Indian River Blog

I’ve recently noticed an increase in website visitors from the United Kingdom and for good reason. The exchange rate has been favoring British tourist as our dollar has been devalued and the results have been noticed by many Indian River hotels and restaurants that are seeing an increase in travelers from the UK.

I recently stumbled upon On The Beach Holidays, a website serving UK Travelers. On The Beach Holidays has been around since 1995 and has one of the most complete travel booking services I’ve seen. They offer holiday travel to Florida and beach destinations all over the world including Cypress, Spain, Dubai and many others.

I did a few searches and found their International Drive holidays were very competitive, complete with air fair and hotels included. They have excellent online customer service and also offer insurance, car hire and currency services.

If you are traveling to Florida from the UK, you may want to see what they offer. You’ll find that they have cheap holidays to Florida and a highly useful website.

Vero Beach, FL - Spirits will be haunting Indian River County this October through Halloween.

The Riverside Theater will host a Haunted House October 20 & 26 - 28, 2007. The event will be at Agnes Wahlstrom Youth Playhouse and the Anne Morton Theatre. It will feature storytelling in Ghost Gardens and a Costume Parade, Costume Contest. More at
http://www.riversidetheatre.com/web/guest/home.

McKee Botanical Gardens will host a Spooktacular Halloween Celebration October 31, 7 to 9pm for children. Ghosts and goblins will be lurking behind trees as you search for Halloween treats, there will be ghoulish ghost stories in the Hall of Giants. More at www.mckeegarden.org.

On September 29 you’ll get chance to taste BBQ from Florida’s best teams as they compete for cash at the Grant BBQ Fest. Categories include Chicken, Pork, Pork Ribs and Beef Brisket. The Grand Champion Prize is $1500 and $1000 for the Reserve Champion. Cash payouts run through 5th place for each category with trophies going to winner of each. Proceeds will benefit Toys 4 Kids.

Parking and admission are free, entertainment features The Usual Suspects and Elgin Hooper. There is also a Marketplace with arts, crafts and more.

Visit Grant BBQ Fest at www.grantbbqfest.com.

By Kirby Collins

I’m happy to unveil my new blog, the Florida PhotoBlog with many unpublished photos I’ve taken over the years. Almost all of the photos at Florida PhotoBlog are available for use on your website or blog under the Creative Commons License with Attribution and are hosted on flickr.

I have many photos of Vero Beach, Sebastian Inlet and Indian River County. The photos range from beach scenes to wildlife and are high resolution with sizes up to 1000 X 750. For more view the Licensing Guidelines.

Kennedy Space Center, FL - Netflix LIVE! On Location will present a live concert with The Bruce Willis Blues Band at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Thursday, August 2 in the Rocket Garden. The 7:00 p.m. concert will be followed by a free outdoor screening of the 1998 Academy Award-nominated classic “Armageddon.”

Headlining this unique event is motion picture superstar Bruce Willis and his band, The Bruce Willis Blues Band, which will play a live, public concert prior to an outdoor screening of “Armageddon.”  The star and his band are expected to perform a 60-minute set of original blues music.  Returning to the space center for the first time since the filming of “Armageddon” a decade ago, Willis is expected to be welcomed by about 7,000 fans in the center’s spectacular outdoor Rocket Garden.

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