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Visitor's Guide

Jupiter, FL

FL Flora

FL Fauna

Come visit us in Florida!

We'll provide beds and food, one nice eat-out meal, the  expenses of one big activity, and all the beach trips you want.

Why? We can't visit everyone every year, so we want to provide incentives for you to come enjoy sunny Florida! All of the pictures here are taken in our city.

Seven Good Reasons to Visit Florida

1. Free room & board. You stay for free in beautiful (and expensive) Florida.

2. Saves us $. It saves us money and time to visit you. (Dave's company only gives 2 wks vacation, so we love it when family and friends come visit us!)

3. Your own bed. We have a spare queen bed in the guest bedroom, and a guest bath.

4. The beach. We live next to the beach and the beautiful blue! Swimming, body boarding, snorkeling, fishing, boating, shell hunting, wahoo!

5. Garden of Eden. There are beautiful flowers, exotic fruits, and unusual animals here all year round. See photos on our Flora and Fauna pages.

6. No snow. Where you live, there's cold white stuff.

7. Dave and Liz, of course!

Things to do

Around here

You could spend all your time here doing free activities (swimming), or all your money doing some far-out things (like kiteboarding). It's up to you!

• Jupiter Lighthouse tour

• spring training games for the Cardinals and Marlins

• Morikami Japanese gardens and museum, Flagler museum, Norton museum of art

• kayaking, snorkeling, and fishing on Loxahatchee River

Day trips

• Dave's friend with a boat will provide licenses, bait, and fish cleaning for 4 people for $150 bucks. Yes!

• West Palm Beach is only 30 minutes south and full of museums, boat tours, expensive shops, Everglades airboats, zoos, small water parks, and golf heaven.

Big things

• Cape Canaveral and NASA is 3 hours north.

• Sanabel Island (famous for shells) is 2 hours west.

• Miami (and lots of family fun) is 2 hours south.

• Key Biscayne is 3 hours south; Key West is 5 hours away over the "Ocean Highway".

• Grand Bahama is a few hours' ferry at a $150 ticket from the ports of Palm Beach or Miami.

• Orlando temple is 2 hours north.

• Of course, there's always the theme parks in Orlando and Tampa. Read this awesome advice for theme parks: http://info.schoolreference.com/

When To Visit

Winter:  Cool weather, cool water, more tourists.

Dress for weather between 50's and 70's. It can be brisk, so bring pants, shoes, and jackets, too. Bring swim stuff if you really want to swim. Winter is manatee season.

Jan  South Florida Fair

Feb  Artigras, Spring Training

Spring & Fall:  Warm weather & water, few tourists. Perfect timing! It's hot enough to make you want to swim, but not cold.

March  Artfest, Turtlefest, Spring Training

April  Riverfest

May  Turtletrot, Sunfest, Spring Fling (cultural)

Fall  ProAm surf contest, hurricanes

Summer: Hot weather, perfect water, discounts.

We'll do indoor activities during the midday heat. We've got sunblock, extra hats, and AC. Some attractions are discounted in the summer. The sea turtles lay eggs that hatch from May to September.

The serious part of hurricane season is Aug-Oct. Call before you come. (If a hurricane hits while you're here (unlikely), so what? We'll survive. You'll live to tell the tale!)

Jun Tropical Fruit Festival

July

Aug

What You Don't Have To Bring

Beach towels, sunscreen, flip flops, hats, bathroom stuff (shampoo, etc.), a hairdryer, an alarm clock, hangers, etc.

We keep a whole bunch of stuff just for guests.

Distance/Directions/Maps

Driving.  Remember, we live at the bottom of Florida--we're closer to the Keys and the Bahamas than southern U.S. states. Expect:

• 9 hours from Athens, GA

• 16 hours from east Houston, TX

• 19 hours from Austin, TX

• Add 1-3 hrs if you avoid the Turnpike tolls (~$40)

Flying. Tell us your flights & we'll make sure you get here.

• Palm Beach Int'l Airport is 30 minutes away

• Ft. Lauderdale Int'l is 1 hr away (has train/bus lines)

• Orlando is 2 hours away

Click on the pictures to view each map:

Florida highways

Jupiter, FL

To get to Chasewood Dr.

1. Get off southbound I-95 exit 87B or Florida Turnpike exit (onto eastbound Indiantown Rd.) for Jupiter.

2. Continue east on Indiantown Rd, towards the ocean.

3. At the 3rd stoplight, (1/2 mile), turn right (south) onto Central Boulevard.

4. Take 2nd left (east) onto Chasewood North. [If you get to a stoplight, you've gone too far. Flip a u-turn.]

5. We live in the back, in between north and south Chasewood. So at dead end, turn right (south) and follow curvy road to building 6499. We're the closest building to the boat yard.

6. Park anywhere and remind us to bring the guest parking permit. We live in apartment A.

Neat Florida Facts

• The Jupiter Lighthouse is open for tours Sun-Wed.

• At high tide, the water is shockingly blue, pretty clear, and pretty warm. Our beach is eroding, so the beach sand is the course stuff dredged from the bottom of the ocean. It is a grainy gray, not soft white.

• If you order dolphin at a restaurant, they'll serve you the sport fish, not porpoise the mammal. (Dolphin is also known as "mahi mahi" in Hawaii.)

• A mullet is a fish, not a hair-do.

• Real Key Lime pie is yellow, not green.

Dave and Liz Robertson Family
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