Varied Day

After breakfast, we went to Lake Sumter Landing thinking we could get onto the 11:30 trolley.  However, it was pulling away as we arrived.
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We registered for the 12:30 trolley ride and went to have lunch at Panera.  Today was Wednesday, so no chicken and wild rice soup, but I made do with tomato soup.  Panera is attached to the Sales Office and it was quick.  We were back in time to get on the 12:30 trolley.

The tour guide and bus driver varied the route and narrative from the last trolley ride we took when Ida was here. It's always interesting.

It rained (poured) while we were on the bus.  By the time we had to get off of the bus, it was just a light drizzle.  We got some cups of coffee and sat on the porch waiting for the drizzle to stop.

Terry and Janet

Since we were going to be on a bus when my REALTOR Board of Directors was meeting with the Past Presidents of the Board, I did not participate in the meeting.  I had helped the Past Presidents with the list of items about which we had some concern, so felt that I had added my 2 cents!

We went to the Postal Evidence of the Holocaust Exhibit  at The Savannah Center.  When we arrived, we were ushered into a room where a survivor was speaking.  Unfortunately, Janet could not hear most of what she said.  But, her story was one of an amazing will to live. At 73, she got her GED and was the oldest person in Sumter County to have done so.  When we went to look at the envelopes, Janet asked someone about the exhibit and they said it was on loan from -  are you ready  for this - the Skokie Holocaust Museum!  A family foundation sponsors the exhibit - here's the link for more information.  http://www.spungenfoundation.org/

You cannot be in The Villages without shopping at Beall's or Beall's Outlet.  We took Janet to Beall's Outlet where she bought a top and I bought a pair of shoes.  Terry did not buy anything.

We had a little afternoon nap and then went to Mom and Dad's for dinner. 

We came home to play Golf, a card game that we had played last weekend with Diane and Tom and Joyce and Jim.  We were uncertain of the rules so I looked them up on the Internet.  I started to read them, but Terry got impatient and said "just print them."  Eleven pages later, we knew more than we ever wanted to know about the game.