​We stopped in Port Saint Lucie for a couple of nights to visit friends of Angie’s from Virginia Beach. Rick was an EMT with Angie for many years. Rick and his wife Jean sail to the Bahamas every year on their sailboat. They moved to Port Saint Lucie this year to cut two months off their travel time to the Bahamas.

Rick is happily married to Jean, a Virginia Beach native, who had not sailed before meeting Rick. Her camping experience prepared her well, though, and she is hooked on sailing now. They love Tarpon Bay, their over-50 condo community where they can dock their sailboat, as well as enjoy swimming, pickleball and an active social life with fun people.

We were greeted at our campsite by yet another gator in the canal. The campground office featured a stuffed bobcat that had been a neighbor. There was a pleasant breeze the night we arrived. We hosted Rick and Jean at our campsite and gave them a tour of our trailer. They are considering an RV excursion to the West.
After a rib dinner at a nearby brew pub, Rick and Jean showed us their condo and their 38-foot cutter-rigged Island Packet sailboat “Spindrift”.