Thursday's Town – Merritt Island Florida

This week we are STILL in Central Florida so I picked on of the town's close by to our location...Merritt Island. The town is named after the King of Spain...yes, royalty, because it was part of a land grant given by him.

Located between the coast and mainland, Merritt Island is a peninsula island that stretches from Kennedy Space Center to the north and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to the south with the Indian River Lagoon on the west and the Banana River Lagoon on the east.

The island is home of the Tropical Trail and has some of the most beautiful houses along the intracoastal waterways with some awesome views. Heading south from the Pineda Causeway, you'll drive by some exquisite homes only separated from the water by a small two land road (with many speed bumps to slow down the traffic).

The road is well worth the drive which ends up at the south onto the Banana River Drive where you can watch Manatee and Dolphins.

BTW: For those runners out there, it's a great LONG run making the loop from Patrick AFB across the Causeway south on South Tropical Trail and back up South Patrick Drive. It's well shaded so it's good for all times of the day!