Play Time

Thursday March 12 and Friday March 13, 2015
Quail Run RV Park
Wesley Chapel, Florida

 

 

THURSDAY March 12

 

 

Poor David.  Once upon a time, I did all the cooking and all the income tax. For years and years.  Then Carrie left home and I resigned.  I do still cook but I haven’t done the income taxes since we went on the road.   I did them by hand.  David uses Turbo Tax.  He’s still working on them but says he’s nearing the end.

This morning I go out for my 10000 steps and get about 8000 of them before I’m too bored to continue.  I commandeer the living room for an hour’s worth of yoga which I haven’t done in far too long.  I once was extremely flexible but now I can’t even touch the floor.  After all this, I take a shower, have some breakfast and go outside.

 

Today is another hot one.  Our coach awning isn’t making much shade so I decide to take my book out under the little tree in the back overlooking the canal.  I’m barefoot, a state I like to be in as much as possible.  But it is a mistake today since I step in or on something in the grass and get a stinging burning sensation in my right arch and the underside of one toe.  I look around but don’t see anything.  I think it will go away in a bit but it doesn’t.  I try a number of things but the only one that works is an ice pack on my foot.  So here I am reading and numbing my foot.

 

 

After dinner we head down to the Rec Hall to check out the line dancing.  I’m not surprised to see it’s a small group and all women.  It’s fun and I have no trouble picking up the routines.  David comes a bit late and says he needs the written instructions to be able to do these.  He dances for a while and then picks up the camera and becomes photographer.

I definitely had a great time and wish there were more opportunities for me to do this on the road without having to stay in a private RV park. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY March 13

 

Today we don’t look at the planned activities schedule early enough to see that Water Aerobics is scheduled but we do walk over in the middle to see what’s going on.  I didn’t take my camera though.  There were only 3 women in the pool.  I thought that was very unfortunate since it really looks like a very good workout.  I’m sorry I’m not prepared.  Pat, the activities director, tells me I should just wear my suit under my clothes all the time just in case.  LOL!

 

 

We go over to an activity called Outside Games which is held where all the outside games are in the side yard between the rec center and a canal type moat around an island.   When we arrive, no one is here.   I feel rather sorry for the activities director who has done a great job with the schedule it seems to me without much response.  The park is nearly full so it’s not that people have left to go north.   I don’t see anyone outside doing much of anything even though it’s not yet as hot as it’s going to get and right now there is a nice breeze.   Actually, there is one individual using the area.  Look closely beyond the soccer goal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is this a yoga or a dance move?

 

 

 

 

We check out the games available and decide to play. We try everything but horse shoes and what looks like a soccer goal net.

 

First we play the 9 hole miniature golf course.  Clubs, balls, score cards and pencils all conveniently and always available.  NICE!

 

 

 

This is my favorite hole.  David is clearing off “the green” which is covered with debris from the trees.  I’m trying to get in position for my shot.  It is an easy balancing act.

 

 

 

As you can see, it’s a tie score.  I thought for sure I had him after my hole in one but my 5 on the next hole saves him.  Clearly neither of us is a golfer although we aren’t too far off of par amazingly enough.

 

 

 

I see these folks playing in the “moat” beside the golf “course”.  Clearly they prefer this to the greens.  Can’t say I blame them.

 

 

 

 

Next we try the beanbag game which has numerous names some of which I really don’t care for.  Maybe that’s why I get totally skunked.   I am so busy concentrating and watching David walk away with this that I got no pictures of the winner in action.  Sorry bout that.   He triples my score.  Of course we don’t know how to score so we just make up our own rules.

 

 

 

 

Our last competition is the ladder toss or whatever that is called.  We don’t know the rules for this either so we just give one point any time you can wrap it around.

 

 

I finally get all three in one throw to wrap.  But only once.  We are really both terrible at this too.   But we sure have fun.

 

 

I do pull it out in the end and win this one but not by much. 

 

Each of us won one game and we tied the golf.  Very egalitarian!   A fun afternoon.