Monday we did a few chores with Melissa and Bruce, had a nice breakfast and pointed the Serenity Falcon North.
As we sat on their balcony having breakfast we took in the views, I am sure you never get tired of waking up to the view of the ocean.
That dot is a parasail.
We stopped in Orlando to visit the Thompson's and then continued onto The Villages area to 'driveway surf' at the Pilger's.
When we arrived at the Pilger's, Gail had dinner waiting, it was delicious. We are so lucky to not only have friends that let us park, but they feed us too. I might have to rename the Serenity Falcon to Mooch Mobile.
Tuesday we hung out with George and Gail, we met up with friends of theirs, Denny and Lynn and drove a short distance to watch some of the more gifted Pickle Ball players who were playing at 'The Ranch'. The Ranch is an indoor Pickle Ball facility that their friend Bruce built during covid, so they could continue to play with their friends.
It has two pickle ball courts, a large apartment and vehicle storage, it is quite impressive.
The players were men and women in their 60's and 70's and were amazingly good. We were quite entertained at their play.
After Pickle Ball George and I visited another friend, Randy, to see his car and motorcycle collection.
I can't even describe the special vehicles he has collected in his personal museum, I thought I was visiting Jay Leno.
This is 1 of 10 bikes used in the making of Easy Rider, 5 were destroyed in filming, this is #7. Almost every item in his museum has a similar story that makes it special.
He has ridden every bike in his collection. Many were in bad shape when he obtained them but he is a master at restoration.
I even found a Betty Boop!
Randy's car collection is also spectacular.
He drives many of these cars, all are in full working order. Randy started a few of them just so we could feel the rumble in our stomachs.
I am extremely grateful to Randy for taking the time from his chores to share his collection, it is one of those things that not many people will ever get to see and has to be viewed in person to be appreciated.
Before we left the Pilgers we harvested our coconut, as we hoped, it was still good and fresh. We took half it with us and left half with them....yummy.
We had an uneventful drive to Jacksonville Beach to meet up with Cuz Val and her husband Mike. We went to nice Italian restaurant for dinner, Carrabbas, it was delicious.
It was great catching up, we left their condo around 2000 and drove to a Cracker Barrel for the night.
Wednesday we plan to make our way to Hilton Head...more north.
George and Gail are very welcoming, no matter where they are! It was a relaxing day. I am always surprised that the parking near Val and Mike’s is free and right near the ocean! Dinner was delicious. We hope they make it up north sometime in the future.
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