Satellite Beach Hike

In Florida for work and complete with my work duties, decided to leave very early for my flight that was leaving from Orlando (MCO) later in the day. Driving north from Melbourne (MLB) on Florida A1A, the main highway closest to the Atlantic Ocean, this took me past Patrick AFB, home of the Hurricane Hunter C-130 folks. While making my way north on the A1A, I had wanted to stop by the beach and take some pictures, not expecting to do any hiking.


I decided to walk south along the beach just for a little bit, 5 or 10 minutes. In the distance, I saw this antenna. Note: You can see this antenna from the A1A as well.

Being a technical guy into antennas, decided to get a closer look. This is what turned a short stroll on the beach into a Satellite Beach Hike.


What made this hike somewhat difficult was that I was wearing slippers. In order to pick up the pace, the leisurely stroll turned into a shuffle.

I did not mention all the little shell's and random encrustations that are along the shore. Almost every step is returned with the sound of a crunch.

Checked the time and it was about 09:50 or so. Not really being pressed for time, I gave myself 15 minutes to get up and close so I could take a close up picture.

Well, picking up the pace, the next thing I knew it at 10:10, 5 minutes past my estimate. It was not until 10:20 I was close enough to get this close up.

Pretty cool and glad to have made the trek down the beach to take a look at this. It looks pretty rugged and able to withstand severe weather.

Heading towards and coming back from the antenna, I had seen this piece of debris. Curiously took a look (and photo). Suppose it is a piece of a rocket booster or something to that effect.

Looking close up, the honeycomb pattern along the right edge (as shown) plus the overall construction. It was fairly light and maybe 5 by 3 feet in size.

The outer material was some kind of rugged plastic, surfboard resin type of material. Very smooth and defect free. So it must have been made in some high tech manufacturing.

Overall, my take on the beach is the slow rolling breakers would be doable with a long board or boogie board, with fin's.




The ocean water was pretty warm, nice to soak the feet in. If I had trunks, maybe a quick swim would be the plan. The weather was decent, warm 80's and some high wispy clouds made it rather overcast. The sand was hard enough to ride a bike on. With more time and a bike, a person could do several miles and see all kinds of cool things.

   Enjoy the rest of the photo's!

Other interesting sights worth taking a picure of.

Some FYI when you enjoy this beach.

Slow rollers.