[mtlee024]

Thanks for sharing.

[Ecuadog]

Thank you, Don.

[bumpygreens]

Thanks, Don. I always appreciate your videos and the research and work you put into them.

[LovingTVLifestyle]

Excellent presentation! Professionally done and eloquently stated!

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Here’s the latest construction update video and an explanation of the Amenity Fee budgets. The Amenity Fee information is part three of the videos series I started last year with the Maintenance Assessment and Bonds. Links to these other two videos are included in the description of the video and the hot links in the video.

The Amenity Fee and The Villages 7-26-2020 Construction Update - YouTube

[TandHSTAR@AOL.com]

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

Excellent! I really appreciate your calm, clear explanation of where the money goes. If everyone here listened to that and paid attention, blood pressures would go down and sleep would improve all over The Villages.

People! Stop gossiping and complaining and watch this!

Now I need to watch it again with the sound off so I can revel in the beautiful drone videography. Last time through I was concentrating on the spoken part. Thank you, Don!

Everyone who complains should be made to watch this. Excellent explanation of where our amenities go.

[Goldwingnut]

Part 2 of this video is quickly taking shape; the audio track is nearly complete, the shot plan is done, now if the weather will cooperate I'll get in the air, it doesn't look promising for today. Wind gusts over 20 MPH are flyable but risky, over 25 MPH it just becomes unsafe.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Part 2 of this video is quickly taking shape; the audio track is nearly complete, the shot plan is done, now if the weather will cooperate I'll get in the air, it doesn't look promising for today. Wind gusts over 20 MPH are flyable but risky, over 25 MPH it just becomes unsafe.

Interesting app...

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

Part 2 of this video is quickly taking shape; the audio track is nearly complete, the shot plan is done, now if the weather will cooperate I'll get in the air, it doesn't look promising for today. Wind gusts over 20 MPH are flyable but risky, over 25 MPH it just becomes unsafe.

Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for helping us to understand how this place works.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

Interesting app...

It's called UAV Forecast there's an app version that's invaluable for drone flying. It's not 100% right all the time but it's close enough that I never fly without checking it.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

It's called UAV Forecast there's an app version that's invaluable for drone flying. It's not 100% right all the time but it's close enough that I never fly without checking it.

Thanks, I'm a weather app junkie so added that one

[Schaumburger]

Another thank you Don. I have subscribed to your You Tube channel for quite a while now. Always informative and factual.

[Homer49]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

Thanks, I'm a weather app junkie so added that one

(heading further off-topic... ) I use UAV Forecast too - it's developer also has an app named "Good to Stargaze" that's equally useful - I use it along with Astrospheric to plan looks at the night sky.

[Northwoods]

Goldwingnut - This is outstanding. I have to watch it again to fully absorb everything.
I have a question - you showed progress on the championship golf courses. I wanted to see progress on the courses so I drove down there. I used the map in The Daily Sun as a guide. I drove down County Road 501 into Monarch Grove. I took Corbin Train until it ends at a field. According to the map, the 2 championship golf courses should be south of Monarch Grove. There was a fence ending Monarch Grove, but I didn't see any construction. All I saw was a big field and overhead irrigation systems. I also drove down 501until I hit CR470. I didn't see anything. Where did I go wrong???

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Northwoods

Goldwingnut - This is outstanding. I have to watch it again to fully absorb everything.
I have a question - you showed progress on the championship golf courses. I wanted to see progress on the courses so I drove down there. I used the map in The Daily Sun as a guide. I drove down County Road 501 into Monarch Grove. I took Corbin Train until it ends at a field. According to the map, the 2 championship golf courses should be south of Monarch Grove. There was a fence ending Monarch Grove, but I didn't see any construction. All I saw was a big field and overhead irrigation systems. I also drove down 501until I hit CR470. I didn't see anything. Where did I go wrong???

What the newspaper insert showed and you visited was the area areas south of the Turnpike, these areas are still in the planning stages and little visible work has been accomplished. The course under construction is the Southern Oaks course on the north side of the Turnpike just south of Bradford and Hawkins.

I would highly recommend not going into the construction areas as they are highly dangerous. The CAT745 articulated off-road dump trucks working the area haul forty-five tons each and are neither highly maneuverable nor renowned for their quick stopping abilities. A run in with one of these big boys will flatten your entire day.

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by Goldwingnut

What the newspaper insert showed and you visited was the area areas south of the Turnpike, these areas are still in the planning stages and little visible work has been accomplished. The course under construction is the Southern Oaks course on the north side of the Turnpike just south of Bradford and Hawkins.

I would highly recommend not going into the construction areas as they are highly dangerous. The CAT745 articulated off-road dump trucks working the area haul forty-five tons each and are neither highly maneuverable nor renowned for their quick stopping abilities. A run in with one of these big boys will flatten your entire day.

THank you!! We weren't even close. No... I'm not about to drive around in there... was just curious where the courses were and was wondering if you could see any course layout.