March 13,14,15 - Wed,Thurs,Fri

Wed & Thurs were twin days as far as weather goes. It was chilly & very windy. We'd we decided to do some sight seeing. We checked out some other campgrounds we saw (but it's hard to beat the one we are at now) We also found some other beaches. Besides the more popular beaches, FL has a lot of other beaches. Parking was great by the beaches because of the weather, they were pretty empty. On a warm day I'm sure the lots are full, you have to get there early to get a close spot. The closest beach to our campsite is about 1 1/2 hrs away in Naples and Bonita Vista.

Thurs we packed a lunch and took a ride to St Lucie where one of our reserved sites is. We found that there are several beaches about 1/2 hr from that site. One that we went to is in Stuart called if I remember, Jenson beach. It is in a very nice neighborhood. The parking lot is close to the walkway to the beach. Again because of the weather we got a close spot. We walked to the beach but it was extremely windy, the waves were very strong. We ate our lunch by our car in the parking lot where the wind wasn't as strong. We talked to a couple from New York, but also have a home here in Palm City. They gave us a lot of information. We were about 3hrs from our RV, so we had a long drive. On the way at a wayside in Moore Haven, Richard spotted an old style generating compressor, so of course we had to stop so he could examine it (see pic).

Friday was a great day! We finally got a warm day for the beach! We decided to go back to the one that had the tram ride from the parking lot. It is in Lover's Key State Park. I enjoyed sitting and soaking up the sun and Richard did his metal detecting. He fine today was $1.68, a zipper, a bolt and a fish hook!