Wednesday

We did some sight-seeing in the morning. It still was windy, but we went we went to the beach anyway. Still red flags flying. Waves were also still strong. We sure are not having very many hot, sunny Florida beach days this trip.On the way we saw these two twin palm trees that were growing at the same angle. Most palms grow straight up. I thought they were so unusual that I took the picture. While at the beach Richard spotted a women wearing the same bathing suit I had on also her hair looked like mine, he thought she looked like me, so he took her picture. I guess there is a slight resemblance, but I would like her long legs !! ha-ha

April 19 & 20, 2016......Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday morning we did some errands, post office etc. it was rather windy, but since we really haven't had a lot of warm, sunny beach time, we headed for the beach. Waves were strong, red flags were flying. There were a few really experienced  surfers braving the waves, but the lifeguards were making sure people were staying in the water near the shoreline. We spent the afternoon there anyway. When we got back "home", we were unloading the car and realized we didn't have our cooler bag that we carry our food in! Richard remembered putting it on the bike rack on the back of the car while he was brushing sand off his feet. So, you guessed it, we got back in the car and went back to the beach (about a half hour away) we figured it probably fell of somewhere along the way, but we had to see for ourselves. If it fell off in the parking lot, somebody might have picked it up thinking maybe there was something of value in there because it looks more like a beach bag than a cooler. They would be surprised to find only food in it! Well we didn't see it along the road (it is bright orange, it would be hard to miss) we got back to the parking lot and to our surprise, there it was sitting on the grass right near where we were parked!! Some kind person put it there because it would have fallen off as we backed up out of our parking spot. There are a lot of good people in the world. In the times we live in , I don't think I would have touched a suspicious bag in a parking lot., but that's just me. Picture is off the famous bag!!

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.