We’re only about 10 miles from Port Canaveral, the area called the Space Coast. It’s a fancy name for the bus system, but they look like regular buses.

Being over 60 and entitled to a senior discount, we decided to try out the bus ride over to the Merritt Island Mall, just over the bridge heading east toward Cocoa Beach.  Handing over our 75 cents each, we took seats on the bus with a fairly full group, with most looking at their phones.

It was a short ride to the mall, and the bus stopped there for transfers.  Since it was cold and windy outside, we were glad to have the chance to do our daily walking inside.  Mall-walkers, we had become.

I was on a mission to find a small baking dish so I could make casseroles and meat loaf.  Hadn’t made the latter since I was in my 30’s and the kids were small, but I figured it might be a good boat dish.   I had only recently discovered the broiler oven is a convection oven, so we can bake in it!

We searched Sears, no luck.  Then Penney’s.  They had Pyrex casserole dishes for $35 – $70!  I couldn’t see that.  Then I found a small baking metal pan, bought two of them for $24.  I had to measure them to make sure they would fit – the cashier was curious why I needed a measuring tape.

Everything on a boat is designed for efficiency; you take storage space in your home for granted but not on a boat.  And Ed is always concerned about weighing down the boat.

The pan doesn’t weigh much.  And he’s good with the meat loaf idea.