Welcome to Sardine City

I guess last you heard, we were headed for Port St. Lucie/Jensen Beach--an up & coming area in south Florida. I made reservations at a so-called "exclusive" RV resort called Nettles Island--a tiny little piece of land just 2 causeways from the mainland. I even decided to go ahead & make it a 3-night stay because it "sounded so good". That shoulda been my 1st clue. My 2nd clue would have been the 90+ year old man, bent over double trying to negotiate the sidewalk with a cane while trying to avoid the raisin-lady (skin type) in the flowered housecoat in her golfcart with her 3 precious pooches. Now I'll tell ya---we've been in some tight places & I've been rather impressed and quite proud at how TR has maneuvered our rig with just inches to spare on either side. But as we drove into this "resort," we quickly realized it was not so much an RV resort as a glorified trailer park! I mean, there are 1,216 what they call "park model homes" (what I call trailers) in this place, thus the "Sardine City" label. Every now & then is an empty space ---where we are parked--and I guess that's where the "exclusitivity" comes in. We have laughed & laughed at how we are the youngest people we've seen--except for a few grandkids running around. Now don't get me wrong---I love old people--I aspire to be one!--I've just never been sequestered on a island with so many!! And they're all so brown. Actually the place is super clean--there are rules about EVERYTHING. There's a small car and a golf cart in each driveway and it must be mandatory for every home to have at least 2 dogs. So I figure there's a population of about 2500 people & 2500+ pets. Amazingly enough, there's no dog poop to be seen or stepped in anywhere. Apparently everyone follows the rules. Enough about that!
Weather has been beautiful--in high 70's or mid-80's. We played golf with a lady who was actually born in Florida & still lives here--not many of those around. Every time we pass someone when we're walking, we give'em a big southern "Hey or Hiiiii" & we get "Hoy" (northern for hi.). Last night & today was REALLY windy. The RV was a rockin' last night & it wasn't because TR got lucky. I've heard ya'll had strong winds in Asheville, too.
Even though Nettles Is. wasn't exactly what we had expected, it's actually nice. I've found that we can adapt to most anything. We've settled into a little routine and so if we don't return, know that we just morphed into little old brown people. I think we'll call ourselves the Raisinettes! More to come........I just gotta figure where we go from here.