Friday we went to a free movie at the library in Fort Pierce, the county seat. They were showing "A Beautiful Mind." I loved the movie. John had seen it before, but I had never seen it. It is the story of John Nash, who was a brilliant mathematician, but also suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

The library is on the waterfront on the Indian River, but it is not really a river. It is part of the intercoastal waterway and salt water. We strolled along the waterfront and watched the pelicans and sea gulls.  I bought a book with a pictoral history of St. Lucie County in a souvenir shop.  The first settlers came here in the 1500's, after the first U.S. settlement in St. Augustine, which is north of here.

After the movie they were setting up lots of booths, selling things for their first Friday event. We had an early dinner at a Tiki Bar by the marina that was very nice. I had a shrimp basket and John had a clam basket.  Then we walked a little further and found and Italian shop where we bought gelato for dessert. John said it was as good as the gelato in Italy, although I can't remember that far back. (We went to Italy in 2001.) There was a little art gallery near the Italian shop, but it wasn't open. If you went in the afternoon, you could visit the art gallery and the Italian shop had nice lunch specials with nice tables to sit at.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am not on vacation, that I live here. When you come out of Walmart and hear the birds singing in the palm trees, it is very nice.