How to fill time in retirement

 As a member of the Brevard Zoo, I have the privilege of going when I want which includes early before  it is officially open, and during special events. During Halloween season, the BIG event is the Boo at the Zoo . From my understanding, it is a fun time for kids to wear costumes and do dome trick or treating. They have music and entertainment including magicians. I know to stay away during those days.  But I can go on the off days and here are some of the decorations they put up, found throughout the whole Zoo. Entry to the Africa section shows it has been changed to Candy Corn Country... Even the large snakes have pumpkins. I think the one in the tub was dressed as an eel... Since the Zoo is not open yet, I get to see the workers cleaning up the poop. This is the Meerkat display, nice pumpkin but I do not think her bag is full of treats... This is actually not a decoration. A lot of the vultures have moved from the Florida section to Africa. Seems like a long way to g...

 Trains & Beer  The paper said the new Brightline train was going tp be coming through Brevard for the first time. Then my friend Ann sent me a link announcing that the estimate was between 5 & 6 PM. It was Thursday and I had no dinner plans, so I headed down to Hell n's Blazes Brewery located next to the tracks in Melbourne. It was early so I decided to start with a beer. They had the Blueberry Sap Tap so I kiddingly asked for a "pancake" to start the day. It was not too sweet and had a distinctive maple flavor. Here is the beer after a sip with the menu description. Still early for the train to go by so I decided to have a "cookie" before I left. My humorous order of Todd's Crumb Catcher was cracking up the bartender, or at least that is what I thought after the 6% Blueberry Sap Tap. Back to the train, they had updated the time to between 5:30 & 6:30 PM. I had some time to waste. The Brightline is going to be a high-speed rail between Miami and...