Quick 4 day visit. Quick 4 day visit. - Talk of The Villages Florida

Quick 4 day visit.

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 11-06-2022, 06:03 PM
Garywt Garywt is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 2,013
Thanks: 4
Thanked 2,003 Times in 721 Posts
Default Quick 4 day visit.

Only here for a quick weekend but had a good time. A couple nights a Lake Sumter, craft fair, nice afternoon at Sawgrass for some coffee and a cookie, great brunch at Glenview, nice dinner at the Back Porch. Fun filled packed weekend. A few observations that many talk about, all happening today. On a golf cart rotary and almost got t-boned by another cart not realizing they had to yield, a car pulling into the golf cart lane where I was on the right to take a left hand turn, a truck speeding by only to take a right just in front of me. As if these were not enough, the granddaddy of them all, a grandmother letting her 6 and 4 year olds drive the golf cart.
  #2  
Old 11-06-2022, 06:16 PM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 19,743
Thanks: 13
Thanked 6,114 Times in 2,715 Posts
Default

On the right to make a left hand turn?
__________________
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell.
“Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain
  #3  
Old 11-06-2022, 10:59 PM
Pairadocs Pairadocs is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Here, there, a lot of time in the Caribbean and keys, not much time spent in cold climates
Posts: 2,317
Thanks: 1,777
Thanked 2,078 Times in 893 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
On the right to make a left hand turn?
Think that is strange, a SIX and FOUR year old able to reach the gas and break peddles of a golf cart.. guess they are a long taller than my grands...LOL ! Think we are being put on here ? Been here a long time, and I'm not sure what a golf cart "rotary" even is ? Is it like the auto round a bouts ? Wait until those visiting have an up close and personal encounter with the landscape and lawn care people with the trailers full of equipment who just routinely allow their trailers to "ride" in the golf cart lanes and think nothing of it. When we first moved to the V's, there were signs that warned: you are entering a golf cart community, golf carts have the right of way. Ho Ho Ho, that was short lived. Be alert, stay alive folks.
  #4  
Old 11-07-2022, 12:25 PM
Hape2Bhr Hape2Bhr is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 452
Thanks: 225
Thanked 363 Times in 171 Posts
Default

[QUOTE=Pairadocs...Been here a long time, and I'm not sure what a golf cart "rotary" even is ? Is it like the auto round a bouts ? [/QUOTE]

There may be one on the way to Sawgrass, near the Turnpike.
  #5  
Old 11-07-2022, 01:19 PM
champion6's Avatar
champion6 champion6 is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Tamarind Grove
Posts: 5,485
Thanks: 15
Thanked 825 Times in 342 Posts
Default

I can think of several golf cart rotaries:

** At the intersection of Morse Blvd, Paige Pl and El Camino Real -- worst design ever!!!

** Southeast of the CR 466 and Laurel Manor Dr intersection

** West of the CR 44A and Buena Vista Blvd car rotary

** At the east end of the Water Lilly golf cart bridge
  #6  
Old 11-07-2022, 01:55 PM
mikeycereal mikeycereal is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: St. Johns
Posts: 432
Thanks: 25
Thanked 264 Times in 160 Posts
Default

Don't know what cart rotary is either. If anyone happens to have a pic feel free to post. No need to go out of your way, I'll figure it out, just curious.
  #7  
Old 11-07-2022, 02:58 PM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 19,743
Thanks: 13
Thanked 6,114 Times in 2,715 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeycereal View Post
Don't know what cart rotary is either. If anyone happens to have a pic feel free to post. No need to go out of your way, I'll figure it out, just curious.
Check post #5....................
__________________
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell.
“Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain
  #8  
Old 11-07-2022, 03:20 PM
Altavia Altavia is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 4,588
Thanks: 1,935
Thanked 3,521 Times in 1,687 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeycereal View Post
Don't know what cart rotary is either. If anyone happens to have a pic feel free to post. No need to go out of your way, I'll figure it out, just curious.
-Here's some
Attached Thumbnails
The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	E925CEF0-E5D4-46DB-8A33-9C0800A917F8.jpg
Views:	1954
Size:	50.9 KB
ID:	95726   The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	84623681-9D7A-4A5F-ADAD-11D03045D715.jpg
Views:	1953
Size:	50.7 KB
ID:	95727   The Villages Florida: Click image for larger version

