Sunday 22nd March 2026
After an interesting night in this strange house, with the sun beating through the windows (yeath!!) we emerged. With Andrew and Elton away, there wasn’t much food though we did find something!!! The nearest supermarket is Publix, 1.6 miles away and no means of transport so we put our best foot forward and headed out. Apparently the supermarket is just outside the gated entrance, so the distance is just inside the complex. The walk was very pleasant, in the warm sunshine looking at some pretty stunning houses, beautifully kept public areas and wonderfully manicured fairways and billiard-ball greens weaving their way around numerous lakes with a lot of bunkers to keep the golfers busy.
We arrived at the entrance and there it was, a small shopping plaza with a petrol station, bank and an assortment of cafes, restaurants, clothes shops and Publix but also Dunkin Donuts, our first “port of call”. After watching the world go by we did the basic food shopping, well enough for today; we can come back tomorrow with Andrew in his car to get the rest!!! We now headed back but by now it was “hot” and being loaded we stopped a couple of times and admired some of the sights.
The rest of the day we did some chores, but nothing to heavy followed by a nice meal and American Television; quite different to what we are used to!!!!
Andrew and Elton walked in the door around 2230hrs, and after a quick catch-up headed to bed, after all Elton has to be in school for 0800hrs in the morning.
Monday 23rd March 2026
Again we we awoke to bright blue skies and the patter of Elton rushing about preparing for school, apparently he really loves it, and getting him ready in the morning is not an issue.
Back from the school-run and after breakfast, Andrew got down to work whilst we pottered about before we all headed to the actual country club.
Woodfield CC is an amazing area. Situated within Boca Raton, this is this an 830-acre gated site, with 20 individual neighbourhoods, and was designed so that each area/community has its own identity, separated from its neighbour by large lakes and the impeccably manicured golf course and extremely wide roads lined with colourful plants. The neighbourhood Andrew lives in is “Cambridge”; (this was the vital piece of information missing when the uber driver brought us here!!!). The properties we saw from the road looked amazing, and one particular area is gated again, but those properties are selling for up to $8-million so one can understand why!!! As we drove up to the the country club complex itself and quite stunning as we parked, so much parking space both for cars and buggies.
Andrew gave us a “whistle-stop tour” of the facilities. Woodfield Country Club is a private, member-owned club known for its family-friendly, luxury, resort-style living with extensive amenities, including the 18-hole championship golf course, a “nationally” recognised tennis program, a large fitness centre, a spa, and multiple dining options, a “his” and “hers” playing card rooms and It also offers a wide range of sports, social, and family-oriented activities, making it a very popular choice for families and active adults, but at a cos no doubt!!!!!
Our tour ended at a coffee station with complementary hot and cold drinks and assorted bagels; complementary???? Oh yes we also stopped at a “cookie” station, also complementary!!! We enjoyed our coffee by a pool cordoned off with swimming lanes; no one swimming but a life-guard on duty. Andrew had things to do and suggested we lazed around the pool, but not this one!! He took us to the other pool; very much bigger, various depths and and an interesting shape with three life-guard stations! Here we lounged though Christine went in. I took the opportunity to catch-up with much-needed rest. Three days of consecutive walking, circa 3-miles per day, pounding the cold streets of Boston was catching up on me😡😡, but what a place to do it.
Once Andrew returned we went to one of the many eating areas for a light lunch. The light lunches we ordered were various interpretations of salads and were “huge”; that will certainly keep us going!!!
The afternoon was much like the morning until a “world-wind” brushed passed us and “splash”, it was Elton jumping in!!!
Heading back home we were driven around several of the “neighbourhoods” and even the “lesser” properties were stunning. As I said earlier this complex is targeting families and encourages children with the many sports facilities; Elton has weekly tennis lessons and will be starting golf lessons in a weeks time. I think one could be “institutionalised” living here if one worked from home or retired, as everything one could ever want is in this complex other than a supermarket, but as we all know, groceries can be delivered direct to your door. Naturally being the US, everything is spread out but most people have buggies; obviously the houses have a car 2-car garage but many also have a separate buggy garage!!!!!
We had a quiet evening as both Andrew and Elton were getting over the time differences so shot off to bed whilst Christine and I watched the film, “The Italian Job”; as I said earlier, American tv is very different!!!!
I wonder what tomorrow brings🤔🤔