After the festival we headed south and spent the first night at Daytona Beach. Here we began to experience the warm Florida weather that draws us south each year. The next day we reached our destination of the Outdoor Resort at Port Saint Lucie, FL.
Our friends Jack and Mary Lou and Jack and Gerry were already encamped, and we settled in to a routine of dining out and having happy hour at each other’s coach as well as a pasta dinner at the clubhouse.
After Jack and Mary Lou departed, we moved to a more mature part of the park to an owner’s lot that is landscaped and tiled. We are enjoying the lush tropical landscaping. One of our favorite activities is having lunch on the brick patio behind our coach overlooking the golf course and lake with fountain. Tina really enjoys these lunch outings as well.
We are also working on identifying the different varieties of palm trees based on training we got last year in Key West from a retired botanist who was staying at Boyd’s campground where we were. We are here for about two and a half weeks just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful warm weather. Of course, one of the first things we did was to head up to Nelson Family Farms to get some Indian River oranges and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Jack and Gerry took us on a “tour” of Stuart, a charming picturesque town just south of Port St. Lucie. We ate lunch at the Pelican Café overlooking the water – a great place for fish tacos – and then walked along the waterfront and along the shopping street.
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