More and more

The cruisers are coming, the cruisers are coming!  Between Friday and today 14 more boats pulled into Vero Beach Marina including friends of ours on Antares, Sapphire, Mattina, Prior Ties, Party of Two and Fine Lion.  Some will be staying here for Thanksgiving, others plan on being in the Bahamas for Thanksgiving. The dinghy dock is getting full, but our dinghy from Delaware always finds a spot! The weather is nice - who can complain of 80 degrees, sunny and a bit of a breeze? Actually it is more than a breeze, its winds of around 20 knots!  

The past several days since we arrived here was very productive --- getting laundry done, oil changed, a new stern mounted cleat for tieing up the dinghy, grocery shopping, even got to the mall and Eva got a much needed haircut. With the free bus service, it is so convenient.  Ed and I have always just taken the bus to the grocery store and to Walmart, so Eva decided that we needed to explore Vero Beach.  We got on the first bus, then transferred to the second bus, taking us around the hospital and airport area, then onto a third bus which took us to "other areas" of Vero Beach, reminding us of the islands with run down shacks acting as homes and the local hangout bar with crates for seats and broken tables where the cards were being played. The sign said:  ox tails, chicken, or burger with fries for $2.99.  We passed on getto lunch.  Very interesting what you can see just riding the bus and not to mention the people that get on and off the free local transportation!  But its all an adventure - something we have never done before while noting that Vero Beach is not really the prime real estate investment area as a whole but a friendly city by all means.