Home Sweet Home

Kathleen, Erin & Bill on St. Patrick's Day

On April 22nd at 3:30 in the morning, Jeanne, Ali and Emily left our home in The Villages and headed to the airport.  We went back to bed.  However by 8:00 that morning we had packed up, strapped the bikes on to the back of our van, hooked up our camper and headed for home.

For the last number of years, Cathy has been a member of a team of people who have been assisting a 90 year old woman who has 

been dealing with memory issues.  She was recently hospitalized and that prompted us to leave Florida a little early.  

The ride home was mercifully uneventful.  The bikes made it back home unscathed and the camper has already been stored up north.  

We are settling back into the real world and are very grateful for our time away.  Thanks for following our little adventure.

Ken and Cathy 

Still in The Villages

Cathy and I are still in The Villages, Florida.  The Villages is a unique place.  It has no natural

wonders, no mountains, lakes or places of historical interest.  What it does have is near perfect weather, golf courses everywhere, pools everywhere, pickle-ball and tennis courts everywhere and I recently read that they celebrated having  their 3,000 organization/club.  

On April 1st Cathy and I moved from one rental house to another.  To get our bearings, we went for a ride.  We stopped at the closest Rec Center.  It has a pool, tennis and pickle ball courts, Bocce Ball courts and a number of meeting rooms.  We walked in and the person at the reception desk asked if we were there for the Portuguese class!  Cathy's sister and our nieces are visiting now and I was showing Emily one of the nearby rec centers.  We were invited into one of the meeting rooms where they were just finishing a pottery class. These are great examples of the spectrum of things that are

offered in The Villages.  It also offers many entertainment venues including three huge movie theaters and three "town squares" where there is free nightly entertainment and three various size theaters for plays and assorted music venues.  Golf here is free.  However if you take your golf cart on the course there is a $4 per person charge.  

We have gone to a number of open houses since we've been

here but we are truly not interested in buying.  However we are looking to rent someplace, for at least part of next year.  We play Pickleball almost every day and we go lap swimming 3-4 per week.  We golf some, bike a little, go to movies and we went to a polo match! 

If someone is looking for a beach community this isn't it.  But if you're looking for a place to live that offers a lot of recreational opportunities - you should consider The Villages.

We hope you enjoy this photos we've posted on the blog.  We took a ride to Cocoa Beach with Jeanne, Ali and Emily.  Cathy's uncle, Lloyd Kolb is down here with his daughter, Patti.  Before Bill Blaney left for home we went out to dinner with Bill and Karen Early.  Earlier today we went to the polo match.  

See you soon and happy Easter.