Wednesday, Pickleball, Red Sauce and Stormy Weather

Wednesday morning had to be one of the hottest mornings since we've been here.  The humidity was so high that I swear my t-shirt was soaked before I finished my first game of pickleball.  I arrived a little later than normal; good thing, because I was one of the last to leave.  Today was Marty and Prissy's last day here at The Villages, and they made sure they took full advantage of morning pickleball.  Prissy was so exhausted from the heat and sun (and no breakfast) that she stopped in the middle of the last game.  By this time Rich had also stopped by, not planning on playing, but they got him on the court for one game anyway.  During that time, Tom, one of the Villages players took Marty and Prissy to look at a Villa............Everyone is eager to show them their Villas or homes for sale or rent!  But yes...........we were the last to leave,and  made plans to meet later in the day.

About 5:30 we headed to Lake Sumter Landing where we met up again with our Louisiana friends at Red Sauce, a great Italian resaturant on the town square.  It was happy hour until 7:00 so we all indulged.  As usual - the meal was great.  I had my camera in my pocketbook..........and FORGET to get one last picture of our friends.  They would be heading for home in the morning.

We thought about sticking around the square for a while, but before dinner was over we could hear thunder in the distance, and the sky was beginning to look pretty threatening.  Since Marty and Prissy had come in the golf cart, it made sense that we let them head for home before the storm. So we hugged and said good-bye and promised to stay in touch!  We will really miss them.  I'm sure they'll be glad to get back to their air-conditioned pickleball courts!! 

We had not been home long before the skies got really dark, the wind started blowing and the storm had arrived.  The picture on the bottom left was taken from the front porch, the others from the outside patio before the rain.  The storm the night before had set off the fire alarm in the house,  knocked out the TV reception and opened the garage door!!!  Tonight was not quite as eventful......only lost TV reception for about 10 minutes, but the lightening show after the storm was awesome!!!