April 18,2016 ....Monday

Monday was a nice sunny day, low 80's but extremely windy on the beach, red flags were flying, no swimming.. But we enjoyed sitting on the beach anyway. The waves were very strong and large, but surprisingly there was quite a few people on the beach. Richard took his usual beach nap and I even dozed off for a while, but I woke myself up by snoring!! I was so embarrassed, I shocked myself, but I don't think anyone around us heard me because the waves were so loud,thank goodness!! It got rather chilly, the wind increased. So we decided to go to the laundromat and get the laundry done. 

April 16 ..Saturday & 17 ... Sunday

Guess who won.....Saturday morning we went to a flea market. It was large and we did a lot of walking. I didn't find anything interesting, but Richard found a lighthouse for outside in our yard at home. He had been looking for one. An old fellow had it with a lot of other "junk". He wanted $125. Of course Richard wasn't going to pay his asking price. He haggled with him back and forth, on and off for about an hour.   The guy went down to $80, Richard said no way, he said he would give him $60, the guy said $70, still no way, then $65, Richard started to walk away and the guy finally agreed to the $60. It needs to be cleaned up and a little repair, but Richard was satisfied that he got his price!  We saw a Baskin-Robbins on the way back, so we treated ourselves to Sunday's. We went to church later in the evening, and then it started raining. We went back to our RV and played cards.

Sunday was a "laid-back" day. Richard made breakfast outside on the griddle, sausage & eggs, yummy! He wanted to watch the NASCAR race which he was able to pick-up on our tv. I sat outside at our campsite by the water and watched the boats come through the locks and did some reading. After the race we went and played a game of mini golf, which is not far from the Çampground. Guess who won....... He sure did!! 48 to my 65... Par was 51.

April 14,2016 ...Thursday & April 15...Friday

Thursday was definitely not a good beach day the sky was overcast and thunderstorms were predicted. So we decided to go check out some other area beaches, as to where they were and what the parking situation was. As I have mentioned in the past, beach parking is really important to us. We are too old to half to walk a long distance lugging our beach supplies, although we pretty much have it slimmed down as to what we carry. We went to Juno Beach and Jupiter Beach, which had a lighthouse. The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. On past Florida trips, Richard had climbed several lighthouses, so of course he had to take the tour of this one! He even got a certificate saying that he climbed the 105 steps. He took some great pictures. The tour was about 45 minutes long. I on the other hand was quite comfortable sitting by the water in a chair watching boats go by. The sun actually came out for a while and there was a nice breeze. 

Friday... It was again overcast. So we did some sightseeing. It was early afternoon and the sun came out, so we decided to head to the beach. We changed clothes, got our beach gear and started off. Well we got about 10 minutes from the beach and sure enough.....the sky turned dark! So we turned around and headed back to the motorhome. And you guessed it, when we got near the campsite, the sun came back out! But we didn't chance it again. 

April 12, 2016 ...Tuesday & 13.. Wednesday

We finally made it to the beach!! It was a beautiful, sunny day with a lite ocean breeze, a perfect beach day! The water was a little choppy and yellow caution flags were flying. Luckily we found a close parking spot at Jensen Beach it is about half an hour from our campsite. We have been there previous years. In the afternoon, while sitting on the beach enjoying the waves, I was also watching several kids playing in the water, not far from the shore.I heard one of the kids holler help and I thought to myself that he really should not be goofing around yelling help like that in the water. Then all of a sudden two lifeguards in a four wheeler pulled up right alongside by us and got out running in the water by the kids I was watching! They were able to pull them to shore and everyone on the beach started clapping. The kids looked to be about 11-12 years old. As the lifeguards got back to their 4wheeler, I asked what happened. They said the kids got caught in a rip-tide current and weren't able to swim free!! And I thought they were just goofing around, some lifeguard I would make!!! After that they put up 2 red "no swimming" signs  by where we were. That sure was our excitement for the day. I am just so very glad those two little boys were pulled safe.