Name:	22973A47-85AF-43A7-A700-4FD32D16B930.jpg
Views:	1953
Size:	57.1 KB
ID:	95728  
  #9  
Old 11-07-2022, 04:47 PM
mikeycereal mikeycereal is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2022
Location: St. Johns
Posts: 432
Thanks: 25
Thanked 264 Times in 160 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Altavia View Post
-Here's some
Okay that's right we have one of those, the tri-path, on the way to Brownwood.
  #10  
Old 11-07-2022, 04:59 PM
fdpaq0580 fdpaq0580 is online now
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,303
Thanks: 359
Thanked 5,230 Times in 2,260 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
On the right to make a left hand turn?
Happens all the time. A miss is as good as a mile, right?
😏
  #11  
Old 11-07-2022, 05:02 PM
ThirdOfFive ThirdOfFive is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jun 2021
Posts: 3,513
Thanks: 759
Thanked 5,545 Times in 1,884 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Garywt View Post
Only here for a quick weekend but had a good time. A couple nights a Lake Sumter, craft fair, nice afternoon at Sawgrass for some coffee and a cookie, great brunch at Glenview, nice dinner at the Back Porch. Fun filled packed weekend. A few observations that many talk about, all happening today. On a golf cart rotary and almost got t-boned by another cart not realizing they had to yield, a car pulling into the golf cart lane where I was on the right to take a left hand turn, a truck speeding by only to take a right just in front of me. As if these were not enough, the granddaddy of them all, a grandmother letting her 6 and 4 year olds drive the golf cart.
Welcome to The Villages.
  #12  
Old 11-07-2022, 05:09 PM
fdpaq0580 fdpaq0580 is online now
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,303
Thanks: 359
Thanked 5,230 Times in 2,260 Posts
Default

Rotary. I like it. Sounds better than "round-a-bout". More elegant. More British. I say, Buffy, old girl, let us go for a whirl around the rotary, what? Pip pip, and all that.
👫
  #13  
Old 11-07-2022, 06:13 PM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 19,743
Thanks: 13
Thanked 6,114 Times in 2,715 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 View Post
Rotary. I like it. Sounds better than "round-a-bout". More elegant. More British. I say, Buffy, old girl, let us go for a whirl around the rotary, what? Pip pip, and all that.
👫
New thread on navigating a rotary…..should generate 150 posts.
__________________
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell.
“Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain
  #14  
Old 11-08-2022, 05:47 AM
Worldseries27 Worldseries27 is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 1,610
Thanks: 357
Thanked 914 Times in 525 Posts
Default Dazed and confused

Quote:
Originally Posted by garywt View Post
only here for a quick weekend but had a good time. A couple nights a lake sumter, craft fair, nice afternoon at sawgrass for some coffee and a cookie, great brunch at glenview, nice dinner at the back porch. Fun filled packed weekend. A few observations that many talk about, all happening today. On a golf cart rotary and almost got t-boned by another cart not realizing they had to yield, a car pulling into the golf cart lane where i was on the right to take a left hand turn, a truck speeding by only to take a right just in front of me. As if these were not enough, the granddaddy of them all, a grandmother letting her 6 and 4 year olds drive the golf cart.
good morrrrning viet, no villages.
  #15  
Old 11-08-2022, 06:03 AM
msilagy msilagy is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 510
Thanks: 109
Thanked 486 Times in 218 Posts
Default

If you learn one thing from your visit - drive defensively in that golf cart - watch every other cart and car and take nothing for granted. Do not assume that these vehicles, especially cars won't run you over so keep your distance. Don't drive like you own the road, because in a cart you do not!!!
Closed Thread

Tags
cart, golf, quick, nice, weekend


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:58 PM.