We attended Thunder on Cocoa Beach again this year at our friends’ Todd and Melissa’s place on Cocoa Beach. We left our house at 11:15AM EDT and arrived at Budget Car Rental in Cocoa Beach at about 1:30PM EDT. We rented a Mazda CX-5 to get around in. Beth drove it to the campground and chauffeured me around all weekend (I got to be Miss Daisy). After picking up the rental car we headed down the road to Beachside Car Wash and washed what seemed like millions of lovebugs off of the front of the RV. For those keeping track at home, NO, the camper does not fit in the car wash stalls, but I was able to get the front end close enough to the spray wand to get all of the lovebugs off. We arrived at Jetty Park Campground in Cape Canaveral, FL and got the camper all setup by 3:10PM.
This is the third time we’ve stayed at this campground. The previous visits were in December of 2021 and May of 2025. We arrived on Thursday and our 25th wedding anniversary was on Friday, so we ate dinner at Florida’s Fresh Grill to celebrate. Our meal was awesome and we purposely scheduled it early enough to arrive back at the campground just in time to watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from our campsite. It was our anniversary gift from Elon Musk (he’s so thoughtful).
| Device | Download Mbps | Upload Mbps |
|---|---|---|
| Campground Wi-Fi | n/a | n/a |
| Starlink | n/a | n/a |
| AT&T Hotspot | 258 | 2 |
| US Mobile – Brian (AT&T) | 22 | 2 |
| US Mobile – Beth (Verizon) | 54 | 1 |
| TV | Quality |
|---|---|
| Antenna | 25 Channels (NBC,CBS,CW,FOX) |
| Campground Cable | n/a – Did Not Try |
| DISH Satellite | n/a |