Our Veteran’s Day Activities in Melbourne Florida…

Our next stop in Melbourne, Florida was only about 40 miles away so we waited until 11 in the morning to depart so we wouldn’t arrive too early and find someone in our site who hadn’t left yet. We pulled into Wickham Park about noon and came in following our GPS which turned out to be a back way causing us not to see the main office.

We found our site and thankfully it was empty so we pulled in and set up. Sites at Wickham are large and as a result they allow campers to situate within the site in any way they want Therefore we decided to set up with our nose in allowing us a better window view and better patio setup. We will be here for four nights. After setting up we drove over to the office to check in.

Our only issue on the way over to Wickham was my taped hose patch must have shifted a bit more so it started whistling at a higher pitch as we drove under load. This was not going to work for us so the first thing on my list was to redo the patch. It sure was easier this time around as I knew how to contort my arms inside the dog house to wrap the new patch. Hopefully this will get us to Bonita Springs without any further annoyance. I plan to replace the hose while we are there.

With Veteran’s Day approaching and blustery, rainy weather forecasted we decided to take advantage of all the free offerings to Veterans over the weekend. Our first stop was for a late lunch/early dinner at B.J.’s Brewhouse where they offered a free entrée to any Vet. This combined with their happy hour on beer made for a fun and very inexpensive visit.Their hamburgers were great along with their nice craft beer.

The next day between intermittent showers we visited the Native American festival being held in our park. There was a lot of flute music, Indian dancing and drumbeats filling the air in our park for this three day weekend. Showers chased us away so we headed to lunch at Red Robin (a place we have never been to before). They were also offering a free hamburger and fries to any Vet. We always thought this was a fast food place but it wasn’t and their burger was also pretty darn good although not as tasty as B.J.’s. Sharon liked that she could protein swap grilled chicken in her sandwich and could also substitute endless broccoli instead of endless fries.

That evening we took advantage of World of Beer’s offer of a free beer to Vets and stayed a while to watch some football on TV. We met a nice couple there and had a great happy hour before moving over to Tijuana Flats another place we have never been before but wanted to try out. Their offer to Vets was any entrée so I tried their steak burrito. It was just okay as both Chipotle and Freebirds (from back in Texas) are both in my opinion much better. They do have a great salsa bar with some very hot sauces that I did like though.

We have one day left and it will be sunny so we are planning for some outdoor activity much needed after our gluttonous weekend! I also plan to do an oil change on the CRV as well as a few other chores around the place..Then it's off to Vero Beach for a fun visit with Sharon's cousin John and his wife Penny!

NOTE: We left Wickham Park in Melbourne Florida yesterday and move south to Vero Beach for two nights to visit Sharon’s cousin and his wife…