A large brown pelican soars overhead. His plump shadow casts a roving shade on the small group of couples and families lounging on Bathtub Reef Beach. With a graceful turn toward the water, he darts into an emerald wave with the stealth-like accuracy of a bird half his size. Lunch. On shore, two little boys clap their hands with glee, their small feet stomping in the warm surf. This is reality TV in Stuart, Florida.The small town of about 19,000 residents is in Martin County, where famous folks such as Greg Norman and Celine Dion live. But it’s the abundant shoreline and natural beauty that keeps generations of families—and new residents from various corners of the globe—calling Stuart home.
