Sat, Mar 25, Jonathan Dickenson SP, Jupiter, FL:  Late morning we drove over to the Blowing Rock Preserve on Jupiter Island. This is one of the things I love about Jupiter Island. Even though this is home to the mega rich and multi-million-dollar mansions abound, there is still a lot of undeveloped land. Blowing Rock Preserve is one example. The beach here is unique because there are these rocky outcroppings near the water—part of a strand of Anastasia limestone. We walked a little trail that used to be A1A and then returned via the beach. I got my shoes wet and full of sand. A beautiful day for this little sojourn. Drove out the Hobe Sound entrance and had lunch at Scooters again. Back to our site and sat outside reading for a while. Burt Reynolds lives just across the road from the entrance to this park. All you can see is the gate and a drive which disappears into the foliage. His house is on the water, which is part of the intercostal. Upper 70s today with a pretty good breeze.

The beach at Blowing Rock Preserve.

The unique rocky outcroppings.

This wonderful little trail used to be part of A1A.

Beautiful man, beautiful picture!

The beach looking north. No sign of human habitation...no high-rise condos, no homes visible at all. Love it!

Love the sea grape!

The Hobe Sound entrance to Jupiter Island, lined with fig trees. Tiger Woods compound is down at this end of the island.

Fri, Mar 24, Jonathan Dickenson SP, Jupiter, FL:  Weather still iffy today, so we decided to go see a movie. Went to the Cinepolis in Jupiter to see “Lion.”. Bought the tickets on-line. This used to be a little neighborhood theater. Now it’s a luxurious, fully reclining seating theater with a full menu, waiter service and full service bar. Tickets were $32 and snacks were $40+. The movie was good and the seating of course very comfortable. Not sure if you can order from the menu during the movie or not. That would be very distracting to me. Back to our park after the movie. Still pretty windy. Upper 70s today with mostly clouds and lots of wind.

Theater lobby.

Theater bar.

Seating area.

Fully reclining seats.

Thu, Mar 23, Jonathan Dickenson SP, Jupiter, FL:  What a difference a day makes! Yesterday it was pristine, today it was rainy and blustery. Undaunted, we headed over to Roger Dean Stadium to see the spring training game between the Cardinals and the Mariners. It started raining again between the 5^th and 6^th innings. Everyone bolted and took cover inside. After it subsided we took our seats again. Sprinkling still. The top of the 8^th it started raining pretty good again. So we left. The Cards were ahead 5 to 3. Back home and stayed inside relaxing, reading, and watching TV. Happy Birthday Mr. Man!

No blue skies today!

Roger Dean Stadium--Jupiter, FL

A good game--a couple of triples and two double plays.

Having fun yet?

Wed, Mar 22, Jonathan Dickenson SP, Jupiter, FL:  Another fantastic day today. Warm sun, low humidity, and a gentle breeze. That’s going to change though, because tomorrow they’re calling for rain and maybe gusty winds. Go figure, since I bought tickets for a Cardinals pre-season game tomorrow—Mike’s birthday prize. Anyway, we drove up to Hobe Sound and took care of the laundry and grocery shopping this morning. After getting that out of the way we had lunch at Scooters, which is in the same little strip mall. Mike had a grilled chicken sandwich with chips and a drink,, and I had a grilled cheese sandwich with chips and a drink. The bill came to $11 and change. I thought it was an error. But no, it was correct. In the Keys this would have cost about $35 before adding a tip. Mid-80s today.

Some wild flowers around our site.

Relaxed outside reading my book all afternoon. It was hard keeping my mind on the book when looking out at the beautiful pines and palms silhouetted against a cerulean sky.

Tue, Mar 21, Pine Isle RV Resort, Homestead, Fl, to Jonathan Dickenson SP, Jupiter, FL:  Left the Pine Isle RV Park overflow area at 11:30 this morning and arrived at Jonathan Dickenson State Park and were set up by 3:00. Stopped at the West Palm service area on the FL Turnpike for lunch. Our get-together last night with the Canadians was fun. We ordered food from Sonny’s BBQ and Charlie and Mike picked it up and we ate at Charlie and Johanne’s site. Esther and Gerald a little under the weather after a whirlwind five-day motor cycle trip to bike week at Daytona Beach. A beautiful day today. Low 80s.

Johanne and Charlie

Molly

Mike, Johanne, Charlie, Esther

Gerald

Our nice, private site.
Jonathan Dickenson State Park
Jupiter, FL

Mon, Mar 20, Everglades National Park:  Lost our power sometime during the night. The park is working on it, but as of 10:15 still no electric. Doesn’t matter because we’re heading to Homestead to see the Canadians and will park our fifth wheel in their overflow lot. Leaving after lunch. Will be fun to see them. A beautiful day here today. Not a cloud in the sky. And the solar panels are doing a good job—so far. But tomorrow we’ll be back on electric, so no telling how long we could survive without electric.

Have never seen one.

Owlet on Mahogany Hammock--2013.

Sun, Mar 19, Everglades National Park:  We both slept late this morning. I didn’t get up until 9:00 and Mike slept until 11:00! After lunch we drove to Paurotis Pond to check out the nesting birds. We could see the wood storks, but the roseate spoonbills were on the other side of an island and not visible to us. Saw a couple flying around, but that was it. Back in the day when they were hunted for their feathers, one roseate spoonbill feather was worth more than gold! All the birds were hunted to near extinction because of ladies hats…until people started making fun of ladies with these birds on their heads. Continued out of the park and made a fuel run and a Walgreens run. Tomorrow if we go see our Canadian friends, we’ll take the fifth wheel and stay in their overflow area. A beautiful day today but quite windy. 83 degrees and clear.

The guy across from us brought this huge telescope in that trailer. A clear night last night, so he must have been star gazing. He needed a ladder to reach the eye piece. Would have liked to take a peek.

Wood storks nesting at Pourotis Pond.

Wood stork taking a stick for his nest.

Looking for nesting materials.

This crow was hanging around Pourotis. He has a broken wing. I felt sorry for him and fed him. But he had a buddy who stayed with him all the time. So, I guess he was being taken care of.

Here he is with his buddy.

Mahogany Hammock