This is Vero Beach - beautiful fine sand and lots of people to enjoy it.
Check out the background!! Now, when I was their age Spring Break meant driving a tractor 10 hours a day, working for a former neighbor.
She enjoys the seashore, wiggling toes in the sand, walking, catching the waves as they hit the shore.
Water Temp - 68 degrees. Air temp - 85 degrees. Sunny and warm.
Gateway to the Tropics, so I guess we're leaving the tropics now - more Spanish Moss, orchids and ferns growing in the trees, less Palm trees. We are heading up the East coast of Florida.
Beautiful homes and estates along the waterway.
From our view on the water you sure can't tell that we have been in a recession for the passed three years. But I suppose some of these Mcmansions are in foreclosure just like homes in more modest neighorhoods.
Rough seas kept us, unexpectantly, in Sebastian, FL for 2 nights.
But that was okay because after the manager and I traded some "Dutchman" jokes he gave me a free t-shirt. Hey, I'm not proud, a free shirt wears just like the ones you pay for.
Now we are in Titusville, FL, across the bay from Kennedy Space Center where the manned space shuttles were launched for the past 25 years. But no more, only unmanned launches occasionally now.
It seems this town is almost deserted.
The marina has several huge manatees here - we keep taking pictures of them and watching them. They love fresh water and sea grass, but it is illegal to feed or water them. If you are washing the boat, they will come right over for the run-off. They can be injured by the propellers on boats, as you can see on the one above. They are sometimes called sea cows - grow to 13 ft. in length, weigh 2,000 lbs. and eat 100 lbs. of vegetation daily. They are air-breathing mammals that reside in the water.
(He's along a dock, his head is toward the left of the picture.)
After having to slow down to NO WAKE speed thru so many manateen areas for the passed several months it's interesting to finally see them up close and personal. I scratched one's back but he didn't seem to like it. Probably thought I was a boat prop. Their skin has a very rough texture.
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