Last Full Day at Royal Coachman!

Well, already the sadness has started to hit!  The four of us will be leaving here tomorrow and heading our separate ways.  This month together has flown by and all of us will like it to continue.  We have had so much fun!

We were up by 8 and got ready to go to the 10:30 service at Suncoast Church.  This will be our 3rd week in a row going to this special church and all of us have found it to be inspiring. 

After taking a "vote", we drove to Sweet Tomato in Sarasota for another delicious lunch that includes a huge salad bar, fresh made soups and breads, pizza and pasta, and then ice cream.  What more could you want?????  We relaxed, chatted, and only left there around 2.  On to Costco for a few items, including some delicious sangria, and then we ended this "road trip" with a stop at Wal-Mart.

We changed quickly when we got back to the CG and headed to guess where???  the pickleball courts.  We had showers overnight and some light rain this morning, but by now it had cleared and the sun started to appear.  So, pickleball it was!!!!!!  All of us are having a few aches and pains, each day a different one, but today was the worst for Melissa.  It appears that her siatica was the problem.  But, the trooper that she is, just wouldn't stop playing!  I guess pickleball is in all of our blood!!!  So, she hobbled along, but did a great job!  Not being able to move quickly proved to be a help for  all of our short net game.  We definitely had some good volleys at the net!  It was perfect weather for playing - around 70 with no wind!

Back to the CG around 5:45 and we all spent time getting things ready for tomorrow's departure - boo hoo!!!  Seems like it takes more time than you think to get all the prep work done!  Ken and I had some Costco chicken for dinner with quinoa.  Chuck and Melissa joined us for our last night of games and cards.  Of course, we had to finish that bag of kettle popcorn Melissa had bought at the Farmer's Market.  She shared a dish with Ken and learned quickly that you need to grab while the grabbin's good.  Ken can "wolf" popcorn down the hatch faster than anyone I have ever seen.  She learned his technique as a matter of popcorn survival, or she would have just been looking at an empty bowl!  The women won the Skip-Bo game, the men won Pinochle and Spades, and then women were victorious in the last game - 5 Crowns.  The next time we will playing these games together will probably be in Feb. or March - how sad!  We called it a night around 11.

Popcorn munching time!!!

We have certainly been Celebrating Life Daily with Chuck and Melissa!