Life in Vero, Part II
Crab in a Footprint
All the tourists come out here just after the Christmas holidays. There seems to be many more people around town than in the days prior to the holiday. The weather has been unusually warm here, in the 80s most afternoons and humid. We are not complaining.
The bus system here is free, just hop on and off at your stop. Unfortunately, it’s not only the car-free cruisers who ride the bus, but also the crazies. One guy sat in front of us who was obviously having mental issues and acting a bit belligerent and unpredictable. I overheard on of the locals say, “oh man, I don’t like this guy.” Two people moved to the back of the bus and we sat there until another customer unstable customer got on, sat behind us and started yelling at the first guy over us. We then moved to another seat, thanks. After a few more stops, the first guy gets kicked off the bus for yelling and swearing, but only after he made threatening moves for about the entire time he was on.
Another time Shelly got to have a “good” conversation with an older woman who was totally drunk and nearly incoherent. Thus goes the Vero Beach crazy bus. Other than that, it does get you around town. Not all rides have been that eventful.
We’ve taken many walks on the beach. Saw the large crab (in a footprint above) in the beak of a seagull who was running around trying to get it to let go. The gull was finally able to shake him off. Not sure what was going on there, whether the gull was trying to eat him or just bugging the crab and got clamped.
Shelly is walking on the beach on a nice, windless day in the pic below. This is in contrast to about a month ago at Cape Fear, where Shelly had to wear here down coat on our walk along the beach.
We’ve ordered a bunch of boat items including a life raft and a water maker. The life raft we hope to never use, the water maker we expect to use all the time. We’re here until at least mid-January or whenever they get the water maker installed, which may be later. We aren’t in any big rush but would be good to move along again soon.
Nice Day on the Beach
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