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Old 08-25-2013, 02:02 PM
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Default Avoid Autotrain during the Summer

We used to travel by car to The Villages stopping over over night at a nice B&B not far from 1-95 or at a motel next to 1-95. But since we started to bring two cars, we have been using Autotrain successfully. One of the pleasant activities on the train is having dinner with strangers or breakfast with different couples. We had very pleasant conversation with couples during the snowbird seasons and when they say they never heard of The Villages, my wife says I go into a sales presentation mode. They usually are very intrigued. I also learn a lot about other retirement communities and their amenities. However, we have learned that summer is different. We had college kids going back to school or on vacation or families with children. It's a different world out there and we realized that we didn't know how to continue a conversation. I thought I was going to have indigestion. I guess we were young once so not to complain.