Well Tuesday was totally a fun day which started on the pickle ball court for me, then some baseball on TV before we headed to Dade City area which is about an hour north of us to the Tracy's. We met with another couple and the 8 of us went to their club house for an ALL You Can Eat Prime Rib and Shrimp dinner, oh my what delicious food and then afterwards waddled back to their house where we taught them the new card game "31". We had a hoot but left around 8:30 so as to get back home around 9:30 or so.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting several up by name. All seem well as I write. I got ready and headed out to the rec. for nearly three hours of pickle ball play with some really good players, a couple of which leave and head back north this week. One couple we meet each year for a couple weeks raise hogs for pork production in Indiana and are Believers. I invited them to our Easter service but they will leave before that but one of their friends attended BridgePoint last Sunday and were thrilled with the service so next year they will attend as well. We said our good bye's and promised to keep in touch on Facebook until next year.
I got back to the house around noon and we ate a lite lunch before we chilled until 3 'ish when Dan and Carol picked us up to head north to the Tracy's. I watched the Ray's once again beat up on the White Sox's in Chicago for the first 4 innings and they did complete the game for another win 7-2. The Lightning have their first playoff game tonight in Tampa as Nancy is at her Bible Study class from 7 to 9. The Virginia NCAA team came out winners and the best team in basketball finally after last years debacle that sent them home defeated. I have plenty of sports to keep be entertained. I am missing out on some of my reading time but I love the physical game of pickle ball everyday and of course baseball in the afternoon and now hockey at night.
Let me tell you about this buffet dinner at the Tracy's club; the prime rib was sliced at a bar area which was to your taste, medium rare for us with you peel shrimp on ice and on the buffet line there was fresh salads, delicious mixed veggies, smashed taters and two kinds of fried shrimp in a batter one of which was coconut and then all of the sauces plus bread. Well I made two trips to the beef bar and buffet line for taters and shrimps, oh my what a feed all for under 25 bucks per person. Unbelievably delicious and prepared to perfection, best meal this year anywhere outside the house. It's a far bit to travel but worth it and the time together with friends was awesome as well. The Tracy's place is very nice with a great back yard that features a pond with live gators many of which come and go from the many bodies of water in the area. We saw a 5 footer near the waters edge and then a smaller one swimming. Its mating season so beware. There has been cougar sightings as well as the small critters which are indigenous to any wooded, swamp like area which describes their back yard area and beyond.
Well we had a great time teaching them the new game"31" which Nancy won and of course the banter around the table was loud and raucous whenever all 8 of us get together. One of their neighbors Tom is retired USAF and his wife Elizabeth who is a hoot as well is part of the gang when we visit the Tracy's. We carry on together and get along and they to travel quite a bit as they have family in Hawaii, Alaska and Colorado. She has a few medical issues but seems as well as can be expected for their ages, oh well. I've taught all of them pickle ball and they have played from time to time and love it. The club is building two new courts and renovating the existing tennis court for pickle ball.
Well we got back to the house around 9:30 and made plans to go up again next week to a blueberry farm and pick berries and purchase some blueberry wine where we stopped last year on one of our many outings. It should be another fun filled day, LATER
