Back To Florida!

Lately, it has been getting colder at night in Denver, and because of the fact that the heat has not yet been turned on in my condo building, getting much colder inside my bedroom/den, which has a glass outside wall. And so, since we have a condo in Stuart, Florida after taking it back from our renters after 15 years, my sister Susan and I decided it was time to head back down there. We flew into West Palm Beach, with a stop in Charlotte, North Carolina, and I was amazed to find that both flights were completely filled, not to mention the large crowds at the airports themselves. And yesterday, I was further amazed at the rush hour traffic these days in Stuart. I have to keep remembering that Stuart is not the sleepy town it was years ago, and that Florida itself grew by leaps and bounds during the pandemic and is still growing. In fact, Stuart's neighbor to the north, Port St. Lucie, is now the 6th largest city in Florida, and Florida itself is the 3rd most populous state in the union, after California and Texas. Even Donald Trump has begun making trips down to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach once again, but Susan and I decided to head back to Florida anyway. We can always cross the street if we happen to run into him.