These are from our first day on the beach! It wasbeautiful!!!! It's amazing though how the beach around Vero is deserted. There was no one around if you walked about 100 feet from the resort.
This is the Pirate Ship with water for kids 48" and under. Banastre and I spent a lot of time here. If the water hadn't sprayed in his face, I think he would have enjoyed it even more!
The playground was another favorite spot of Banastre's. Luckily they had lounge chairs right beside it so I could tan while he was playing. Usually,it was me and B man at the playground while Elizabeth and Matt were in the pool.
On Friday, we hit the beach early in the morning, then took off to have lunch. We found this great place called the Environmental Learning Center that we decided to explore. They had lots of great exhibits and fun things for the kids to do. Including a fossil dig area. This was a great big hit with both of the kids. We also explored lots of areas dedicated to the water life in FL and the animals located in the state. We also walked all of their outdoor trails. It was hot, but a lot of fun. We also went to a Treasure Museum after we left the ELC. Learned lots of cool information about all of the wrecked ships off of Florida's Treasure Coast. (Can you guess why they call it this?) The ships still actively produce treasure and it washes up on shore frequently too. Matt had found a piece of pottery while on the beach Thursday. We found out Friday that it is from one of the wrecked ships!! How cool is that?
Here are pics from all of us at the observation deck at the end of the walkway at McLarty Treasure Museum. You could see a couple with a metal detector walking around and a boat with divers in the water near the shipwrecks. If only we could have been one of the lucky ones to have gold wash up at our feet!
Saturday was spent a lot like Friday. We hit the beach early in the morning, the pool and play areas in the afternoon and then at 5:02 pm we went out on the beach to watch the space shuttle Discovery take off. Buzz Lightyear was on board the shuttle this time to go to "Infinity and beyond!!!" Learn more here. It was a great experience to see it from the beach. We normally see the launch from our backyard, so it was neat to have a different perspective. We did get an extra bonus here on the beach, about two minutes after watching it disappear into the atmosphere, we could actually hear it! Everyone on the beach clapped and cheered!
Saturday evening we took a long walk on the beach. We had a lot of fun looking for shells, observing the sea turtle nests, and just spending time together. Our only company on the mile plus walk was the lovely pelican pictured above. The sunset was spectacular and a great way to end a lovely vacation. 
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