Barefoot Bulletin April 2023 | Page 19

IT ’ S BETTER THAN I COULD EVER HAVE DREAMED ! WE ’ VE MADE SO MANY FRIENDS . THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE FAMILY .”

When asked how they are feeling about life at Latitude Margaritaville , Sharon quickly replies , “ It ’ s better than I could ever have dreamed ! We ’ ve made so many friends . They are almost like family . It really is more than I anticipated and there isn ’ t a day that goes by that we don ’ t have something to do .”

Steve concurs . “ On September 7 , we moved in at 3 p . m . and , at 4 p . m ., we had our first party in the house . We had 80 people ! There was nothing in the house so they even had to bring their own chairs . The house is great , the beach is beautiful but it ’ s the people that make the community and life here enjoyable .

At Christmas , a lot of us couldn ’ t get together with our families and we had a group of 28 people for Christmas dinner .” “ Everybody brought a dish from where they came from and we ate and ate and ate ,” says Sharon .

Steve describes the process of building a new home as definitely taking energy but notes that the building program has been well planned by Minto . “ The advantage of building is that you can do everything just the way you want it ,” he says . “ Once we figured out where everything was going and got moved in it was marvelous ,” adds Sharon . “ I ’ m in love with it . Some days I wake up and can ’ t believe I ’ m living here !”

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