I walked down to the St. Lucie River from our condo here in Stuart, Florida yesterday afternoon after arriving in the morning on a Red-Eye flight. I was hoping to wander around and take a few sunset photographs but found a bunch of people there sitting on benches around waiting for the big event. Evidently it is now a thing for fellow condo residents to gather together and watch the sunset every night, which kind of interfered with my plans. Back when I used to visit my parents down here, there was no one there at all around sunset. Of course, working at the University of Denver Bookstore, the best time for me to take a long vacation was in August, when nobody - except me, of course - wanted to be outside in Florida in the heat of summer. In any case, I decided to take the photograph above of what a sign calls "Kayak Corner." As you can see, there are stools and a bench provided, right next to an incline where you can launch a boat. All of this puzzles me, because I have been coming here for 50 years, and I have never once seen a kayak - or for that matter, a kayaker - around here. What are they? Night kayakers? Or perhaps it is just like our yacht club. Since the Monterey Yacht and Country Club was never allowed to dredge, there can be no boats. The yacht club is just for parties. And so, perhaps the kayakers don't kayak, just hang out in their corner. I must keep checking to get the full story, which no doubt will become a headline in the Stuart News. Fame at last.
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