We drove back from Naples on Sunday, having extended our stay for a couple of days. It felt good, warm and welcoming to come back into that community of friends and family. What struck me immediately was how busy the lifestyle is. I have been leading a very quiet life since returning to Florida last fall. The best share of my day is spent with the dogs. I had carried my bike with the hope of riding with the group. I did that on Thursday. The wind was strong from the south which is often the case. I rode with the first group which travels a bit faster than the other groups. That was one mistake. The first mistake I made was eating a large breakfast cooked by Emory and gulped down 10 mins. before the ride. The second mistake was thinking I could keep up with the fast group. A few miles out, I was unable to breathe and felt sick. One of the guys, Gary, stuck with me as we took a short cut to the coffee house where we would meet the others. After having a smoothie and a banana, I felt better but still rode back with the "halfast" group which was much more my speed. After a brief rest, I went back out for a delightful beach ride with a friend. Here in Riverview, the beach is at least a half hour drive or more away. How wonderful it is to be an easy 3 mile bike ride away. Of course, the other beaches in that area are also easily accessible by bike as well just a longer ride.
I joined Gloria in the warm pool for the water airobics class which is well attended and vigorous. We enjoyed some of Gloria and Emory's good cookin' and a game night. I played a game called Golf and wouldn't you know, a beginner's luck win. A night of pizza out, a grand jazz concert in the park in Naples complete with a picnic supper, a celebration on 3rd Street, the requisite ice cream cone and tours of friends new motor homes filled out the days we were there. I enjoyed 6 Grapes and good chocolate with Gary and Marion in their new coach and a gourmet lunch with Maureen in their neighboring new coach. And get this, followed by a huge serving of Strawberry Shortcake at the community center. Yum! Strawberries are definitely in season here now. Pictures are posted here of some of the fun in Naples.
Those of you who are new to this blog, please check out my other two. You can find them by scrolling down on the side bar to where it says, "More About Me", click there and you will find the titles to two more blogs. One is a sampling of some of my art work; the other is a description and presentation of my Distance Healing Work. Comments are always welcome.
Some of you have also asked me for photos of my cottage in New York State. I want to correct myself since I told you to go to the archives of this blog to find a picture of it. I just checked and it is not there. I had to change blog addresses back in August and it was on the old one but is not on this one. I will look it up on my flash drive and post it in a future post.
Weather.com tells me it is -9 degrees this morn in Hartford/Fort Ann, New York. Brrrr! I sure hope it warms up some in the next 4 weeks.
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