Yes, we are still alive and well in Jupiter, Florida.

And yes…we are great aunt and uncle again. Our nephew, Steve who lives in Indiana had a baby girl – Dahlia Anne on January 16.


Dahlia Anne Scott


The happy parents...Steve and Karen

Another visit to Indiana is a must to see her!

The campground in Jupiter is average …the best part is there are no trains, planes or barking dogs . They have quite a few activities such as pizza parties, ice cream socials, bingo, shuffleboard, luncheons, card making etc. We have both won at bingo and Texas Hold ‘em….they will probably be glad to see us leave. Every Friday night they have entertainment….A tribute to Neil Diamond, a Female singer impersonator, DJ’s etc.

These people really enjoy this lifestyle. They come back year after year and say they have more friends here than they do at home. Most are snowbirds and still own property. However, we did meet one couple who have been full-timing for 20 years….wow.

Shortly after our arrival, we once again got the inkling to try some geocaching in this area. There is a really nice park, Riverbend Park, close to our campsite with several caches to be found. After a ½ mile walk and with great enthusiasm we chose to enter a very heavy thicket of short palm trees and bushes to find our first “treasure”. We followed our GPS about 200 yards into this jungle-like area.

Once at the destination we lost our GPS signal and after looking for 1/2 hour we couldn't find the cache, but realized we also couldn’t find our way out. Mild panic began to set in and we both wished we were better scouts and the geocaching badge was available back then. Eventually we stumbled upon the correct path to guide us out into the open area. We were never so happy as to find our car again We might have to bring some yellow ribbons with us next time to mark our trail. IF….I can get Ron to geocache again.

We have received the following souvenirs declaring the states we have completed the most finds. These are awarded by geocaching.com.







We drove to Fort Lauderdale for a day. Now I can see why the college kids like to go there for spring break. There is a beautiful, large, beach on one side of the road and several bars, restaurants and shops on the other side. It looks like a really fun place to hang out as a beach bum.

Bob & Sandi, friends we met since rving were in the area getting ready for a 60+ day cruise out of Ft. Lauderdale, so we met them for lunch and had a great time getting better acquainted. They introduced us to a good restaurant - Park Avenue-yummy BBQ.

We found a church that has a Teen Mass on Sunday evening. I really like the upbeat atmosphere…probably more than Ron-the traditionalist.

We bought our tickets to 6 Cardinal Spring Training games and are looking forward to seeing the birds play. I bought a Build-A-Bear when we were in St. Louis last fall and have it dressed with a Yadier Molina uniform. Do you think I could get the real Yadi to sign the cap?


We are leaving Jupiter next week for Lake Okeechobee which means we will have to drive in for all of the games. Lake Okeechobee is about 55 miles from Jupiter. If anyone is coming down for spring training, let us know…maybe we can get together.

Even though we are enjoying our stay in Florida…and especially the weather, we have come to the conclusion that we like the southwest better with all of its beautiful canyons, rivers and hiking trails. So we will probably spend winter 2011 out west.

Hope all is well.