Awake: 7:01am Temp 54 sleep 7+00 mostly sunny overnight @ Bushnell, FL.
K & I walk the campground for (30) min of exercise; then eat a small breakfast & leave @ 10:55am driving to the Villages to visit Karen & Steve who also spend (6) months in FL & the other (6) months in Michigan.
Our Garmen GPS wouldn’t take their Villages address so when we were close to their area, Kathy called Karen & she did a fast job of pinch hitting navigation. The final check point was their blown up “Santa riding on his tractor” in their front yard. It’s been over (4) yrs since experiencing the Villages; now they have a finished 2nd town square with a total of some 75,000 residents. One can’t help but admire the groomed lawns, contoured hedges, beautiful pro golf courses, organized subdivisions, smooth roads, adequate commercial stores, hospitals, schools, plenty of activities, exercise buildings, etc, et cetera. It’s a dream of a city where a high percentage of the occupants transport themselves by golf cart mostly on their own special roadways.
Karen begins our visit by giving us a tour of their 2nd home & then, a (2+) hrs of touring the new 2nd downtown square via a gasoline driven golf cart. We have lunch, walk the promenade part way around the man-made lake & then continue with our golf cart tour thru some of the subdivisions of the 2nd phase of the Villages. Steve is my personal tour guide as we both sit looking backwards seeing where we went. Outstanding, fantastic, amazing & all that jazz; we’re told that phase (3) is soon to be on the way.
Back @ their house, we sit & talk for awhile….until Karen suggests a game for us to play; boys against the girls. “Sequence” is the game; winning is our aim. Steve & I quickly realize: competition is evident; these girls have known each other for yrs & think alike. After some (12) rounds, Steve & I finally realize….after wining a grand total of (2) games to their (10), maybe we won’t have time tonight to catch up & win. It is a fun game & I’m confident that with proper lighting & flashing colored lights for their chips, we could & would have trounced those girls severely.
Steve & I lead the way & the girls follow us to the Longhorn Steakhouse where K & I share a filet dinner. The meal was great with the company even better. We pretty well close down the restaurant, say our goodbyes for now & head south to where our home on wheels is parked. En route, we make a quick stop @ the Wal-Mart to pick up our Christmas photos & a ½ gallon of organic milk. Time only 10:35pm so Kathy talks me into starting a new movie for tonight.
We watch ½ of DVR movie: “A Thousand Clowns.”
Lights out: 12:54am
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