It's Snowing! A Lot! Time To Head To Florida!

It has been snowing for days here in Denver, and so I am beginning to think about Florida once again. It is 81 and sunny these days in Stuart, where my sister Susan and I own a condo, and so once the snow stops and the roads are clear, it might be time to head back there. Not that I mind snow and cold and frigid wind, but a little bit goes a long way. I took the photograph above, by the way, back in August, 1995 of my sister Susan and mother Mary at Jack Baker's Lobster Shanty, directly across the St. Lucie River from Stuart, Florida. Don't plan on making reservations there, though. Stuart was hit by three Category 3 hurricanes back in 2004-2005, and Jack Baker's Lobster Shanty, and the marina behind it, were destroyed. For years, it was a vacant lot, but now the City of Rio (the one in Florida, not Brazil) is turning that lot and adjacent areas into a new downtown. Now THAT is a good idea. But don't forget the marina!