Bad Weather - Good Friends

Monday morning we were both back out on the Pickeball Courts. There are about 8 of us that arrive at Churchill Rec Center just before seven am and are standing on the courts ready to serve when it's exactly seven. The morning was a little overcast, but very very warm. By 10:00, it was difficult to find a dry spot anywhere on clothes or body so headed for home. Rich had taken the golf cart to Pimlico and didn't leave the courts quite early enough.........

The clouds came in and the sky darkened not long after I had finished showering. By 10:30 it was storming. Rich and the crew at Pimlico raced from the courts and dropped the covers on the golf carts to get out of the rain and head for home. Rich said that Mo rode his bike that morning - so you can just imagine what he looked like by the time he reached home. Despite the rain, all the guys still met at Dunkin Donuts, as usual, for the morning coffee and story telling.

By mid afternoon the skies darkened and we had some pretty nasty thunder and ligntening storms. But it has been so hot and so dry - that the rain was most welcome. It rained and stormed most of the rest of the day and well into the evening.

Tuesday evening we headed for Spanish Springs Town Center, where we were meeting Dick(Greenie) and Kathy for dinner. It's been almost a year since we last saw them and wanted to make sure we got together at least once before they head for Michigan at the end of July.

We arrived a bit early, so had a few minutes to look around. We parked right in front of The Villages Golf Shop so we looked at some of the Golf Carts on display that were for sale. Click on the picture above and take a loot at the cart on the bottom. That one goes for just over $15 thousand.

We met Kathy and Greenie at Katie Bells for dinner. They have some great early bird dinners. I opted for the Shrimp and Scallop Scampi, Rich had the Kickin Chicken over cheese ravioli, Greenie,Fish and Kathy the Chicken Portabello. For $9.99 your dinner included the entre along with a great soup, salad and bread bar. Everything was delicious.

The inside of Katie Bells is really unique. We sat on the second floor overlooking the stage and dance floor on the lower level. Music and/or entertainment every afternoon and evening. The dance floor was being refurbished, but some people still wanted to dance and did so close to their tables, or in any space they could find.

It was nice catching up on what Kathy and Greenie had been up to for the last year, so we sat for quite a while talking after dinner. Long enough to take Greenie up on his suggestion to go to Ollies for Ice Cream.

And so we did - Ollies is a small little ice cream parlor less than a mile from the Restaurant. Above - Kathy and Greenie enjoy their ice cream dessert.