Mckee Gardens

Vero Beach Public Library
No LL

We had a busy weekend. I suspected that our main batteries were bad after less than a year of service. Therefore, we rented a car for the weekend so that I could drive the batteries to Fort Pierce where we bought them to have them tested.

It turned out that the batteries tested good; the problem must be that we weren't letting them charge enough. However, when I put the batteries back in the boat and started the engine, they charged up to 14.5 volts. Heretofore, they never showed more than 14.0 volts at full charge. Could it be that we had an improper high resistance connection all this time that caused us to lose 0.5 volts? May be.

Today we still had the car so we took advantage of it and rode to the botanical garden just south of Vero. The garden was something we spotted last year but never had a chance to visit. We took our friend Don from Heron with us. It turned out to be a delightful visit.

McKee Gardens has 18 acres of tropical wonders. We walked around admiring the beautiful and strange plants. At least they are all strange to us; we grew up in northern climates.

Some composite pictures are below. Also, check out our new photo album Vero07 with all the pictures we've taken down here in the past couple of months.