For some reason we still haven’t figured out we couldn’t access our blog. Now it’s available. We’ve had an action-packed week.
We arrived at Loblolly Marina last Thursday evening to visit our friends, Peter and Val McNeely. They invited us to stay at their home, so we quickly packed some clothes and Val whisked us away to their beautiful home. Val calls their community “Loblolly Land.” Peter arrived shortly from a fishing trip in the Bahamas. We were invited to enjoy sushi aboard the custom-made fishing boat of his host, Bob Brucker, the Commodore of the Loblolly Yacht Club. We enjoyed wahoo, snapper, and several types of tuna. The fish was put on ice immediately and cleaned within hours of being caught, so it tasted fresh, fresh, fresh.
We enjoyed a marvelous stay with Peter and Val and their Belgian Shepherd, Brunni. Brunni sounds ferocious at first, but she is a real sweetheart and loves to trot and run beside the golf cart for exercise.
We had breakfast at Harry’s, filled with signs with attitude and humor. Since Peter had to check in with customs, we were close to Palm Beach, so we did some window shopping and then had a lovely lunch at Bice. We swam in their pool and enjoyed their beautiful garden and artwork. Peter and Val introduced us to their friends, Joyce and Bob, and we all had a delicious dinner at their Loblolly Yacht Club together. What wonderful people! Randy, Val and Peter played golf at the Jupiter Island Club. We all toured Jupiter Island and visited their golf and beach club. We also had the opportunity to meet Val’s mother, who lives on Jupiter Island. She had many wonderful stories to tell us about growing up in Paris and sailing. We had not intended to stay so long, but we had ordered another part for the boat and it didn’t arrive until late Monday afternoon. We had a marvelous splurge dinner at Bistro, one of their favorite restaurants, where we enjoyed continental cuisine accompanied by wines imported and/or produced by Val and Peter’s son. Val and Peter are generous and fun-loving people and we look forward to seeing them again soon.
