Sumter Landing for Market Night.

The afternoon rains have kept us a bit secluded in the afternoons this past week.  Fortunately the storms have held off long enough for us to get out in the AM for some pickleball.   By late Thursday afternoon the skies had cleared and it looked to be a decent evening, so we decided to take a ride on down to Sumter Landing again.  Thursday night was market night.

We took a stroll around the square to check out all the vendors.   A little something for everyone.......luggage, beautiful wood carvings, hats, sports paraphernalia..........

And what would Market Night shopping be without a PICKLEBALL BOOTH!   Lots of paddles and shirts and bags and I really liked the towels.  A little bigger than a regular hand towel and bearing a pickleball emblem of some sort.  Very nice for $12.

Where else but The Villages would you find a booth to help you with the makeover for your Golf Cart?   And as you travel the golf cart paths and check out the abundance of golf carts, you continue to be amazed at the creativity of some.............

And as we continued on around the square, didn't we find another "creative" example?

And if you don't want to fix up the one you have.............Here is one that was for sale.  Lots of fliers and stickers, but didn't see the price........

Finishing our browsing we decided to sit for a bit and listen to the entertainment.  It was still early in the evening, but the crowd was already starting to build.

Many arrived early.  The "feels like" temperature this evening was 100 degrees, so the early birds were able to find the shade under the trees. We listened until the band took their break, and decided it was a bit too hot to stay much longer.  The lines at the refreshment stands were real long as the everyone was trying to get the last drink before the end of happy hour!

So we vacated our parking space and left an opening for the next arrival.

It really isn't bad trying to find your way around.  There are directional signs all along the paths..........

But despite all the signs, you often stop to ponder where you are.  And so the traffic jam, as two young ladies two carts ahead of us stop in the middle of the road to check their map! 

We took the tunnel to cross to the other side of the Buena Vista Trail which would take us back to our Village.

And for those of you who were not real sure.........Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!