The 2009 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[hygienejean]

We are going to go back to Vero next April. I would love to get in on the Beach chair swap. Can anyone point me to the thread? I can't find it for the life of me!

Thanks!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Hi hygienejean.....the chair and umbrella swap has been banned on the DIS as have any and all transactions involving money between DIS'ers. So I apologize...but unless something changes, I don't think there will be another swap

Maria

 

[hygienejean]

Oh gosh, that is too bad. I didn't realize that it had been stopped. My sister did it on the last trip and it was a great money saver. Well there is always the towel to sit on!

 

[magicalfoursome]

Thanks, I made a ressie for the pirate dinner. We are also going on a turtle walk that night. I was too late for the chair swap but it is too bad that this will be the last year for it. The chair and umbrella rentals are pricey!!

 

[backyardponder]

Your username calls to me.... and I love that you can answer soo many questions about VB. I think maybe you are a true VB lover...

Welcome, my friend.

Thanks Rob. Yup, I love VB. Been there a few times, both with my wife in an OVIR and with our DGD and a friend of hers in a 1BR. Love the place.

My username represents the 4,000 gallon pond in my back yard, home to about 50 koi. Unfortunately the photo of the koi is not my doing...I found it on the web, loved it, and stole it.

 

[photobob]

Hi hygienejean.....the chair and umbrella swap has been banned on the DIS as have any and all transactions involving money between DIS'ers. So I apologize...but unless something changes, I don't think there will be another swap

Maria

Wow I didn't know that. That is a shame, such a great practical use of the internet. Oh well glad I got in this year. What is the reason for the ban?

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Haven't visited in quite awhile. Just got home from another great Memorial Day stay at VB. Great to see the website and thread lives on.
Lots of catching up to do. Hope everyone is well.
Weather is back in the normal pattern of afternoon thunderboomers instead of rain 24/7.

Bigfoot sighting!

Was up on the back deck #1250 yesterday morning having a caffeine fix and hear strange noises coming from what appeared to be the beach. There was a child with his dad down in front of us playing near the waters edge. It got really irritating after a few minutes and I'm thinking I wish she would quite screaming like that" It doesn't stop. Then two women are walking by and they are looking up in our direction "Hey it's not us" I see the foliage move down below. It's something in the bushes not the beach and it is not happy! I feel really bad now. It's not the child having fun on the beach. Then I see movement in the foliage again Is it a cat? We have cats and it doesn't sound like any cat we have heard. In between the sea grapes and brush two eyes are peering up at me. Whoa It's Bigfoot. ;-) Nah a Bobcat.
Its been quite a number of years since last spotting one during a beach jaunt and have never heard the sound they make when upset. (Sure do now.LOL) They are pretty weary of people and solitary. He appeared to be tangled in the brush. He then appeared to get loose and disappears deeper into the brush. You can see the foliage moving as it moves around. Called one of the resident wildlife peeps. He comes by in less than 5 minutes and asks "Where is this Bigfoot you reported? "Drinking coffee on the back deck" LOL "Did you get any pictures?" "Nope. Dummy's camera is in the trunk of the car" He half jokingly says "if you see me hopping over your deck please let me in OK? " By the time the wildlife CM goes around back the bobcat has moved on. Gone in a flash.

Hey Mike.... we were down there recently and visited your museum and many other local attractions. Hmmm... Bobcat... just what the ranger told us we saw at Merritt Island when we knew we had seen a Florida Panther.

Does this look like a Bobcat to you? No! When this cat walked it's tail was hanging down to the ground.. no.

Have you found anymore treasures? I brought my metal detector this time, but left with nothing. Onlly to be expected. Guess your last find was about as good as it gets

Talk to you later, friend

 

[backyardponder]

What is the reason for the ban?

There really isn't a chair swap ban. The boards do not allow posts which involve the exchange of money. Since the chair swap depended on sending money to the organizer of the swap, the swap has effectively been banned.

When there was discussion on the chair swap thread, it was pointed out that there was nothing prohibiting someone obtaining chairs and umbrellas and sharing them with others...as long as money does not change hands.

John

 

[MiaSRN62]

There really isn't a chair swap ban. The boards do not allow posts which involve the exchange of money. Since the chair swap depended on sending money to the organizer of the swap, the swap has effectively been banned.

