Saturday Activities in The Villages

Joan's View

We all got some much needed sleep and woke up early enough to start some activities. Tom took

Cindy, Jayne & I in a pose

Tony for his first pickle ball experience and then to a bicycle shop for a deal on some new bike lights.
Cindy & I went to a yoga class that her next door neighbor, Jayne, taught. Even though the class was crowded, Cindy managed to get me in with her neighborly connections.

Back at the Winslow resort, attorney Tom poured over
yesterday's blog for something to dispute while Cindy started something yummy in the crockpot.

We ate a great lunch and watched Tony disassemble the bike further until the much anticipated arrival of Stephanie. Stephanie gave the update on her eye catching football injury.

A black eye& swelling

 for the doctor-to-be

From there, we left for pickle ball. We rotated players between Tony, Tom, Stephanie & I. Cindy did photographer, ball duty, and driver. The temperature was in the upper 80s again and we were playing in the middle of the afternoon. It felt like summer in Ohio, but it's February in Florida and still hot. Tom, the pickle ball semi-pro, took it easy on us, but all the games were competitive and fun.

We took a break back at the Winslow resort and watched the white pelicans in their backyard pond do their synchronized fishing. They are such a pretty bird and watching them fish together is amazingly graceful and smart.

The next activity was the oversize putt-putt course on the other end of the villages. For my college friends, Sherri, Janet and Joyce, you will remember it is the one that we played on the last time that we were here when we played until dark. Stephanie went with us old folks (remember she is on a geriatric rotation) and got a nice lead after she sunk her hole in one. Some of us had to use Cindy's ball retriever to get the balls out of tall grass and such where the snakes live. We got about 14 holes in before dark settled upon us this time.

We had a nice shredded chicken dinner that Cindy made in the crock pot earlier, and enjoyed some rest time for the evening.

Tony's Extras

Had a great day today learning how to play pickle ball. It is a combination of ping pong, tennis, racket ball and badminton. Tom is a great teacher. While taking the bicycle apart, this gecko came by to watch. Probably trying to sell me some insurance. Tom took me to the woodworking shop in The Villages so I could check out their machines and dust collecting system. They are going to build another one because of the demand. He also took me to the bicycle shop to get some brighter tail lights. I even got Tom's extra special discount.