Last Day in Nokomis

After church on Sunday, we decided to go back to Sweet Tomatos for their delicious salad buffet for lunch.  We came plenty hungry and ate slowly enjoying every bite.  After Sweet Tomatos, we made stops at Costco and Wal-mart to pick up a few things and then hurried home to play pickleball one more time before we parted ways tomorrow.

The rain had stopped, the temperature was very pleasant, the winds were light, and the sun was lower in the sky.  Perfect weather for our last pickleball game.  I was a little sore so I couldn't run to the ball as well; but that helped me to get better at volleying back and forth at the net.  WE LOVE THIS GAME!!  Ken and Bonnie have been so good at helping us to get better and so much fun to play pickleball with!

I think we all would have loved to have continue playing longer but we all needed to get ready for leaving tomorrow.  There was one last sunset in Venice backwashing off the palm trees at the pickleball courts...

...and peeking through the palms back at the campground.

After doing all we could to get ready for an early morning departure, we went over to Ken and Bonnie for one last evening of cards.  The girls won SkipBo and the guys won Pinochle and Spades.

What a wonderful 4 weeks this has been!  Ken and Bonnie, we have had so much fun.  Thanks for showing us all your favorite places around Venice and experiencing new places with you in Clermont and Myakka.  Thanks for teaching us pickleball!  We're looking forward to seeing you next year!

Let's just go somewhere and celebrate life daily!  :)