When there was discussion on the chair swap thread, it was pointed out that there was nothing prohibiting someone obtaining chairs and umbrellas and sharing them with others...as long as money does not change hands.

John

Ok...sorry for mistating it. But without exchanging money, those chairs and umbrellas would be alot for one person to come up with. So I guess I should restate and say, the chair swap (as it has been), will not be able to go on next year ? The total for the two sets we all purchased together :
Wear-ever backpack chair: 4 @ $29.95 each
Pinwheel beach umbrella : 2 @ $29.95 each
carry bag for umbrella : 2 @ $4.95
The SandGrabber (umbrella stake) : 2 @ $14.95

TOTAL with shipping of $54.78 = $274.28
So yes....we can all swap chairs and umbrellas...but without money to fund it, I can't figure out how it would work. If you don't purchase good quality chairs and umbrellas, they will never hold up over the course of a year with being handed over numerous times and exposed to the elements of wind/sun/water ? I guess if someone could come up with a plan involving no money, it could be done.

Rob...loved the photo. I don't think it's a bobcat either---especially when you described the tail. Very cool pic
Maria

 

[Hazzard101]

I am not sure if this has been said but the menu prices on the Shutters are not correct. I had the corned beef hash and eggs this morning and they were $8.49. it came with the hash and eggs choice of toast or english muffin and potatoes. This hash is fresh shaved and made each day fresh. It is the best hash I have ever tasted by far. Don't miss it if you are a hash fan.

 

[KLR-wlv]

If the chair swap was banned for not allowing disers to exchange money - is the rent/trade board still up?? How is that different?

 

[TinklednPants]

1) 37 days 'til my Beach Cottage

2) The banning of the chair swap is about the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. A bunch of people agree to chip in and share something. How evil.

 

[DR JK]

The banning of the chair swap is about the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. A bunch of people agree to chip in and share something. How evil.

I agree. We were too late to participate this year but it worked fine for us a couple of year's back.

BTW: We'll be at VB tomorrow night. Can't wait!

 

[photobob]

l'll be there Sunday!

 

[MiaSRN62]

l'll be there Sunday!

Yeah ! can't wait to read your TR and see your pics photobob Hopefully all that FL rain will slow down for ya


Maria

 

[scoochie75]

Thanks, I made a ressie for the pirate dinner. We are also going on a turtle walk that night. I was too late for the chair swap but it is too bad that this will be the last year for it. The chair and umbrella rentals are pricey!!

If you don't mind me asking - who are you doing your turtle walk through and was there a certain age that your children had to be to participate? My dd reallly wants to go on one - but she is only going to be 5 - I don't doubt she would behave b/c she is obsessive about learning about animals - but I would be surprised if there was an organization willing to take someone that young!

Thanks!

 

[scoochie75]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a golf course near the resort? My father is an avid golfer and my husband only golfs well at mini-golf - so I need somewhere were my father won't kill my husband

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Thanks Rob. Yup, I love VB. Been there a few times, both with my wife in an OVIR and with our DGD and a friend of hers in a 1BR. Love the place.

My username represents the 4,000 gallon pond in my back yard, home to about 50 koi. Unfortunately the photo of the koi is not my doing...I found it on the web, loved it, and stole it.

We have about the same size pond in our back yard... Maybe bigger (10K). We have some fish, a couple turtles (one box and one snapper), and the birds, deer, and squirrels drink from it every day. The spring peepers always let us know when spring has arrived.

Glad to meet a fellow nature lover...

 

[MiaSRN62]

Rob...
The snapper in your pond doesn't cause problems for the other critters than cohabitate in and around your yard ? We had a snapper in our yard one year----very nasty fellow. Our backyard backs up to woods, so we often have deer, fox, skunk and such in our yard. Very recently there has been a black bear in the vicinity. They've been warning residents about him.


Maria

 

[photobob]

Got bad news at work yesterday, thankfully I still have a job but we are having across the board 10% pay cuts. we will be probably trying to eat in as much as possible, but I don't want to keep our traveling friends from going out to dinner and they won't go without us. So I need a few ideas for the restaurants with the most bang for the buck. I could just research this thread to find some but I'm feeling kinda lazy.