The weather is doing a repeat of yesterday except with fewer clouds. Still in the 80's F.
HAPPY MARIO DAY!
Today is MARch 10th = MAR10 = MARIO if your a Gamer! It is similar to Star Wars Fans celebrating MAY 4th. (May the Fourth be with you - THORRY for the LITHP - grin)
It is no accident that Nintendo just released their "SWITCH", a new hybrid gaming console. This release has the highest 2 day sales in Nintendo history. They expect to sell 8 million by this time next year. As they say: "Game On"...PS4, XBOX and iPAD!
We are just taking it easy today. Odds and Ends until mid-afternoon when we plan to go to Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages. This is one of the "Friday Car Nights". Tonight Camaros will be featured around the square.
Lunch was Spanish Rice (my way) which is one of our favourite dishes. This means lunch will just need reheating for the next few days. In the realm of food prep it earns an Easy A (as in Easy - Eh! - another grin).
We took the "Back Roads" to Lake Sumter Landing , enjoy the warm "convertible" weather all the way, arriving about 4:30 p.m.
By the time we arrived the "Square" was packed. In "The Villages" virtually everyone has a "Golf Car" (they don't call them carts here). With well over 100,000 of these in "The Villages" it doesn't take long to fill many of the parking spots. We had to park in the parking area behind the businesses.
No - this isn't a "Ticket" line for the Camaro Show - it's free. This is the line at one of the 4 "Shacks" at the corners of the square. These folks are lined up for the "Happy Hour" special.
In each of "The Villages" 3 town squares there is "Live Music" every night of the year (5 -9 p.m.). Folks come to sit and listen while they enjoy their drinks. They also dance (or line dance).
During "Events" the attraction participants set up around the square. Sometimes it's vendors that are on display and other times it's one of the many "Special Interest" clubs in The Villages. Tonight The Villages Camaro Club has many of their club members displaying their car. This 1978 Z28 is still owned by the person that placed the original factory order - now that's as rare as the car itself!
The majority of the Camaros were "New Era" cars and most of them were convertibles. Hey! It's Florida and this is The Villages! I think Charlotte is partial to white?
After "Doing the Square" we headed for the Van Heusen/IZOD store across from the street. Charlotte found several nice items allowing me to use my "Reward Points" saving an extra $20 on top of the 60-70% discounts. Works for me!
The area surrounding the square also has several restaurants. Johnny Rockets is one of our usual stops.
The weather was warm enough to enjoy sitting on the patio. While there we got to enjoy watching all sizes and types of dogs that passed by walking their masters. Along with Golf Cars most folks also have a
We share a Philly Cheese Steak and a Strawberry Milkshake. It is not that we are on a diet or trying to save money - it's just that we have come to realize we can't eat as much as we used to and this method of ordering just makes sense.
Again, as usual, we returned to the motorhome on US-441, due to darkness. We were back before 9 p.m.
MacGyver, Hawaii 5-0 and the local news rounded out the evening.
It was a relaxing, yet busy, day.
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