I am sure I am not the only babyboomer that thinks that The Villages is the best thing that has happened to those of us over 55! Before I made the trip down from Atanta to visit my friend I had NO IDEA! After my first visit I thought on my 6 hour ride back home, am I having a dream or was this real! 
It is very real for sure. I came back a 2nd time for a long weekend and thought yes this place really is as close as you can get to heaven here on earth. My only complaint was why did I not find out sooner. I, like most of us Villagers, saw the Nancy Lopez and Arnold Palmer TV ads. Live like a millionaire, free golf and all that. I just figured it was some retirement place with one or two golf courses. Boy, was I out in left field somewhere in the dark!
It was not really the time for us to buy but we kept looking on the internet every once in a while just to see what was happening here in the housing market. I ran across a house I thought would make a great part time home for us while we were still in Atlanta too. I figured it would be 5 years before we would get here full time if at all. So, bought the house!
I hope you will comment on how soon you bought or what happened on your first or second visit her to our hometown.
I look forward to writing in this blog and seeing the comments for all the rest of you about The Villages.
Randy