The Southern Scoop

Sunny and Warm.....

Here we are on the weekend thinking that it will not be long before we are headed home. This brings mixed feelings as we miss everyone back home, but will miss all the amenities this condo and area has to offer. Today the windows are open and a wonderful breeze blow through the condo leaving you to forget the 28C temp outside. The water has only a slight ripple and the sun is reflecting off the aqua colored water and shimmering images can be seen on the clean hulls of the marina boats. There are only a few puffy white clouds in the sky and the hot sun shines down from the amazing blue sky. How perfect a day is that!!!

The past week has been a quite one with pool time, Roger painting and a morning trip to the Fort Pierce Historical museum after seeing the old FP fort site. It was a really neat place with lots of history of the area including the Spanish influences, Seminoles, and the navy seal training base in WW 11. You could see the rise and fall and slow rise again of this lovely little community that is now struggling to bring back what it once was. Over that past few years it has made great gains in restoring the historic Fort Pierce and the island is progressing nicely. Tourism is a great provider for these small coastal communities and they rely heavily on the northerners to bring money to the area.

Our neighbours at the end of our building are great people and we have spent time with them at the pool and at our condos relaxing and getting to know each other. We will miss their company when we leave. It is a good thing we have good friends back home to welcome us. Today we are off to a St. Patrick’s Day event at Archie’s( the biker bar, but it is not as bad as it sounds). It is a real happening place and today is a special events day. There are 12 of us going so it should be a fun time. The special today is corn beef and cabbage so I may have to rethink my choice of meal. Not a real corned beef fan and think I will go for the crispy grouper fish and salad. You can’t go wrong with fish here. It is a beautiful day to eat out side and enjoy the music and food.

Off to have another beautiful day in paradise…….

Take care all.

Carol

ps St Patricks day a blast!!!! Enjoyed every minute at Archie's!