April 20,2017 - Thursday

Not a great beach day, very windy, super strong waves that were bringing more brown seeweed on to shore. But it was our last chance to enjoy the beach this trip, so we spent the day there  at Jensen Beach anyway. At least it was warm. Tomorrow we will leave this site at Port St.Luci in Stuart,FL and head to our next stop, in Orlando back  at the J & J Resort (aka Jack & Jans) we will spend the weekend with them. Then we will began our journey home! Hard to believe we are on the back side of this trip already. Oh by the way this morning we saw an alligator in the water along the campsite! Tried to get a picture, but it didn't turn out too good. 

April 19,2017 - Wednesday

EeOvercast today so we went golfing instead of to the beach. We had a good time. The course was very hilly, but Richard liked the challenge. We also did some shopping & laundry. So it was a full day. 

April 18,2017 - Tuesday

We had a great beach day at Jenson Beach, but.....the beach has a lot of brown type of seeweed washed up on shore which on the news they say is from hurricane Matthew last year. It is on most of the beaches along the ocean side. They hope to have it all cleared away by next tourist season.  Quite different from the beaches we just came from along the gulf side!! The water was clear but the waves were strong. The water was comfortable, but not  as warm as on the gulf side. There was a yellow flag up which meant strong rip tides, so you couldn't swim out very far. Everyone was staying in the water not far from the shoreline. But a good beach day anyway.

April 17, 2017 - Monday

After 14 days we left WP Franklin Campgeround  in Alva,FL to make our way to the ocean side. Our next site is St Luci. It was about a 4 hour drive..on our way we were on a 2 lane highway and right along side of the road was an alligator !!😳 unbelievable !! At first I thought it was dead, then it moved it's tail.. It was about 5 feet long...just sitting by the side of the road!!  On the news they reported that because of the extreme drought, and the forest  fires, it is causing the alligators to go in search for water. It was also reported on the news that in a nearby city an alligator crawled on to someone's patio!...then after we got settled at our new site, we went to an auto parts store. I was sitting in the car while Richard went in the store. And there right on the concrete next to our car was a lizard about 8" long. He had an orange & black tail and an orange head. I wanted to take his picture, but I was afraid  to get out of the car. I thought he might jump at me! I thought Richard could take it's picture when he came out, but then a car pulled I right next to us and the "thing" crawled away. I love Florida beaches, but I sure would not want to live here....I don't like the ugly, drawing creatures that live here!!

April 14 & 15, 2017 - Saturday / Sunday

,Had a beautiful beach day at Delnor-Wiggins State Park. ⛱ Oh my goodness, we have never seen the beach so crowded!! Being the weekend and spring break, & the beautiful weather....= crowded beach. In fact there was a sign saying the parking lots were full. There was a police car by the entrance so we were going to turn around, but he waved us on and said there were now some open spaces. We got lucky. Some people were leaving and it was a really close space.The waves were gentle, so there were a lot of people actually in the water, which was warm. I love to watch the kids splashing in the water & playing in the sand. Richard got a lot of relaxing time in the water on a raft. It's also interesting "people watching". You see it all on the beach 🤔 !!!

Sunday - Happy Easter!🐇 We went to church in the morning. We had planned on going to the beach when we got back, but we figured by the time we got everything ready and drove there (which as I said  before is about  a 45 min drive), it would probably be as crowded as it was yesterday and the chances of getting a close parking place would be slim. (At our age that is important ) So...we went golfing instead. There were just a few golfers being Easter, so we pretty much had the course to ourselves. Also we were given a great rate... $1.00 a hole!! After,  we had our Easter meal at Rib City, very good. Tomorrow we leave this campsite, which is on the Gulf side of FL , after being here 14 days. We will  travel across the state to the ocean side to a Çampground at St. Lucie.

April 14, 2017 - Friday

Woke to a sunny day, so we got all ready for a beach day. Then it became overcast & very breezy. So we figured that if it was this breezy here, it would be very windy by the water. So we changed our plans , changed out of our swim suits and went golfing instead. Today we were not paired with anyone. We had a great day. Afterward we went to a Perkins Restaurant .

April 13, 2017 - Thursday

A little too chilly for the beach, so we went golfing. We got paired with a couple who were French Canadian & spoke little English, but they were very nice. They were a little younger than us (isn't everyone??) it was an enjoyable day.