The 2009 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[dort]

I should arrive around 5 pm'ish. Our plane lands in Orlando at 3 pm...have to pick up rental car.



Maria[/QUOTE]

Hey Maria, Have a safe trip. Hope to meet you tonight or if not tomorrow.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi Rob, Deb and Scott !

I have arrived finally after a 1 hour flight delay and a 45 min car rental delay (Budget ran out of cars and we had to wait !)

I am in OVIR # 2315. My view is the pool and ocean---on the 3rd floor. It's 8:11 pm now....heading down to Shutters for food. Dh and I are starving.....see you all soon hopefully. I have a lime green scrunchie in my hair---it's in a pony tail.....if ya see me shout out !

Maria

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Hi Rob, Deb and Scott !

I have arrived finally after a 1 hour flight delay and a 45 min car rental delay (Budget ran out of cars and we had to wait !)

I am in OVIR # 2315. My view is the pool and ocean---on the 3rd floor. It's 8:11 pm now....heading down to Shutters for food. Dh and I are starving.....see you all soon hopefully. I have a lime green scrunchie in my hair---it's in a pony tail.....if ya see me shout out !

Maria

Ok... that helps, because I thought it was Scott that was going to have the lime green scrunchie... I really had to get my courage up when I thought it was him, but he didn't have the scrunchie.

Guess what everyone... I (the most planned person) left behind the cable to attach my camera to my laptop.... No pics for now. I will make up for it when I get back.

This morning was awsome in the ocean. The waves were just about the best I've seen here. Had a good dozen excellent rides... bad news was I went back up to the pool and when I came back down the wind had picked up the waves were wrecked (sheared off).

So, I'm hoping tomorrow presents the same waves.

We went to McKee Botanical Gardens today. We've been there before. They had some real damage from the 04-05 hurricanes and though we loved many of the areas.... they are still recovering.

Saw Deb and her husband again this morning right after a ride in with a wave. They are so nice. I'm sure they waited a while for me to ride in.... I am really patient to wait for the best waves, so sometimes I'll be out in the water for 10 to 20 minutes just waiting.

The water was cold today (72) Not too bad for me and a few others out there. I can handle that, but I was pretty much shivering until the numbness finally started to calm things down. Lots of seaweed... you never know whether it is seaweed or something living that wraps around your ankles. Constantly lifting your feet and shaking them about to get free of the fear.

Did not see a single PMOW. I Fear them more than sharks.

Oh... sorry...... Portuguese Man Of War.

Hey Maria... Glad you made it safe. Have a good evening. See you tomorrow. We tend to split time between the pool and the ocean. If you see an older man (50+) pulling a two wheel cart with boogie board, chairs, and umbrella around, that is me.

We got maintenance to take care of a couple of problems today. The unit is real nice and clean, but the shower leaked under the door and the hair dryer would not stay on low. MB was not happy at all about the hair dryer thing.

Both have been fixed. All is better.

HOWEVER.... we may be having a change of heart. We spent many years in the OVIR's and last year decided that it was more important to have kitchen and laundry... Well MB and I are re-thinking this as we have not experienced a single Pelican fly-by and we just don't don't get to see anything... I think we may decide to go back to the OVIR..... We'll see.

Don't get me wrong... our room now is great, but we spend our quality time on the beach or at the pool, and we just miss the ocean sounds at night, views, and convienience of being in the Inn.

Talk to you all tomorrow, Rob



I'm up much past my normal bedtime.

 

[mdurette]

For all of you down there right now......

Thanks for all the updates - we have 12 until arrival. We typically vacation "on the go" run around do and see as much as we can. This will be our very first sit back and relax vacation. No plan - no real agenda - just let the days come and go.

Your updates are helping me calm my "what the heck am I going to do for a week over there for an entire week" fears.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

For all of you down there right now......

Thanks for all the updates - we have 12 until arrival. We typically vacation "on the go" run around do and see as much as we can. This will be our very first sit back and relax vacation. No plan - no real agenda - just let the days come and go.

Your updates are helping me calm my "what the heck am I going to do for a week over there for an entire week" fears.

