Goodbye Ft Myers and WP Franklin Lock and Dam. Hello West Palm Beach and the John Prince County Park. Goodbye Gulf of Mexico; Hello Atlantic Ocean!
Our crossing was uneventful. Miles and miles of sugar cane fields in various stages - of being burnt, causing thick black clouds of smoke as the bright red orange flames worked their way across the field, of bright green new growth and of tall tan jungles of thick cane.
John Prince is a county park with 10 miles of bike trails, a golf range, playgrounds and picnic areas and sits next to a pretty lake that is supposed to be full of great fishing. I hope to find out just how “great” before we leave next week. The campground itself is large and crowded. It seems like at least a half of the license plates are from Quebec.
Monday afternoon we located the West Palm Beach Zoo and wound in and out of the jungle-like paths to find some really neat animals and birds. The river otters were doing some back flips and swimming back and forth against the glass walls of their pool. The big black bear was enjoying his bath, sitting in his private pond. There were bright coral colored Flamingos and Scarlet Ibis! Blue-billed ducks, brown-headed ducks and multi colored Macaws!
Tuesday we finished up all the estate paperwork at the attorney’s office and then took 2 of Aunt Ruth’s favorite neighbors out to lunch at the golf course down the street just past Ruth’s home. The Jeep was left parked at Sherry’s home and we chatted as we walked to the restaurant. Aunt Ruth’s other good neighbor, Mark, also joined us and the 4 of us enjoyed a delicious meal as we reminisced about both Aunt Ruth and Uncle Irv. Harry’s aunt and uncle sure had some great neighbors who looked after them very well!
Our dear Carolyn back home, sent us another big envelope crammed full of mail. Too bad it was all bills and bank statements! There was only one fun piece of paper in the whole stack and that was from a State Farm friend who has been trying to call me at home and thinks I’ve had her calls blocked! I must send her a card soon - maybe a Florida postcard! Then she’ll understand!
