On April 8 Barb & I, Bill (Dolce Vita) and Jackie (Compass Rose) took a dinghy to shore about midway between Cocoa Point and Spanish Point.   We walked west and then passed over a road that cut across the brackish pond just east of Cocoa Point.  This put us at the extreme north end of Cocoa Point Resort, where we accessed the beach, stopping to speak with the guard, who affirmed what we already knew:  the Resort is private and we could not walk in along the dirt road that provides access into the Resort, but we could walk along the beach.  Barb and Bill wanted to see what they could of the Resort (from the beach) but Jackie and I elected to stay put and bird watch while they walked south.  It is a long way down the beach to the resort, but I should have gone too.  Turned out there was a film crew on the beach in front of the resort, and they were filming commercials for three different things:  a Moth hydrofoil which is about the same size as a Hobie cat, kiteboards with and without hydrofoils, and Sunsail catamarans.  Barb and Bill stayed out of the way of the cameras (except for the camera drone), but otherwise were right there at the action.

The beach to the north is called the Princess Diana Beach in honor of her time spent at the now closed (for nine years) K-Club along that section of the shore.

When they rejoined us, we walked along the bumpy road back toward our dinghy, passing by a blooming century plant upon which were perched birds.  They flew away before I could get a picture, but I vowed to return another day.