Painted Sea Turtle at Marsh Landing

This turtle sculpture is the mascot of the Marsh Landing Restaurant, a historically designated building in Fellsmere, FL.

We started our day, Saturday, January 21st, by joining Cal and Marion for a drive to Fort Pierce, FL for their Saturday Waterfront Farmer's Market and Craft Show. The day was gorgeous, the location terrific and the bakery goods, fruits, vegetables and flowers were scrumptious. Mel's godmother, Marilyn, joined us with their friends, Ray and Helen. It was great being able to buy baked goods and fresh fruit. After eating our cinnamon rolls, we strolled through the crafts show. I was good and didn't buy anything but had a good time browsing through the kiosks.

Marilyn, Ray and Helen headed back to Grand Harbor, while Mel, Marion, Cal and me toured the Navy Seal Museum, which had replicas of the variety of vessels used by the SEALS in our various conflicts throughout the world.

It wasn't quite time for lunch so Marion and I window-shopped at the Vero Beach "Village Shops," like a little Long Grove area with so many lovely things. Mel and Cal were happy sitting outside at an umbrella table and chatting about stuff.

From the shopping tour, we went to the Grand Harbor Beach Club and had lunch around the swimming pool. Ray and Helen joined us for lunch. We had a good time laughing, talking and getting acquainted. While we were eating, the diners started gathering to gaze out at the Atlantic. It turned out that there was a whale off shore, spouting through his blowhole. No one was aware that whales travel this far south but there was no doubt that it was a whale.

After lunch, we returned to the RV to try the satellite again, but nothing. So I talked Mel into going to Fellsmere for the annual Frog Leg Fest. Compared to other fests that we have attended, it was lacking in charm but the locals were clearly having a good time and the bluegrass music hadn't begun yet, so it was time for us to leave.

We ended up our visit to the Vero Beach area by attending the movie, New World, the love story of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe. This was a tortuous 2 1/2 hours of beautiful scenery, implied dialogue and interpretive history. It got interesting when Pocahontas and John Rolfe went to England. It felt familiar. Clearly, everyone tried very hard but the viewing was very trying. Wait for the video so you can fast forward to the next action segments-too many longing gazes among the actors with little to no dialogue.