Numbers here are dwindling as residents head back home. Only 60 at card bingo Sunday compared to the 80 from last week. They're waving to folks who are already on the road.
Many farewell dinners are being held. Six of our group head home this week. I'm already looking forward to their safe return.
Pat LaFleur tells everyone not to be in a hurry. It took them over 3 hours of shoveling and scraping before they could get their rig in the driveway to unload.
Just a reminder to those of us still here in the park: Our water will be shut off tomorrow morning 8:30 (Tuesday, April 24) to allow for some major repairs. That last outage was very unexpected and was not planned for. Thanks to our hard working crews for making the repairs as fast as they did.
Ahhhh................spring time. Flowers are appearing all over the park and they're beautiful!!
Summer FUN in the pool!! I bet those of you who have returned to snow and ice are a tad jealous??
WATER VOLLEYBALL MAKES A BIG SPLASH!!!
As they used to say when we were young, THIS MUCH FUN should be illegal! The women played against the men this afternoon and held their own with PRIDE, winning one of the three games before splitting back into mixed sides. It was a beautiful day with a LOT of GREAT plays and GOOD LAUGHS!
We've got lots of FUN planned ahead for Water Volleyball and EVERYONE is welcome! Check out our blog at www.palmcreekvb.blogspot.com. Hope to see you there! **
COME JOIN US on Sunday, May 6 from 6pm to 8pm for an Ice Cream Social! Greg and Etta have volunteered to supply vanilla and chocolate ice cream for this day; the WVB Club will supply chocolate and caramel toppings. Feel free to bring your favorite topping to share! BYOB as well! UPDATED LOCATION to be at the Fireside Patio, located behind The Bistro!
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We're having indoor fun too. Card bingo started their summer season last night with 80 players present!
Photo from Avis Gray
Those of us who were at a group dinner and happy hour watched the sunset cruise go by with a caravan of golf carts and happy people. Things are still busy here!!
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So sorry for the folks who had to leave and return to less pleasant climates. Sue Mercier sent this photo of her shoveling the snow back in Wisconsin. Poor Sue would rather be out on that lush green lawn bowl court!!
Whoops......9:00 a.m. and we have no water due to a water main break on Emerald Ave. Crews are rapidly working on repairs so we need to be patient.
It looks like it could be a while before water is back on.
Good thing we didn't need water to have our car windshield replaced this morning. Safelite AutoGlass was here bright and early to replace our cracked windshield. Great service from Jose.
What a difference a few weeks makes at this time of year. The park is emptying out as folks head home to northern climates. I'e heard from quite a few friends saying that they arrived home to over a foot of snow. One couple can't even get in their driveway so must spend the night at a hotel until they can get the driveway plowed. Yuck. We here are enjoying our usual beautiful 80-90 degree temps although we had a few windy days over the weekend. Today has been truly perfect though so Don pulled out the drone and took it for a ride. We're amazed to see how many trees and shrubs are being planted in the north 40 expansion area.
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APS (electric power service) is spending a great deal of time in the resort as they install street lights. We chatted with them and laughed when they said the job was much easier now that all the traffic has dissipated.
I peeked in the windows of the new shower building. Looks like several nice bathroom/shower rooms plus a small laundromat area. I didn't go inside though but will wait till it's safe to enter the construction area.
It seems like miles of trenches have been dug along the streets and walkways so irrigation lines can be installed.
This corner has us a bit puzzled though as we don't know why they planted so many palm trees so close together on this corner. I'll have to investigate to get the answer.
If you can zoom in on this map, the red dots show the 12 lots that have already been sold in this new area. Two spec homes were installed and both have already sold. Nancy Paupst showed how the BIG lots are being swept up. It's been a busy busy time in the sales office.
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Meanwhile, at the Hepler estate, our two kittens are now cats and still keep us mighty entertained.
Kat just can't pass up a warm computer key board.
Their rough house playing can make a mess in a hurry when they over turn their food dish.
But when they cuddle up for a nice quiet nap, they look innocent and loving.
Tension mounted in the bingo hall last night as we all tried to win the big $567 coverall jackpot. The room soon burst into a loud cheer of applause as we discovered who yelled "BINGO". We couldn't be happier to congratulate Flo Fillipi for being the winner...............and she did hit the real jackpot by getting bingo on the starburst!
Flo doesn't get to play bingo very often because she has been in charge and has run the program since it's inception many moons ago. We truly have Flo to thank for maintaining bingo through all those years.
