After two and a half long travel days, we needed to get back to our morning walks. It was a pleasant shock to walk outside and be met with warm air--at least if felt warm to us. The temperature this morning was 49 degrees, 30 degrees warmer than when we left home. It felt good to stretch our muscles and get some much needed exercise. As we wound our way around the golf course and back streets, we found that six new homes have been added since we left here six months ago. One new house, which we saw when we drove in, is right across the street from us. We know the folks who who put it in, but they are gone for the holiday, so we'll have to wait until they return to learn about the house.

John spent most of the morning setting up all the outside tables and chairs, hanging up the bird feeders, cleaning off the deck, and charging up the golf cart batteries and getting that running again. I got about half the crates unpacked and all the food items we brought down put away. Things are still pretty chaotic inside, but we couldn't resist taking off after lunch to enjoy the beautiful weather and playing a round of golf on the par three course. I had trouble on the first tee--couldn't hit the ball and when I did, it didn't go very far. I hadn't played any golf since last April, so I was pretty rusty. John did a lot better than me, but also had a few problems. We soon got back into the groove and both of us were happy with our games, considering the long lay off from the game.

It was pretty quiet on the fort as many folks are gone for the holiday. Tomorrow we'll see about visiting with Ralph and checking out our friends in Unit 37 along with more unpacking. It'll take several days to get everything unpacked and in place, but there's no rush.