Roadside Chronicles: Life On The Road: Phipps Park, Stuart, Florida

Feb 9, 2014

Vultures in the trees

We stayed a few days at Phipps Park in the past. It is a county park run by Martin County. This time we just needed a place to stay for a few nights.

View across the canal

The sites are very spacious but there is no privacy or boundary between any of them. We scored one of the 18 electric campsites $25.30 per night and were glad we did because it was rather hot humid during the day. It is very close (like 1/2 mile) to the Fed Campground St. Lucie which sits next to the canal locks where you can watch the yachts go by. They've recently cleared out the brush along the canal so you could see boats going by if you wished...nice fix. At times, even though we were the farthest away from the Florida Turnpike, you could hear it (not a nice perk).

View of the lock on waterway

This park is in a somewhat congested area just outside stuart and therefore there really is not biking...just little walks. We used this time to secure a new phone for David. (He scored a good deal on the IPHONE 4...which we will use to accept credit cards soon.) Getting that phone was somewhat of an adventure; usually his phone hunting is! We did our laundry on site...convenient. I also plantedmy "garden"...started an assortment of seeds to bring home to transplant in April and beyond.

View of Campground with our Van/Trailer

We visited the Stuart Green Market (sundays 9 - 1)....I wanted to see what fresh veggies they had to offer. Also we had to visit Walmart to stock up on staples for our time in the Keys...our only source down there is Publix or Winn Dixie which find pricey.

This system of plants cleanses the water from agricultural run off.

We will again use this park for a few days but most likely never for more than a few days. Also, we had good cell service (Verizon) and MIFI. The reservation system online didn't work well for us so I ended up calling them with my credit card.