Octoberfest and Halloween

Friday night we went over to Lake Sumter Landing for the Octoberfest. With hundreds of people in attendance, we managed to run into two couples from our neighborhood. But the biggest surprise was to find Del and Jacque Heiser, former Terravita residents. I had just emailed them that afternoon asking if they were back in The Villages after spending the summer in Pennsylvania. We had a very nice visit with them as we ate Weiner Schnitzel, veal cutlet on pretzel dough bun covered in sauerkraut.

Saturday night we went to the neighborhood Halloween party. We had a good time and even did a little dancing. I did the twist with our next-door neighbor, who was dressed in drag. He won the prize for funniest costume. Someone else dressed as a mountain of debt. We decided to go as Arizonans.





We've had lots of activity in front of our house. One neighbor is putting in a pool which was started almost two months ago! There has been a truck of some sort almost every day during that time AND they park at the end of our driveway, making it more difficult to turn out onto the street. The moving van came Friday AND Saturday. Haven't met these neighbors yet but they must have a lot of stuff!



The other neighbor across the street just put in a natural wall around their pool. They planted mature queen palms, Mexican palms, bird of paradise and bamboo. Arne thought he was back in Viet Nam.