Nashville, TN 10/15/25 (Day 4)
Day 4 found us at Monell’s for brunch where the house rules were simple and they had a tree decorated for Halloween. The food was delicious and quite abundant! After that we went back to the hotel for some exploring of the property. Gaylord Opryland Hotel is huge and very much like a botanical garden! We found workers getting Holiday decorations in place, and a huge Christmas Tree & Wreath. Later, we found ourselves at Paula Deen’s for dinner followed by our reservations at The Grand Ole Opry. Because we were such a small group, our Tour Guide Brenda was able to secure backstage passes for all of us and we were allowed to enter through the “Artist Entrance”! What a treat this was. We had seats out in the audience as well and we could come and go to the backstage as we pleased. Truthfully, it was more fun watching from back there and hanging out with the performers. Our performers this night were: Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Jim Lauderdale, Gary Mule Deer, Linda Davis & Rodney Crowell. Every one of them were very kind to us backstage. Thank you Brenda Willis!!!
Nashville, TN 10/15/25 (Day 3)
This morning we headed out to visit the Country Music Hall of Fame. What a wonderful museum just full of memorabilia from the stars. A cylinder full of bracelets given to Taylor Swift on her tour and that iconic purple gown she wore several years ago. Minnie Pearl’s hat, Willie Nelson’s red boots, Toby Keith’s “Red, White & Blue” guitar, and so much more. We spent 3 hours here and could have stayed longer! But the tour bus was leaving to take us to the Mother Church of Country Music - The Ryman Auditorium. This was the original Grand Ole Opry still in all it’s grand old glory. This evening we were invited to a private concert at the home of our tour guide, Brenda Willis. She bought her property from Randy Travis and many of us wish we could have seen it in daylight! It sits way back in the country on many acres of land surrounded by an iron fence that Randy had installed. Gloria even found a few friends she went on her original tour of Ireland with. The concert was provided by Ranger Doug and Too Slim, two stars of The Riders in the Sky. Below are a few videos of them performing. Ranger Doug can still yodel!!!
Nashville, TN 10/14/25 (Day 2)
This morning we visited the Johnny Cash Farm. This is an old 1800’s building with many other old buildings on the property. The interior is filled with memorabilia of Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and other members of the Cash Family. There is also an outdoor theater on the property. One photo above is of the original “Million Dollar Quartet” and another is of the car that was built “One Piece At A Time”. After visiting the farm, we had lunch at the Loveless Cafe. Guess who that’s named after!! This afternoon we visited the Johnny Cash Museum that is downtown and then we bought famous chocolate from Goo Goo Clusters. We had some time to hang around downtown for awhile so some of us went up to the roof-top of the Garth Brooks Honky Tonk for a drink where we had fun watching a photographer taking photos in the middle of the busy downtown street. She stopped traffic!! This evening we went dancing at Nashville Palace after dinner. Sorry .. didn’t get any photos inside the Nashville Palace.
Nashville, TN 10/13/25 (Day 1)
This was our first day in Nashville, TN! We found this small boat in the lazy rivers of the Opryland Hotel. 2nd picture is Kathy Kloos & Erika Winkler loving the hotel! Next is our ride for the week. The last 3 are our group at the “Time Jumpers” at 3rd & Lindsley. A very delightful evening!
Stonecreek Brunch on 10/12/25
American Bandstand Dance 10/11/25
Interfaith Breakfast 10/08/25
Landbridge Trailhead Hike & Lunch at Sonny’s BBQ on 05/20/25
Sunday Bowling at Bowlero West on 05/18/25
Playing Bocce on 05/14
Ocala Wetland Recharge Park Walk & Lunch at Elevation 89 on 04/25/25
Ross Prairie West Hike & Lunch at Red’s Restaurant 04/11/25
A Day at Rainbow Springs 03/07/25
A Night at Bunco 03/05/25
A Day Trip to Winter Park 03/04/25
Active Singles Playing Bocce
on the new courts 02/12/2025
A Visit to Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training
Facility on 02/10/2025
followed by lunch at Elevation 89
Blue Run Walk
followed by lunch
at Blue Gator 02/03/25
Black & White Night at the Rec Center - 01/30/25
Some of our Active Singles Members met up at the Black and White night at the Rec Center. Some Great Outfits!
Mini Golf Sunday’s at 4:00 PM
Join us every Sunday at 4 PM to play a round of mini golf. The mini golf course is located between the Recreation Center & The Hobby Building. Everyone is welcome and all equipment is available.
Our First Ever Friday Morning Bowling
Club Fair 01/30/25
Bocce 01/29/25
Working on perfecting our skills on the bocce court tonight. The weather was perfect! Hope to see even more people come out next week.
Golf Scramble at The Links 01/27/25
Win or lose, we all had a fun time at our monthly Golf Scramble. Missing from the photo: Ranae White.
Carney Island Hike & Lunch 01/23/25
We did it! Thursday (1/23) morning walk at Carney Island preserve. 40 degrees and misting, but it got better, especially lunch afterwards at Eaton Beach Sandbar and Grill. Carney Island was an Orange Orchard developed by the Carney Brothers in 1875, and many years later, purchased by Coca-Cola / Minuet Maid Company. There are still fruiting orange trees scattered amongst the oak forest. We walked about 4 miles on a nice flat level trail. Some of us saw some deer and others wild turkeys … they eluded the camera though. No bear were spotted.
Our First Mexican Train Night of 2025
We had great participation by members for our first Mexican Train Night for 2025. We have this activity the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Indigo Community Center starting at 6:00 pm. Lots of laughs! Lots of fun! Thank you Linda Budd for organizing this activity for us!
Our First “What’s Your Game” in 2025
Fun was had by all at the first gathering for “What’s Your Game” of 2025. We had a table of “Nickle, Nickle”, one of “Sevens”, and another of “Scrabble”. Thanks to everyone who brought games to try out!
Our First Happy Hour at the Rec Center
Our First 2025 Board Meeting
January 7, 2025
