It’s almost time to say goodbye to New Smyrna Beach. Sadly, our time here is quickly coming to an end. We certainly have settled in and are quite comfortable. We have been here long enough that we are referred to as regulars in some of the places we go.
Living in a marina is pretty good. I should probably say at this point that it has been idyllic until a couple of weeks ago when the ‘local’ kids got out of school and began looking for something to do. There have been two dinghies, two bikes, numerous bicycle seats and all the lights and ringy-dingy bells stolen (off bicycles). One dinghy was recovered by the owner only because the thieves stole it during broad daylight and someone happened to see it going up the river, but the kids weren’t caught with it in their possession.
It looks like this entry to the blog is just going to be a hodgepodge of random thoughts about things around here and y’all know that I can ramble on with the best of them and not say much.
We’ve gotten some more of our projects crossed off ‘The List’ – man I love to cross things off!!! The only problem is that for every one we complete and cross off there are two more added – how does that happen??
It is pretty warm here and the a/c runs continuously. 'Salty Dog' has her summer dress on now. We’ve never used this awning, but don’t know what we would do without it now that we've discovered what a difference it makes. Thanks Dick & Judy – we love it!!!!
Last Sunday Jeff’s brother and my sister (Mindy & Carl), brought their boat over here and we went out in the ocean several miles so Carl could feed the fish. We saw 4 or 5 large sea turtles and several stingrays – that was pretty cool. Came back in and stopped for a few hours at a place the locals call 'Disappearing Island', which is exactly what most of it does at high tide. It is a very busy place on the weekends and you can only get there by boat. It was estimated that on Memorial weekend there were 1000 boats out there, but I’m not sure I believe that, even though it is quite large. It is amazing how much stuff some people bring out there with them. There is all the usual stuff – umbrellas, fold-up canopies, chairs, grills, games of all kinds, but we came upon two groups that were noteworthy. I wish we’d had a camera. The first group had all the usual stuff and lots of it, as well as their own homemade portable bar – what a hoot! The framework was 2 inch PVC pipe with 90 degree fittings and couplers, none of which were glued together, just pressed in place. The frame was probably 6 – 8 feet long x 2 feet wide. The top of the bar was a piece of plywood that was rounded off to match the frame – a hole cut in the middle to accommodate the large beach umbrella that was being held in place with a 5 gallon bucket filled with beach sand. There were about 6 people leaning on the bar as though they were at the local pub - hey, gotta get your priorities straight. Mindy then pointed out that you have to break everything down and haul it off in the afternoon when it’s time to leave and haul it all away in a BOAT. I bet those people made two or three trips. The second group didn’t have the ‘usual’ stuff, but had a large hard plastic slide on a wooden frame. The slide was about 6 feet tall or so. The kids and dog were having a wonderful time being lifted up to the top so they could slide into the water. Don’t know how they got the slide there, as they didn’t seem to have a boat big enough to do so.
New Smyrna is home to one of the oldest Dairy Queen’s – bet you didn’t know that did you? It looks like DQ did back in the 60’s.
This is a picture of a McDonald’s (as if you couldn’t tell) in NSB as well – it also looks very much like the one I remember going to as a kid. Just thought I would share these pictures with you.
OK – I guess I’ve rambled on for long enough - gotta save something for the next time!
Last Sunday Jeff’s brother and my sister (Mindy & Carl), brought their boat over here and we went out in the ocean several miles so Carl could feed the fish. We saw 4 or 5 large sea turtles and several stingrays – that was pretty cool. Came back in and stopped for a few hours at a place the locals call 'Disappearing Island', which is exactly what most of it does at high tide. It is a very busy place on the weekends and you can only get there by boat. It was estimated that on Memorial weekend there were 1000 boats out there, but I’m not sure I believe that, even though it is quite large. It is amazing how much stuff some people bring out there with them. There is all the usual stuff – umbrellas, fold-up canopies, chairs, grills, games of all kinds, but we came upon two groups that were noteworthy. I wish we’d had a camera. The first group had all the usual stuff and lots of it, as well as their own homemade portable bar – what a hoot! The framework was 2 inch PVC pipe with 90 degree fittings and couplers, none of which were glued together, just pressed in place. The frame was probably 6 – 8 feet long x 2 feet wide. The top of the bar was a piece of plywood that was rounded off to match the frame – a hole cut in the middle to accommodate the large beach umbrella that was being held in place with a 5 gallon bucket filled with beach sand. There were about 6 people leaning on the bar as though they were at the local pub - hey, gotta get your priorities straight. Mindy then pointed out that you have to break everything down and haul it off in the afternoon when it’s time to leave and haul it all away in a BOAT. I bet those people made two or three trips. The second group didn’t have the ‘usual’ stuff, but had a large hard plastic slide on a wooden frame. The slide was about 6 feet tall or so. The kids and dog were having a wonderful time being lifted up to the top so they could slide into the water. Don’t know how they got the slide there, as they didn’t seem to have a boat big enough to do so.
New Smyrna is home to one of the oldest Dairy Queen’s – bet you didn’t know that did you? It looks like DQ did back in the 60’s.
This is a picture of a McDonald’s (as if you couldn’t tell) in NSB as well – it also looks very much like the one I remember going to as a kid. Just thought I would share these pictures with you.
OK – I guess I’ve rambled on for long enough - gotta save something for the next time!
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