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Old 05-01-2018, 01:51 PM
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Add to my first post. Besides golf, bowling and MVP gym, the biggest entertainment for me in TV the first five years was softball. I hadn't played since I was 30, so I had a 31 year break. We play three seasons a year, so you can play year round or part-time like a snowbird. There are two major softball complexes with 4 diamonds, Buffalo Glen next to TV High School and Saddlebrook next to the polo fields. If that's something you might like, go watch some games when you're here. There is a newer complex with just 2 diamonds next to Rohan Rec Center, called Soaring Eagle, which is the closest to Fenney. I'm not sure what leagues are there, I do believe the woman play games there.

The easiest league would be Neighborhood League, which is what I played 15 seasons in a row until I quit. Each season is 14 games and played only on Saturday and is coed. Go any Saturday morning and check it out. Don't worry about players being better than you, everyone before they can play must be evaluated and then you'll be placed in one of five different levels of leagues.

Those LSV golf carts are very slow, I think mine might of gone 14 mph, so I never used it. Walked to the square and drove everywhere the week I was here on m LSV and by the end I knew my way around pretty well. However, in spring 2011 they're wasn't any homes or anything else south of 466A except for a driving range. That shows how fast this place gets built.

Let me add, if you need a really good salesman, ask for Tony Trussler. He showed us everything we asked for, never any pressure, made my teetimes, and we put a deposit on a home while still up north. In fact, Tony and his wife went to the property and took photos inside and out and emailed them to me that night since the property listing was so new they didn't have photos on the website yet. Also, I don't know if Tony did this, but while speaking to Tony I was trying to decide between a CYV and a Patio Villa, the price of the CYV dropped by $5,000 while I was on the phone.

Last edited by John_W; 05-02-2018 at 07:53 AM.