Our 3.75 mixed doubles began on Tuesday at noon with ominous skies. Six games were played before the first sprinkles and then the court got a bit wet; we ended the seventh game at a 3-3 tie. It continued to rain Tuesday afternoon and night, most of the day Wednesday, and Thursday bringing in much cooler weather. Our only “fun” activities were bridge on Tuesday evening and Hand and Foot on Wednesday evening. By the way, the men won at Hand and Foot, tying the series at two apiece. Admittedly, we got really good cards. Happy hour went off without a hitch on Thursday afternoon, but it was inside for the second Thursday in a row because of weather.

Pickleball courts were too wet to play Friday morning, but dry enough such that the HSV folks played at our usual Friday time, 4:00 pm. After pickleball, we all had dinner at Texas Roadhouse—really cold beer and great food! Texas Roadhouse is perhaps our favorite chain restaurant.

It rained from about 3:30 am to 7:30 am Saturday, negating pickleball and most other outside activities for the day. With everything wet, we stayed inside for the most part, and vegetated, watching a few YouTube VLOGs and a movie (Kay watched My All American which included footage of the 1969 Big Shootout between Arkansas and Texas; I was at that game!) It was cool all day, even with the sunny skies showing through by mid-afternoon. This winter season at Palm Creek Resort has had remarkably more rain than the previous four years we’ve been here.