Friday, October 29, 2010

Pickleball, Pot Luck, and Halloween Treats!

What a great couple of days. On Thursday morning pickleball started out pretty slow.....with only four of us out to play. Rich and I and Jack and Bill. Hard to believe that Rich and Dee were not there - they seldom miss a day. And Buddy was still a little under the weather.

About 11:00 our very best friends Don and Linda arrived at the park. They were renting a cabin for a couple of days and getting to experience a little bit of the life of a pickleballing RV'er. They settled in to their cabin and then headed down to our site. We cooked some hot dogs on the grill for lunch and made plans to meet for dinner and pickleball later in the day. I tossed together some parsley red potatoes, green beans and biscuits (that almost were forgotten in the oven!!) to go along with the ham steaks and Sangria that Don and Linda brought. Then we headed for the pickleball courts for some pickleball under the lights. All the regulars were there except Jack and Diane - who had not yet returned from a family trip to Ft. Lauderdale. A new couple arrived - Ray and Linda, returning from their summer in Michigan and on their way back home to Naples.
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Above left to right - Nate, Krystal, Ray and Don, Rich, Dee and in the back is Stan and Ken from Torrey Oaks, Center is Rich, Dee, Don and Stan with an after the game discussion. Bottom left is Nate and Krystal, and the last is Rich and Don, Sally and Buddy. ( This camera just does not take good pictures in the dark)

Watching or waiting to play is (top left) Stan, Ken and Krystal. Dee had seen enough flashes for the night so grabbed my camera to make sure my face got posted this time! Next is Linda (the new couple) and Linda (of our friends Don and Linda). Sally always gives a great smile for the camera. Arik and Rich are back at the table. We had fourteen out playing under the lights tonight!!

Not quite as many out to play on Friday morning - but enough for two courts to stay busy. Late Friday afternoon we planned a happy hour back at our site. These days with the courts being lighted, happy hour starts at 4:00 or 4:30. This way we have time to eat, drink and be merry before we head to the courts at 6:30 to exercise off what we've eaten. Today was no exception.

Everyone has arrived and the lines have started at the food tables!

Above from left to right: Rich and Dee, Ray and Linda, Nick and Tanya, Shelties Cheyanne and Dakota and their mom and dad Don and Linda.

This is Brenda and Bill, Diane, Jack and Buddy, Stan and Sally,and the bottom is the Showalters: Austin, Krystal, Arik and Nate
Tonight was a little bit more festive as we near that "Hallowed Eve". Krystal filled this pumkin above with a pumpkin dip that had everyone raving!. And Stan and Sally treated everyone to their homemade" Sally Pearl Wine! Sally also came bearing treats for the crowd.

As long as you followed the tradition of saying "Trick or Treat" you were allowed to take a "treat" from her bag of goodies. Thanks Sally!!

And by 6:30, everyone had left, changed into their pickleball attire and were out on the courts, once again playing under the lights.

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