Treasure coast travelers’ newsletter

 Editor Barbara Wilson                     Seasons in the Sun, Titusville                 December 10, 2004                   

Our December campout was held at Seasons in the Sun in Titusville, with seven rigs in attendance.  Those attending were:  George & Ann Metz; Bob & Joyce Somerday; Art & Odette Hayes; Dick & Sheila Lemoi; Billy & Gail Barnes; John & Joanne Huff; and Frank & Fran Daidone.   We welcomed Dick and Shelia Lemoi as new members and look forward to many campouts with them.

Areas around the campground were enjoyable with numerous wilderness areas to visit.  The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore were interesting for the nature lovers in our group.  Billy & Gail happened upon a special treat by finding an area for viewing manatees. 

Season in the Sun is one of the more beautiful campgrounds that we have visited.  Spanish moss hung from every tree making you think you were camping a lot further north and for many of us a little back-home-sickness set in.  Of course the cool weather contributed to that feeling also.  Some of us were shivering from the cool breeze but for the most part found the weather enjoyable and just right for playing several games of bocce ball and wholly board.   As the temperature dropped several of us decided to get together in the spacious clubhouse for a few games of cards.   We will return to this campground in January.  You may want to bring some warm clothes.

We met on Friday night at the Dixie Crossroads restaurant in Titusville for our Christmas party.  The restaurant is well known for seafood even though a few of us had an excellent beef dinner.   John & Joanne Huffe were the lucky winners of our 50/50. A good time of fun and fellowship was had by all.  Thanks to Art and Odette Hayes and Ann Metz for their efforts in making this a successful party.  Missing from the picture below are Ann & George Metz and Joyce Somerday.  

Our normal Saturday morning flea market visits didn’t result in as many “treasures” as in other areas.  The people we met during the adventure however were interesting and we did get back to camp with all the free oranges we wanted to pick.  Speaking of treasures, we were surprised to find service stations selling gas at 40 to 50 cents below Palm Beach County prices.  Wish we could have held more!

Seasons in the Sun has many grapefruit trees that we found to our liking.  All of the “low-hanging” fruit was gone from a grapefruit tree just behind the rigs but Billy was able to climb the tree for a delicious breakfast grapefruit each morning.  A fruit picker may be in order for our next visit in January.