I would like to share my "friendly Villager's" story. Our first visit (Life Style Visit) we jumped on our golf cart in Brownwood area to meet friends in Lake Sumpter who said it's about 1/2 way for both of us to meet. Well....no GPS, never been to the Villages, a map that was confusing and we were riding around lost. Every time we pulled over, someone stopped and asked to help. A man stopped after another of the many times we pulled over and had us follow him all the way to Sumpter. After the evening's events we thought "we can get back ourselves". . Hours later, driving on the road, through golf courses (I kid you not)...and cell phones dying; we saw a house with a man outside. We pulled up and told him our situation. He offered his home to charge our phones. We asked him how far Brownwood was and he said about an hour by cart! This was probably 10 pm. We asked him if we could leave the cart at his house and pick it up in the morning. We called our friends who picked us up in their car and took us back to the rental. The next day we did get the cart and got it back to the rental. The man was so kind, took care of the cart and we were on our way. I was ready to leave and never return. The kindness of everyone we encountered was wonderful. We have returned and now 5 years later, rent every April and have become pretty good at getting anywhere on the golf cart.......thanks to the GPS app too! It is a wonderful place to be and 90% of the people are always helpful, cheerful and kind.
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