VB Trip - A mixed bag of....

[lisareniff]

Wonderful pics Rob!!

I wish we could go down during turtle season, but it's much too hot for us in the summer.

 

[photobob]

Nice photos Rob, we plan on doing VB next June. Thanks for the informative photos as well..Bob

 

[mbhoxsie]

DisDaydreamer, which day had the false shark/manta warning??

I was there swimming on 6/27 and spent about an hour in the water during the afternoon..

 

[RLRDA]

Thanks for posting your pictures! VB looks gorgeous--we have yet to go! DisDaydreamer, you mentioned several different months that you've visited. Do you like one month/time of year more than another? Which times of year are easier to book at the 7 month window?

 

[DisDaydreamer]

DisDaydreamer, which day had the false shark/manta warning??

I was there swimming on 6/27 and spent about an hour in the water during the afternoon..

Bingo... You were there just after... Were you the only one in the water?

Frankly, I am many times the only one in the water... sometimes it is just too cold for others and sometimes I just have to go out into the waves knowing I will be with other... critters. They don't really want me.... I'm too big and probably taste bad....

Glad you didn't have an encounter....

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Thanks for posting your pictures! VB looks gorgeous--we have yet to go! DisDaydreamer, you mentioned several different months that you've visited. Do you like one month/time of year more than another? Which times of year are easier to book at the 7 month window?

I think October is by far my favorite time to visit VB. It is at the end of the hurricane season and still great weather and waves. I think November is great too. Next would be May. So far all the months are bookable at the 7 month mark... I would think that April and May are the peak months. Just my experience though.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

I think October is by far my favorite time to visit VB. It is at the end of the hurricane season and still great weather and waves. I think November is great too. Next would be May. So far all the months are bookable at the 7 month mark... I would think that April and May are the peak months. Just my experience though.

Rob, don't you have to worry about the Red Tide in the fall?

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Hey! Rob.......great pictures! We were at Vero from the 21st to the 26th. I was hoping to see ya there.....I would be at the beach or pool trying to guess which person was you.....anyway this was our first trip to Vero and loved it.....I told the wife we need to add a Vero trip in every year.

The only thing that was disappointing was the wave action...the waves did pick up by Wed our last day on the beach. In fact, the boogie boards never made it out of the car. It was nice to relax after being WDW the week before....The beach itself reminded me alot of the Outer Banks of NC...the sand and the drop off....We're going to Myrtle Beach the last of July so hopefully the boards can get some use.

I wish we lived closer to Vero....on Thursday we left Vero at 9:30 in morning and I pulled into my driveway here in Richmond Virginia at 10:30pm.....824.7 miles in 13 hours.....whew!!!!!!

The wife says I'm wasting my time working at DMV and she going to get the number to the Truck Driving school...I did have that Van rolling up 95 north.

Hey TJ... Come-on, tell us your real first name..

I too tried to seek out the other DISboard members, but only found one (mackeyapp) and it was a real nice meeting. They are a great family and real nice/polite kids. Turned over my tried and true board to them.... it was having some cracking issues.

You may have seen me.... I was the one with the hand cart behind me with the boogie boards, chairs, umbrella etc.

You are right about the calm seas the first few days... I was pretty depressed about that, but our last two days made up for it.

Hope we can meet up some day at VB.... We too want to live closer... maybe Georgia, or southern SC.

Hey... if you're working at DMV then you must be a government worker... I am really trying to get a government job for the retirement benefits... Stay where you are and get those benefits.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Rob, don't you have to worry about the Red Tide in the fall?

Howdi Ms. Hope...

I have never experienced a red (or green) tide at any time at VB. I know they happen, but I think the are short lived and really flurish with the warm water streams... I am sure they happen all the time, but I have not experienced one.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

BWV Dreamin;26056370]

Love your new avatar.....

 

[TunaJr]

You are right about the calm seas the first few days... I was pretty depressed about that, but our last two days made up for it.

Hope we can meet up some day at VB.... We too want to live closer... maybe Georgia, or southern SC.