Indeed... it seems like.... what am I going to do, but it comes and goes... never dull moment for us. Real relaxed and disconnected.

Hope you feel the same way.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Sounds like your having fun riding those waves Rob !


I'm heading in to sleepy town in a bit. Just snapped a few pics in the 3 hours since I've been here..........

Maria

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Those pictures are great Maria! It's really getting me excited for our VB stay in a little over a week!!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thanks Kathy !
Waking up to beautiful weather....I'm never gonna want to leave


Wireless in room works great....I do notice my uploads take a bit longer than when I'm at home....but otherwise.....great


Maria

 

[friskykitten]

Will anyone be there at the same time we will? We are staying in a BC on Sat. May 30th-Sun. May 31st. It will be our first VB trip and we are pretty excited about it. I would love to meet any other disers that may be there! We have kids ranging in ages 1-17 so there would be playmates as well.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I love reading everyone current reports and seeing the gorgeous pictures. Have a great time everyone!!!

Bobbi

 

[deej696]

Maria...did your other half enjoy the seafood dish he had? It looked awesome and I think I'm gonna have to remember it in July. Reminded me of when we got married, my aunts threw us a "Low country broil" and it looked exactly like that dish!

 

[starbox]

Love the live reports, and I like the new room decor!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Today the waves were awsome.... I went out for about an hour early around 9am and then again around 11am. The sun is real strong and I am getting burned on my shoulders so I have to stay in the shade as much as possible.

This morning I had the ocean to myself... Literally, I could not see a single person in the ocean as far as I could see... north or south.

The ocean temp today was 70 degrees!!!! That might explain the lack of fellow swimmers.

Still, today felt warmer than yesterday to me.

Sorry I can't post pics... Maria got a pic of us together.... hope she will post it.

Time for me to go to bed. Good Night all.

Hey starbox... some day we'll meet. Thanks for you friendship.

 

[photobob]

Thanks for the updates guys! I'll arrive 1 month from tomorrow! Did y'all do the refillable mugs, I was just wondering how convenient it is to use at VB.

Bob

 

[Starr W.]

Love the live reports, and I like the new room decor!

I think the new decor(colors, material types) will hold up much better than the previous ones.

Especially the carpet and sofas.

I think it made a big improvement(we were down in April).

 

[photobob]

Looking forward to a photo of the umbrella and chair Maria, you worked very hard to get them there for everyone!

 

[TLPL]

Can everyone suggests their favor off property restaurant based on their most recent visit? We are going in less than 2 weeks and I'm trying to finalize the plan. Thanks!

 

[dort]

Can everyone suggests their favor off property restaurant based on their most recent visit? We are going in less than 2 weeks and I'm trying to finalize the plan. Thanks!

Hi TLPL, here at vb now and just visited a great italian restaurant. Here is the website to it www.mamamiaskitchen.net, we just might be going back for seconds dh had the lasagna and i had the rigatoni bolognese, very good.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Checking in.....
So so glad I got to meet Rob (DisDayDreamer) and Deb (dort) !
Nice people ! And Deb's dh Dan and Rob's dw Marybeth

Some pics from our meets :

DisDayDreamer (Rob) and I :

Deb (dort) and I :

My dh, Rob....riding the Vero waves ..........

Photobob...the only pic I snapped showing the chairs and umbrellas :

Watching the waves roll in.....think dh and I got too much sun yesterday. So if you see to red lobsters strolling around, you'll know it's us !

My view, taken yesterday morning........




Maria

 

[MiaSRN62]

deej696....yes, dh loved the seafood pot. He loves mussels, clams and the shrimp were big ! He wasn't crazy about the sausage as much---said it was a little tough. But everything else was great. One of our fac wdw restaurants is Cape May Cafe because of the mussels and clams

Thanks everyone for your comments and well-wishes ! We are limiting our sun exposure today because we got a tad burnt. My advice : REAPPLY that sun screen. Dh and I were both on the beach from 11 am to 4 pm. We did put on SPF 50, but did not always remember to reapply after swimming in the ocean. We even had the sports version which is waterproof, but definitely be generous with the stuff !


Maria