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Move to the Space Coast: This was my girlfriend, Connie, and I’s mission, as we would venture from Gainesville — where we lived — over to the coast, for the weekends. I wished to find waterfront property to happily retire to; Connie needed to move closer to Titusville, where she was raised and where her nonagenarian mother, Isabel, still lived.
We came to find out that parts of the house sorely needed restoration. At times, this led us to feel like we were in a never-ending season of This Old House.
Bringing a circa 1904 riverfront house that still had most of its original wood framing and flooring into the 21st century would be a very messy and complex undertaking. In large part it would be made worthwhile by the fact that it overlooks the space center and the ever-changing waters of the Indian River with all its wildlife.
Ever since I was a preteen growing up in South Florida in the 1960s, I have been fascinated by the space program. Aside from wanting to be an astronaut like many kids, I wished I lived close to the space center where I could watch the rocket launches first hand.