PICKLEBALL FRIENDS VISIT CHESAPEAKE BAY, SUMMER OF 2008!!

Thousand Trails Chesapeake Bay is different from a lot of other Thousand Trails parks. It is a family oriented park. Most of the people who frequent the resort are local campers and their families. But, we do have a few transients who pass through and have joined us for Pickleball. You may recognize some of them.

What a thrill it was when our long-time friends Wayne and Nancy visited the park from Montana and Arizona. It just happened that two other couples, who are good friends, were visiting at the same time. What FUN!!

Wayne and Nancy took us under their wings when we were just learning about Pickleball; Karen and Harry visiting from Pennsylvania; and Ralph and Mary from Kentucky.



Lynn and Steve have traveled around the country. They know and played with many of our friends.

Bill’s first love is Tennis, but he joins us on the Pickleball court occasionally.

Mike (white shirt and hat) and his wife Jeannette came from Happy Trails in Arizona. They knew so many of our old friends out west that we felt they were “old friends”, too.

Tom and his wife Amy (next picture) learned to play this past July. That’s when they were camped across from the Pickleball court. Every day they watched us play. Finally we told them there was a fee to watch, but the fee was waved if they participated. The next morning they were on the court. Now, they are the first ones on the court when they are here. We gave their daughter, Tabatha a pickle pin as an official Pickleball Orphan.


We first met Jack on the beginner’s court at Thousand Trails Peace River, FL this past winter. He said he was afraid to play with me (Faye). Said I kept yelling at him in Florida. “Get up to the line!!” “Stay back; Stay back!!”“Let it bounce!!”

Vickie was a new, enthusiastic player. She also joined Faye for Water Aerobics, and was pretty card-smart when playing Hand and Foot.

Harry’s expression shows how we all feel about the game!!!