In recent days we have availed ourselves to some of the amenities that The Villages has to offer.
We took a two hour class entitled Pickle Ball #101. It was educational and fun. While the scoring seems a little odd, eventually it makes sense. We have also taken a golf lesson. By the end of the one hour lesson Cathy was hitting the ball off the tee with her eyes closed! We found it interesting that the driving range is on a lake. With land here being so expensive, golfers hit the balls into the water. The balls are corked and there is a slight left to right current. Every night a company comes in and removes the thousands of balls that were hit, washes them and they're ready again the next day. There are buoys in the water so the golfer can judge their distance although we learned that it's pretty tough to get much of a roll. We have only been on the course once but enjoyed it and plan on getting out again as soon as possible.
On March 4th, Bill and I celebrated John's 65th birthday sending him this photo of a traditional birthday orange with a candle.
We were happy that Mike and Mary ventured into The Villages for a
visit. They got to see the place and see what it has to offer.
Cathy's cousin, Debbie, also came for a visit. During her stay we went to Sumter Landing and danced to the music of Rocky and the Rollers.
Bill joined us the next day and we introduced Debbie to the
game of Pickle Ball which she seemed to enjoy. We couldn't let Debbie go home without her laying around the pool, driving the
golf cart, going to church at St. Timothy and of course going grocery shopping at Publix.
Just before she headed North we had lunch with Cathy and Debbie's uncle LLoyd and their cousin, Patti.
All in all things are going well in The Villages.
