Return To Dania

January was a bleak, mostly boring month for us, but finally last weekend we were able to get out and have some fun. I joined Scott and Dave for their yearly trip down to the 17th Annual Dania Beach Vintage Bike Show. My brother Rick and sister-in-law Eva drove down from Port Orange, so it was a great reunion. There were lots more than motorcycles at this event, including bicycles, trikes, and even a few cars. 

Dave brought his Yamahopper and Scott had his Honda Trail 70 on display, but they mainly brought them to compete in the games, which was a blast to watch. Competition was fierce and the course was harder than it looked. Dave did win his first round of going the slowest without putting his feet down! He went head to head against Scott this time around.

Other obstacles included picking up balls from the top of cones and placing them back on, throwing hoops around the cones, and trying to stab rings with a pole as you go along. 

Afterwards, all the competitors received medals for joining in the fun.

Here are a few more bikes that we saw at the show: 

What a great way to end the month! Hopefully February will be even better since we have lots of events scheduled on our calendar.

Giddy Up!

With NY friends Ken, Terri, and Noah in town, we thought it would be a good time to go horseback riding on the Frederick Douglass Beach near Fort Pierce. We picked a sunny but cool morning and the conditions were perfect, especially since the tide was low. It was a very mellow ride, which was good because we haven't been on horses in about 30 years. We walked through the dunes and down along the water's edge and back. There was no trotting or cantering and the horses all behaved (mine called Bella, didn't like getting her feet wet though). 

Dave had his 'Yellowstone' look on. "Will the real Kevin Costner please stand up or get off your horse 🤣)?"

We had a fantastic time and will do it again sometime in the future.

Eastern Most Point

Did you know that the eastern most point in Florida is at the end of the Lake Worth Inlet Jetty? We discovered that fact recently and decided to go experience it for ourselves. There is a walkway along the whole north side of the inlet, and a great walk, especially since the only place we could park was about 8 blocks away at the Riviera Beach parking lot. We picked a perfect day with the incoming tide bringing in clear ocean water from the Gulfstream being only about 3 miles offshore right now. The dredge at the end of the Jetty was working and we could hear the sand and shells running through the pipe that was next to the walkway. It then went underground, so we don't know know where the dredge material ended up.

It was a calm and cool day with a few Sportfishermen flying in and out of the inlet. We had fun thinking about living in the condos along the jetty and watching the activity all the time. 

There were two ships anchored offshore awaiting clearance to come into the Port of Palm Beach.

The Port in the distance looked quite busy.

View of Peanut Island from Palm Beach Shores...

After a picnic lunch at the Riviera Beach Municipal Park, we headed over the Blue Heron Bridge to Florida Power & Light's Manatee Center. We figured that there would be quite a few manatees there at the warm water outflow, and there were about 20. However, our cooler weather also brought out lots of tourists and onlookers. The center was packed! We went up to the second floor for a better view of both the manatees and the port. 

Although several manatees swam by, we had more fun watching the boats and yachts. Yup, this is definitely Palm Beach!

We also got to see one of the ships that we saw offshore, come in with a pilot boat and two tugs. It was interesting to see it being turned around and backed into its dock at the port.

On our way back through the center, we stopped to check out the underwater camera and look who swam into the picture and posed...

Great statue!

Today was another excellent exploration day and hopefully we get a chance to do it again this winter. We really enjoy mixing our nostalgia with new discoveries!

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