Port St. Lucie, Florida - March 2-23, 2009
Well, we mad
e it over to the Atlantic side of Florida, where we stayed for 3 weeks in 
a small town called Port St. Lucie. It's located about 45 miles north of Palm Beach and is on the Indian River. It was a great place to stay because it's not real busy or touristy. We stayed at St. Lucie West Motorcoach Resort. The site we had was beautiful with a great view of a small man-made lake & waterfall. George went out fishing in the lake almost every day & he actually caught a fish once! Otherwise, the only thing he caught was a nice sunburn! The weather was perfect in the 80's during the days and 60's during th
e nights. The convertible was a great car to have especially when I had George to ch
auffeur me around all the time! Being so close to the ocean meant that we made almost daily trips to the beaches. We drove up to Fort Pierce one day and went out along the South Beach Jetty, which has the Atlantic on one side & the Indian River on the other. We watched the men fishing & were surprised when one of them caught a fish that was 27" long and he had to throw it back because it had to be at least 28" to keep. Back home, it would have been a great catch! We took a drive down to Miami to drop Curtis off at a friend's (Rob Rogers) apartment for t
he weekend & when we went by the Harley dealer in Stuart, of course we had to stop by to see what they 
had. George went nuts over this Ridley Vintage motorbike, which is a replica of a 1903 Harley. I think he really wanted to bring one home, but couldn't figure out how to pack it in the rig. Once again, we met up with our friends, Becky & Gary Rogers. This time we met at Vero Beach and toured the McKee Botanical Garden. It was incredibly beautiful! As hard as we tried, Becky & I coul
d not get this bell to budg
e. Besides the beautiful flowers, trees and plants in the garden, there was a special glass art exhibition. There were glass displays & figures throughout the entire garden. These are a few of my favorites & are called, "Aces & Deuces, Jokers Wild" and "Frogs in the Waterfall". Can you find all the colored glass frogs in this waterfall? It was 
incredible to see all the different shapes and colors that the artist used in the displays. We were incredib
ly lucky to be in the right place at the right time! The Discovery Space Shuttle lift-off took place while we were in Port St. Lucie and since we were less than 100 miles south of Kennedy Space Center, we were able to see the lift off. While it wasn't as good as it would have been had we been at the Spac
e Center, we were close enough to see the shuttle and when it dropped off the rockets into the ocean. I ha
d to include a lot of pictures of this because it was just so cool to watch & I think we got some pretty good pictures. On a whim, we decided to drive down to West Palm Beach to go to Lion Country Safari. George was a little nervous when he realized that we would be driving our car through it because he was afraid that one of the critters might sit
on the car, ram the car or chase the car. It was really 
neat to get so be able to get so close to the animals. We decided that the picture of the rhinos & zebras hanging out together would make a great jigsaw puzzle. The wildebeest was one of the ugliest ones we saw. George did get nervous & drove off pretty quickly when he realized the rhino was heading right for our car, but the rhino only wanted to cros
s the street to get to the other mud pond - he didn't care 
about us! I also couldn't believe what long ugly tongues giraffes have. There was no way I was going to feed it with a tongue like that! Again, a lot of pictures were taken here. Curtis got into the animal theme & decided to take a ride on a lion! A couple days before we left, it got incredibly windy on the beach, but I just had to get in at least one more walk on the beach before heading home. Since I was 
barefoot, I had to watch where I wa
s walking with all the jellyfish washing up on shore due to the rough water. It's been fun, but it's time to pull up stakes and start the trek back to Minnesota. We're planning a short stop in Memphis on the way home to visit Graceland & see for ourselves whether or not Elvis has left the building!
a small town called Port St. Lucie. It's located about 45 miles north of Palm Beach and is on the Indian River. It was a great place to stay because it's not real busy or touristy. We stayed at St. Lucie West Motorcoach Resort. The site we had was beautiful with a great view of a small man-made lake & waterfall. George went out fishing in the lake almost every day & he actually caught a fish once! Otherwise, the only thing he caught was a nice sunburn! The weather was perfect in the 80's during the days and 60's during th
e nights. The convertible was a great car to have especially when I had George to ch
auffeur me around all the time! Being so close to the ocean meant that we made almost daily trips to the beaches. We drove up to Fort Pierce one day and went out along the South Beach Jetty, which has the Atlantic on one side & the Indian River on the other. We watched the men fishing & were surprised when one of them caught a fish that was 27" long and he had to throw it back because it had to be at least 28" to keep. Back home, it would have been a great catch! We took a drive down to Miami to drop Curtis off at a friend's (Rob Rogers) apartment for t
he weekend & when we went by the Harley dealer in Stuart, of course we had to stop by to see what they 
had. George went nuts over this Ridley Vintage motorbike, which is a replica of a 1903 Harley. I think he really wanted to bring one home, but couldn't figure out how to pack it in the rig. Once again, we met up with our friends, Becky & Gary Rogers. This time we met at Vero Beach and toured the McKee Botanical Garden. It was incredibly beautiful! As hard as we tried, Becky & I coul
d not get this bell to budg
e. Besides the beautiful flowers, trees and plants in the garden, there was a special glass art exhibition. There were glass displays & figures throughout the entire garden. These are a few of my favorites & are called, "Aces & Deuces, Jokers Wild" and "Frogs in the Waterfall". Can you find all the colored glass frogs in this waterfall? It was 
incredible to see all the different shapes and colors that the artist used in the displays. We were incredib
ly lucky to be in the right place at the right time! The Discovery Space Shuttle lift-off took place while we were in Port St. Lucie and since we were less than 100 miles south of Kennedy Space Center, we were able to see the lift off. While it wasn't as good as it would have been had we been at the Spac
e Center, we were close enough to see the shuttle and when it dropped off the rockets into the ocean. I ha
d to include a lot of pictures of this because it was just so cool to watch & I think we got some pretty good pictures. On a whim, we decided to drive down to West Palm Beach to go to Lion Country Safari. George was a little nervous when he realized that we would be driving our car through it because he was afraid that one of the critters might sit
on the car, ram the car or chase the car. It was really 
neat to get so be able to get so close to the animals. We decided that the picture of the rhinos & zebras hanging out together would make a great jigsaw puzzle. The wildebeest was one of the ugliest ones we saw. George did get nervous & drove off pretty quickly when he realized the rhino was heading right for our car, but the rhino only wanted to cros
s the street to get to the other mud pond - he didn't care 
about us! I also couldn't believe what long ugly tongues giraffes have. There was no way I was going to feed it with a tongue like that! Again, a lot of pictures were taken here. Curtis got into the animal theme & decided to take a ride on a lion! A couple days before we left, it got incredibly windy on the beach, but I just had to get in at least one more walk on the beach before heading home. Since I was 
barefoot, I had to watch where I wa
s walking with all the jellyfish washing up on shore due to the rough water. It's been fun, but it's time to pull up stakes and start the trek back to Minnesota. We're planning a short stop in Memphis on the way home to visit Graceland & see for ourselves whether or not Elvis has left the building!
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