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Tomorrow I will be finishing another great visit to The Villages. This was my first extended visit to The Villages in high season, so I got a taste of the larger crowds. It was so nice to ditch the winter coat and sweaters and to be able to wear sandals and capri pants for a few days. It was such a treat to hear birds singing, see flowers blooming and to sit by the St. James pool and soak up the sunshine.

Tomorrow night back to the Windy City and reality. Remember Villagers, you may not like having to wait 45 minutes for dinner at your favorite Villages restaurant, but would you rather be up north shoveling snow from your sidewalk and scraping ice from your car's windshield?

I hope to return for another visit in late Summer/early Fall. I keep telling myself "Patience, grasshopper your day will come when you too will become a frog."