The end of January, the 29th to be exact, found the residents of Rincon Country East Resort very early in the morning already enjoying the warm sunshine of Tucson, AZ. After sleeping in this morning after a day of golfing yesterday on the Robert Trent Jones, Sr. at the Rio Rico Golf Course just north of Nogales, AZ and a delicious dinner at "Wisdoms" near Tubac, we enjoyed our breakfast sitting in the sun on the east side of our home. It is almost a daily routine we have; breakfast while we watch the early morning "Pickleball" players bat the ball back and forth at each other, laughing, sometimes other words come out very quietly, and enjoying each others company. It is our morning entertainment. We have a view the Rincon Mts. to our east, Catalina's to the north and Santa Rita's to the south as we look across the valley in each direction. We are very lucky to have one of the best locations in the resort of about 450 spaces for Park Model homes and RV's. Once in a while we even watch some early morning Bocce Ball players practicing their "art" of rolling the balls preparing for their turn in the practice round robin tournament which is going on. The big tournament for the Resort championship will be starting the first week of March. Kind of like the NCAA basketball tournament. "March Madness" reigns in its own form here too!
I had to chuckle to myself when I read one of the comments someone wrote on my wife's blog asking if all we did was play golf. We do play our share and I probably play more than I need to but what the heck, "someone has to do it" and it might as well be me. Besides I usually only play three days a week. But when you have such great courses which are affordable and have friends who also love to play, why not. Weather cooperates and we enjoy each others company and the competition. Since our group is all over 70, except for one young fellow who is only in his 60's, we play pretty even. Other than playing golf, we also play in the Bocce Ball tournament once a week, enjoy the many things to do in and around Tucson, sometimes just laze around the swimming pool, in the sun, or sit in the sun and read; just enjoying life. We found out you don't always have to be doing something. When you are 70+ it doesn't take much to keep you happy I guess. At least I am and I think the other 400+ people who live here at RCE are too, they act like it anyway. Besides we always have "Happy Hour" with our neighbors at 4:30 every day or as often as we want to.
Anyone who has not tried this "style of living" should try it. You will probably be surprised how good it is for your mental health as well as your physical well-being. I will say we have known people who did try it and just could not slow down enough to enjoy it and did not stay but they are few and far between. You know what, after they were gone we couldn't even remember what their names were after a couple of days. Oh well, obviously it is not for everyone but we aren't giving it up and neither are the other people from all over the USA and Canada who are here and keep coming back every fall and winter. "Life is good in sunny, southern Arizona."
Will type at you more later and tell you what we are up to. E.
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