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| Lake Worth beach |
Marie and I enjoyed a few days at my brother Richard's condo in Lake Worth, Florida, near Palm Beach, for a few days after returning from our cruise to the eastern Caribbean this week. We both like the area and the condo - at Lake Clarke Gardens - is in a great location, the grounds are well maintained, the pools gorgeous and it only a short walk to the nearest stores. We rented a car while we were there and hit the beach both days, 10 minutes away. We love to take long walks in the sand and did at least 4 miles each day, picking up shells and coral and even saving a flying fish that had flown the wrong way and was floundering on the beach. As you can see from the pictures there were very few other people about!
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| crosswords on the beach! |
Rich had recommended a Cuban restaurant, the Havana in W. Palm Beach which we tried one night. We were amazed at the quality and quantity of the dishes we had and it was the highlight of our stay there. We shared a Sabor Cubano, corn meal laced with seasoned pork, wrapped in a corn husk with the pork topped with sauteed onions, and I had one of the best flnak steaks I have ever eaten, with maduros (sweet plantain) and a salad. Marie had the same with tostones (green plantains) and yuca con mojo ( cassava, a potato like vegetable). We finished with a Tres Leches, a three milk cake made with fresh, evaporated and condensed milk, followed by a very sweet but delicious Cuban coffee. Nothing short of fantastic and I recommend it to anyone visiting the Palm Beach area! Thanks Richard!!
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| best Cuban food in town! |
We were up before 4am on the morning of the 7th as we had a 0915 flight from Punta Gorda, clear over the other side of the state. By 5am we were on our way, heading west on SR 80 which took us around the bottom of Lake Okeechobee through Belle Glade and Moore Haven and on towards Fort Myers where I got on I-75 north to the tiny airport in Punta Gorda. Our DirectAir flight had one stop in Lakeland and we were back in Plattsburgh by early afternoon and home for supper! No snow but cooler temperatures than we had been used to for the past three weeks! Now where can we go next.....
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Lake Clarke Gardens pool
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