rides per year, one in Oct and the other in April (ride for the red) that can be done.  The full Centry goes through the national SS IIRC.

Here's a link to a local cycling club.

Let us know when you get to town!

Hey did you ever get a reply on the housing / pool questions?

Where you want to live depends on the $. Housing market has dropped ALOT in the past 2 years due to the mortgage/credit deal going on. What was a 300k 3/2 or 4/2 pool house 2-3 years ago is now ~225-250k, a smaller 3/2 no pool home is ~150-200k. There are a fair number of foreclosures in the area these days, just had a 3/2 home on a "lake" in my neighborhood go for 153k recently. Last year it was on the market for 225k. For reference I live in North Melbourne off Wickham Rd, ~ 1.5 miles south of the Pineda Causeway. Homes on Beachside tend to be much older than the homes on the mainland side, especially true of the far North Melbourne, Suntree & Viera areas (32935/32940  zips) as these only have been around for the past 20 years. If you're looking for Apartments or Condo's to rent, the building boom of a few years ago resulted in an oversupply right now and you'll find plenty of options.

As for the area pools, here's a helpful link from the local tri-club, the Suntree Y is 2.5 miles from my house. From what I understand, Patrick has some nice facilities.

Pro-Health is building a new facility in Viera on the west side of 95 (West Viera). The Suntree Y is in the early stages for a new state of the art YMCA that won't be too far from the present location.