We were supposed to meet John and Donna where they are staying in Lady Lake around 3pm. We were early, so we stopped off at a "discount" golf shoe store along the way. The sale prices were $100+. Needless to say, we did not buy. A very nice teller at a Bank of America gave us directions to a Barnes & Noble in The Villages. What a place. We had never been to The Villages and were very impressed by the 55+ community (Actually it's a very large city where all the wealthy people congregate for the winter.) It's not for us, but most impressive. Most vehicles are customized golf carts. They have tunnels underneath all the streets; their own side street in some places, and their own speed limit signs - 10mph.
There are dozens of stores and restaurants in The Villages. These golf carts take up regular parking spots at the grocery stores, etc.
After finding the book store and buying new books, we headed off to find John & Donna. Donna made us a wonderful dinner. After cleaning up, we donned our warm clothes and headed back to the same area in The Villages that we had been to earlier in the afternoon. Every night between 5-9pm they have live concerts in the two town squares. Everyone gets up and dances. Two sides of the square were filled with line dancers. They are amazing to watch. I think they practice at least 5 hours a day. The other two sides are just dancers like the rest of us. Last night we were treated to 50s and 60s rock and roll. Hundreds of retirees dancing the night away. It was fabulous!
We stayed until around 8:30 which was when we started freezing. We then had to head back for the hour long commute to our park.
Today we golfed with Joe and Marilyn. Lots of laughs, and unfortunately - lots of high scores.
After BBQd pork steaks, I headed to the Friday night bingo - my winning streak has ended. While I was bingoing, Mark hosted the all-male Friday night men's fire gathering. I think I'll crash it next week.
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