Hey... if you're working at DMV then you must be a government worker... I am really trying to get a government job for the retirement benefits... Stay where you are and get those benefits.

I could not believe the calm seas.. The wife and kids were content to hang out by the pool...I would set up on the beach and go up to the pool from time to time and back to the beach.

I always thought I would end up on the Outer Banks, but now maybe further south is in order.

I've been with DMV for 20 years and the wife been there 25 years....I'm hoping to make 30 years and then sail off into the sunset....who knows....as you know being here in Virginia times are tough...we can't agree on anything especially our transportation system..... .....anyway back to my happy place.....Vero Beach....

 

[mbhoxsie]

Bingo... You were there just after... Were you the only one in the water?

Frankly, I am many times the only one in the water... sometimes it is just too cold for others and sometimes I just have to go out into the waves knowing I will be with other... critters. They don't really want me.... I'm too big and probably taste bad....

Glad you didn't have an encounter....

There were others in the water... (Though not many...) It may have had something to do with the pool being closed during that time for a "special" cleaning. My guess is that multiple people migrated from the pool to the beach.

I agree with you though on knowing about the other critters... I take as many precautions as possible, but you know that there's just certain things you have no control over...

 

[RLRDA]

Love your new avatar.....

BWV Dreamin' -- love the avatar, too!

 

[Goofy's apprentice]

Thanks for the awesome pictures and the trip report. Really makes us miss Vero...and we were just there in April.

We have been twice in April, both times staying in a beach cottage with friends (who own significantly more points than we !).

On both vacations the cottages have been booked well inside the 7 month window. In fact, this year, we changed the dates of travel and one night was booked just the week before the trip. However, it was the Saturday night so that may have something to do with it.

We also don't hit the restaurants when in Vero. It seems that we just get so relaxed with the beach life that no one is really in the mood to head out in the late afternoon/evening. We usually get take out from the pool or the Inn bar as well as some basic cooking.

We have never stayed more that 4 days, so I don't know if I would like a full week, but the rest for the 4 days is wonderful. We travel with 4 teenagers and they have never been bored.

 

[mackeyapp]

Hi Rob

We are back home safe and sound and today is my first day back on the boards. I can't believe it took me that long to find my way back here.

Our trip to Vero was amazing and we will be back for sure. Thanks again for your board and we did have many hours of enjoyment with it. We passed it on along with pails and shovels when we left.

The waves were great and we crazy canucks didn't find that water cold at all.

It was wonderful meeting you and your wife and we hope we will see you again on future trips. We hope to do the same thing next year with Vero and Disney. Animal Kingdom Villas was great and we so enjoyed our Savannah view room. Overall it was a Wonderful trip and the countdown starts for our Xmas adventure.

PS-A special thanks to the Chair Swap program-it was great. (Sorry, your name escapes me)

Sincerely
Joan, Bill and boys.

GREAT PICS ROB!!

 

[ses1230]

Thanks for the great pics! I can't wait to go back to VB... hopefully next year

 

[Buckalew11]

Great pix and thanks so much for sharing with this report! Did you have any nice restaurants to report on from this trip? We are leaving for Vero a week from tomorrow and it will be DH's first time there, so we are very excited!

Carol,

I hope you and crissup have a wonderful trip to VB. Warm it up for us. Our firt trip is in Oct. Please tell your DH hello from his old friend buckalew!

 

[Buckalew11]

And thanks Rob, for these wonderful, beautiful, informative pics. Oct. will be our first (and I am sure not last) trip to VB. I'm from the NJ shore so I am thinking that the water will feel warm to me in FL!

 

[mikeandkarla]

Awesome pics of the manta and sea turtle! My kids would have flipped if we would have seen the turtle in the water when we were there in early June.

 

[limace]

DisneyDayDreamer-watching the old movie "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation" tonight with my family, and couldn't help thinking of you, as it does a fabulous job of describing all the "joys" of travelling with ones' adult children. You should give it a watch, if you haven't already.