In 2012 Mindy and I rolled into Gainesville Florida after a months long road-trip that started in Portland Oregon. We had spent the previous summer remodeling the interior and updating the engine, drive train and wheels of a 1986 Class C Minnie Winnie. We pulled our oldest out of first grade that Fall and started the motorhome adventure of a lifetime.
The cross-country trip was a grand adventure that ended in Gainesville Florida after spending all but $12 of our $10,000 in savings. We quickly found jobs, rented and apartment, sold the motorhome and settled into Gainesville to reinvent our lives together. The plan was to further our education and move towards jobs that allowed us to work less days of the week so we could maximize our time adventuring together.
I choose to further my education and training into the medical field where I would only work three days a week. I could set my schedule for three shifts at the start of one week and then work the end of the following week giving me eight days in-between for adventuring.
At the end of 2018 I had finished training and started looking at Florida coastal towns to move to. I found a job in Sebastian Florida and Mindy found a rental house in a amazing neighborhood in Vero Beach with access to canals leading to the India River. This neighborhood is perfect for those looking for easy access to the water with a small boat or kayak.
I instantly fell in love with Vero Beach and my neighborhood so much so that in early 2019 we bought a small bungalow a couple blocks down from the rental we were in. We named the house Margaritaville, built a tiki bar and started throwing parties for our new Vero Beach friends.
It has now been three years and my love for the Vero Beach life style has only grown exponentially. It only takes seconds to grab my kayak and be in the water and only a few minutes to drive out of the neighborhood, over the Indian River Lagoon to South Beach for world class surf fishing.
I am so grateful to have found such a cool little beach town to finish raising my daughters and enjoy exploring with Mindy. Vero Beach is truly one of the best small beach towns we have ever been to. The best permanent basecamp ever.