RxSw-Part Two - By Guest Blogger E.O.

Does anyone remember Summer vacation? You know, when you had so much time off you ended up forgetting what day it was. Your hours were filled with swimming, riding bikes with friends and merely relaxing with not much else to do but enjoy watching the sun go down on another perfect, slow-paced kind of lazy day. I had thought these times were well behind me; and indeed I think they are. But, what I now realize is that the tides have turned. No longer do my peers get to enjoy much leisure time, but their parents and grand-parents are living it up!  Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you Del Webb.
The last few days have been spent in Festival, Arizona which is on the outskirts of Phoenix and is largely made up of "active-adult" communities. This is also where E.F.'s Mom and grandparents live so we were able to enjoy the life of retiree's if only for a few days and let me tell you; it is fabulous. The feeling of perpetual summer abounds here with warm weather year-round, plenty of activities like photography classes or water aerobics and did I mention the massive salt-water pool that is about the size of a soccer field? This is also a community that prefers travel by golf cart instead of car. In fact, most of the houses have little golf cart garages which I found to be adorable.
I had decided to sleep in one morning and meet-up with Alex and E.F. on the putting green. As I walked over to meet them, I stopped into the snack bar where I purchased a coffee for $1.00. They were playing oldies at the perfect ambient volume. I found Alex chipping away and we both mentioned that we could easily get used to this. It was then that I realized that my brother and I had become adults. We were the ones working through the Summer months and our parents were now the ones on vacation; drinking at noon and taking up the ukulele. Who knows what retirement might look like when it is finally our time to do so but I can say based on this experience I think I'll be ready. I'll leave you with a few photos as well as a bit of dialogue between me and a random older gentlemen that occurred just this morning as I was walking to the pool:
Golf cart man: "Good morning! You're looking a little pale there."
Me: "Good morning! Yeah, I know."
Golf cart man: "Don't worry, it'll come."

I hope so golf cart man, I hope so.

Rollin' Deep with E.F.

Spring Training

Cactus in bloom