Sunrise over the Atlantic.

We got up early yesterday (Mar 6th) to take Daisy to the beach and saw the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean. Then we cruised up the ICW and stopped at Vero Beach, FL, where we also meet Marshall, a friend of a friend whom is also staying at Vero Beach.

We're staying here at the Vero Beach Municipal Marina, which is really nice. This is a picture of the marina from the bridge we went under to get here. The river is the Indian River and the ICW used to go up this river, which is now almost all filled up with moorings set out by the Vero Beach Marina. All the boats you see here are "parked" on moorings in the river with the marina and Nonchalance at the right side. That's Marshall's boat "Caital Ranger" moored in the river on the left. The marina has beautiful grounds with huge old live oaks, lots of grass, a large dog park nearby, an easy walk to the art museum, Vero Beach theater, the Boardwalk and shops along the Atlantic Ocean beach. There's also a free shuttle bus to grocery stores, shopping areas and the beach.

Today, we walked over to the Vero Beach Art Museum where they were having two major showings: Kinetic atr by George Rickey and "The Reality of Things...Trompe L'Oeil in America".
The "reality" exhibit was all art that looked exactly like something else. Most interesting were the ceramic pieces that looked exactly like everyday objects like this old box of tools, which looks completely real, but it's actually all just ceramics.
Or this oil painting of a wood floor, which again looks very real when you're standing in front of it. So OK, it looks like a wood floor. I can understand the point of this art and it's interesting, but only just interesting.

However, the kinetic art by George Rickey was fascinating, almost like mobiles. Almost all of it was balanced and jointed turning shapes made from stainless steel that turned and twisted in the breeze. For the indoor pieces, they had small fans that moved the air around in the rooms.
The wind kept the outdoor pieces moving beautifully, like this twisting and turning stack of 4 ft. squares. It was about 75 to 80 degrees out today with a light breeze and deep blue skies and high sweeping sirus clouds. It couldn't have been a nicer day.
We also walked along the boardwalk and the ocean beach. Miles of perfect sand and surf. We shared a delicious "crunchy grouper reuben" sandwich at the Red Onion boardwalk restaurant across from the beach. It was the best grouper reuben I've had yet, even better than the Parrotdise Grill at Newfound Harbor. I'm becoming a Connoisseur of grouper reuben sandwiches! Then we took the free bus back to the marina. We'll stay here at least 2 extra days just because it's fun and we don't need a rental car.