A Visit From Evergreeners

The breakfast table is set for our Evergreen guests.

For about ten years Dan and I have been members of the Evergreen Club.  Members host other members in their own homes for a nominal fee, and it's a great way to travel inexpensively and to meet interesting people.  We just hosted Phil and Kathy from California who had visited in New Jersey and were on their way to Florida.  Raleigh was a convenient stop along the way.  It's like having a B & B, but you serve as hosts only when it is convenient. 

I enjoy preparing breakfast for the Evergreeners when they visit.  This week we had a simple breakfast of coffee, orange juice, fresh fruit, pecan raisin bread with pumpkin cream cheese spread and homemade pumpkin muffins.

Strawberries and pineapple.

Homemade pumpkin muffins.

Pecan raisin bread with pumpkin cream cheese spread.

If we find ourselves in California, we might just stay with Phil and Kathy at their place. 

Phil and Kathy, our Evergreen guests.

You might like to check out the Evergreen Club website.

Breakfasts with Evergreeners in West Palm Beach

On my recent trip to West Palm Beach with cousins I visited West Palm Beach Evergreeners, Robert and Phoebe.

Early morning sunrise view from Robert and Phoebe's 18th floor balcony.

About ten years ago Dan and I joined the Evergreen Club and we have enjoyed hosting and visiting members over the years.  Elizabeth's mother Robin had flown down from Virginia and with the three of us it would have been a bit crowded at Elizabeth's townhouse so I spent the days with them and the nights with the Evergreeners in their condo that looks out over the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean beyond.  It is always nice to make new friends through the Evergreen Club.

New friends Robert and Phoebe, my Evergreen hosts.

These Evergreeners are an active couple that split their time between West Palm Beach and Virginia.  Robert is up at 6:30 each morning for his 5-mile walk.  And then at 8:30 breakfast is served.  And what a breakfast! The first morning we had eggs scrambled to perfection, sausages, coffee cake, fruit and OJ. (I'm not a coffee drinker.)  The second morning the sausage and gravy over biscuits was delicious with mixed fruit on the side. 

Sausage and gravy over biscuits.

Fresh strawberries and bananas.

I had to depart early the last morning, and these gracious hosts had smoked salmon and cream cheese on bagels ready for me at 6:00 a.m.

Smoked salmon and cream cheese.

Another fine experience with Evergreen hosts.  Thank you Robert and Phoebe for a wonderful visit and for those delicious breakfasts.