Blogs from Vero Beach, Florida, United States, North America

"Laissez les bons temps rouler" ..... "Let the good times roll". And we are! First assignment: go to the Vero Beach Antique Show. The fearsome trio of Sam, Cory & myself flew along the roadways on Saturday to this annual show. Whoa.....Black Beauty (our new car is black)....as we screeched to a stop at an unexpected flea market just north of Vero Beach. We found a few goodies here while Lulu made friends with a colorful, friendly parrot. Now, she keeps asking for crackers. Squawk! Time to get back in Black Beauty and head onward to the Vero Beach Antique Show. It was good but not as good as last year (less dealers and we didn't find too much). We saw three different dealer friends from our field at Brimfield. That's always a welcome moment. It ... read more

Nous poursuivons notre route en Floride via l’ICW en compagnie des gentils dauphins et des gracieux pélicans qui nous guident vers notre point de départ pour la traversée de la Floride vers les Bahamas prévue pour la mi-décembre. Dimanche le 21 novembre : Nous sommes toujours à St-Augustine. Cette ville fut découverte par l’espagnol Pedro Menendez en 1565 et c’est l’homme d’affaires Henry Flagler qui vers la fin des années 1800 a amené le développement touristique ici. En après-midi, nous sortons les vélos et nous rendons à la plage à quelques 30 minutes de la marina. La surface de sable compactée nous permet de rouler à vélo directement sur la superbe plage (qui fait 4 milles de long) par une journée chaude et ensoleillée. Ensuite, nous nous dirigeons vers le super-marché pour y faire nos provisions ... read more

I left the keys and moved inland to Moore Haven which is on the south coast of Lake Okeechobee. The map of Florida always reminds me of a pre-historic snake, Lake Okeechobee is the eye. It is the second largest body of water in the U.S. There wasn’t much to Moore Haven; one grocery store and two gas stations, but the campground was okay and I enjoyed watching the yachts go through the locks there. From Moore Haven I went to a park just outside of Tampa because I was flying to Dallas for the weekend to go bridal gown shopping with Bev and Casey’s mother. What a pleasant weekend that was, the company was great and the shopping a wonderful success. Bev got a beautiful dress and I think we all enjoyed getting to know ... read more

“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe”……Anatole France January 20, 2010, Wednesday, Lake Kissimmee to Sebastian, where we met friends at “Squid Lips Restaurant”. Tom and Judy were our “Partners in Crime” (on and off) as we RV’ed in Europe, the Baltic Countries and Russia! So we had fun re-living these adventures, and had a lovely visit. January 21, 2010, Thursday, Ft. Pierce to Vero Beach, FL My brother/sister-in-law’s home is on the Inter-costal waterway, so we enjoyed a spin in his boat. It was a wonderfully sunny day. However, due to the recent cold temps in FL, it has caused a “Fish Kill”. There were lots of dead fish, even a manatee. Hopefully the decomposed fish will sink and nature will do its “clean-up” job. Meanwhile it is ... read more

Baltimore to Vero Beach - 2009 We are now in Vero Beach Florida preparing to cross the Gulf Stream on our way to the Bahamas for our third winter in “The Islands”. Vero Beach is a very pretty community, South of Cape Canaveral and about 60 miles North of Palm Beach. There is a great city run marina with a large mooring field that can accommodate up to 150 cruising boats. Our trip south began on October 8th when we departed the Anchorage Marina on a sunny Thursday morning. We had a good following breeze and once we raised the sails we were making 7.5 knots down the Chesapeake Bay towards Annapolis. By lunch time we were nearing the 4.1 mile long Bay Bridge and it looked like we might be able to reach Solomons before ... read more