Fort Pierce and Mangrove Mattie's

Friday, January 11, 2013

Food... food... food!  When you are hungry and on Florida's east coast, you might as well have sea food.  They're many fine restaurants along the coast and this blog has only mentioned a handful so far.  But, Mangrove Mattie's is well worth the trip to Fort Pierce, Florida.

Randy and Debbie were having their driveway painted, so we decided to head to the coast.  Hey, any excuse to head to the coast is a good excuse!  Right?  When we left Ancient Oaks RV Resort, we had no idea where we would end up.  We tossed around a few suggestions while heading east along highway 714 when it started raining.  Rains in Florida usually don't last long so we didn't let the weather dampen our spirits.

Suddenly, our tour director, Debbie, says "let's go to Fort Pierce and eat at Mangrove Mattie's."  She had been there a year or so ago and remembered the food was great and she also remembered how to get there.  Heck, I can't remember what I did a few minutes ago. I suffer from CRS.  I would tell you what CRS means, but I can't remember! Ha!

Randy is our chauffeur today, and he guides the Toyota along to I95, then north to highway 70, then east to the Fort Pierce coast.  The skies have cleared now and the temperatures are nearing 80 degrees.  It's really going to be another great day!

This is Mangrove Mattie's in Fort Pierce

Randy and Debbie getting ready to order lunch

Kitty watches a sail boat (photo by Randy)

This is a view of the river which leads to the ocean a few hundred yards away.

The food was fresh and very good.  After lunch, we walked along the river walk towards the Atlantic Ocean.

Pelicans enjoying the beautiful day!

Next, we drove into the downtown area of Fort Pierce and then headed to the Fort Pierce Marina hoping to see a manatee or two.  But, they were hiding somewhere else.

Here's the marina.

On the way back to Okeechobee, we stopped at Traditions Square for some super good ice cream. Yea! Put a little on fudge on that ice cream please!  Well, that really topped off our day.  Another day full of fun in the sun, fine food, good friends, and...ICE CREAM!  Darn, that's good!