Wednesday...we enjoyed another beautiful beach day. No excitement rescue today, thank goodness! We thought we had better take advantage of the beautiful clear day because there are thunder storms in the forcast for the next few days, unfortunately. It was really hot, in fact the sand was so hot Richard hurt his feet walking on it. (I was smart and wore my beach shoes.......just saying!!)There were red flags flying which meant no swimming, because of possible rip-tides. So people were just in the water along the shore area. The water was not real cold either, it was refreshing to walk in.

April 10, 2016.....SUNDAY

Well we left Jack & Jan's in Orlando. We had a great time visiting with them, but we had reservations at Port St.Lucie, a COE campground, in Stuart,FL. It was a beautiful travel day. It was only about a 3hour drive. We arrived early afternoon. We like this Çampground, we have been here twice before. It is a small area only 9 RV 

Sites right by the water near the locks, so we see a lot of big pleasure boats going by. This will be our "home"for the next 2 weeks. Because it is a small campground, it is hard to reserve a site. Richard got these reservations about 6 months ago.   

April 11, 2016...... Monday 

We had a good nites  sleep. We were able to have the windows open and there was a nice breeze off the water. We went into the town to do some shopping as we were out of supplies. Then we checked out the area beaches. It was already too late to have a beach day, which was good because the beaches were flying black flags because it was very windy and huge, choppy waves. Tomorrow is supposed to be less windy.

April 9,2016......Saturday

First of all I forgot to mention yesterday that well on the golf course, we were able to see the rocket launch! It was from a distance, but we were able to follow the white vapor from it into the clouds. Of all the times we've been in Florida, this was the first time we actually saw a rocket go up, so it was really special!

 

Well Saturday was a very busy day. We started out the morning by having breakfast made by Richard out on our griddle, bacon & eggs. It was quite yummy! (See picture) . Then Jan & I went to a large farmers market in the town of Winter Park, about 1/2 hour from Orlando. We did a lot of walking, but there were some good food booths. Richard & Jack went to some sort of Jeep rally. They said it was pretty good......it must have been, because they spent about 3hours there. Later I did our laundry while Jan did some gardening. Richard decided to do a little fishing, but after no "nibbles " he realized he had the wrong type of fishing rod & reel. I don't know anything about that, to me a fishing pole is a fishing pole. I didn't think the fish would know the difference, oh well..... We relaxed by the lake then went to church. After church we treated Jan & Jack to dinner to thank them for their hospitality. We went to a restaurant called "Two-J's" we were there last year and the food was really good. It was when we were leaving that I realized I didn't have my drivers license....oh my goodness!! I emptied out my purse, but no luck. I realized I must have lost it at the farmers market. When we got back, Jan found the web site that she had looked up the hours of the market at. There was a phone number and a website. So I left messages at both. Hopefully some honest person will turn it into the city, if not the DMV will be my first stop when we get home. Luckily I don't do much, if any, driving while we are here. Richard drives wherever we go. (He thinks I would get lost if I went by myself.....he is probably right.i

 

April 7 & 8....Thursday & Friday

Thursday was a laid back day. Jan & I did more shopping (of course) Richard and Jack decided to go with us and they checked out some sports stores and auto stores. We spent later down by the lake and played cards in the evening. 

Friday was a busy day. We went to see Jack & Jan's daughter Jacy, she lives in a town (which I forgot the name of) about 45 min from Orlando. We had a nice visit. Later we went to play a round of golf. It was a great golf course which had a lake right along the course with boaters and water skiers! The four of us did the first nine holes...I did a scramble with Richard because I am not a strong golfer, so after we tee off, I play from where his ball lands. The three of them golfed the back nine...we had a great time, in fact they were not able to finish the last two holes because the course was closing. We were the last carts to come in, but a fun time was had by all! By the way, Richard got in on the " Red Nose Day " with a donation.