SPANISH SPRINGS TOUR AND HIDDEN TREASURE
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Jerry and Linda take a golf cart ride with Gizmo to Spanish Springs Town Center in The Villages, where they give viewers a tour of the stores and amenities. By golf cart it’s about 35 minutes from their home in the Hillsborough area. Along the way they point out items of interest and a few hidden treasures. Come along for a nice ride on this beautiful 80 degree day in February.
We would like to thank everyone for watching our videos.
“See you when you get here!”
Binge watching at it's best...6 weeks out from a full knee replacement with a few complications...Mr Jerry and Ms Linda and precious gizmo make each day brighter...bless you all for sharing your beautiful Villages...
Thanks for the tour! I’m enjoying living exactly 10 minutes from Spanish Springs and 10 minutes from Lake Sumter Landing off Morse Blvd! Keep up the good work!
Great location!😁😁
Loved the tour. Amerikanos Grill, Too Jay's and Gators Dockside are great restaurants. On my next visit to The Villages, I will have to try McCall's Restaurant as I love fried chicken. The drive under the trees was lovely. Thanks Linda, Jerry and Gizmo!
Those trees along the golf cart trail are great!
Thanks for the wonderful video, so informative and entertaining, as always! Loved Gizmo’s enthusiasm!
Thanks for another educational tour. FL is really different from VA and through your YT series, I'm continuing to learn more about this state everyday.
How cutely fascinating to see golf cars were running on narrow lanes next to normal cars, 🤔🙂
Happy living in FL to both of you. 🌞
Another GREAT video Linda & Jerry!
Jerry, Linda and Gizmo, thank you for the comprehensive tour of Spanish Springs. Really enjoy your vlogs!
I’m watching this while packing boxes. Making the move from Delaware to TV at the end of March. Can’t wait! It’s freezing here today. Hope to see you some time when I get there. Thanks again for the video.
Where are you moving from in Delaware MaryAnn? We are coming down for a lifestyle visit. Best of Luck with the move. If you get a chance let me know what led you there.
I am currently living in Sussex County. Enjoy your lifestyle visit.
Best of luck with your move! Hopefully I will be a Villager in a few years.
@@barbaraebner5889 enjoy your lifestyle visit! I was just in The Villages 3 weeks ago. If it wasn't for a family obligation here in the Midwest I would move to The Villages tomorrow. It's an awesome place.
Coming from Wilmington to Village of Sanibel on June 1. Renting for 6 months. Will buy next year.
Thank you for the tour. Another great video. It is really beautiful. It’s nice how every town center is unique.
Once again, a home run. Enjoyable. Thanks for bringing us along.
This is so pretty!! Thank you for taking the time to show us the town square. Love hearing Gizmo getting excited!!! The water fall is so peaceful! Plus, thanks for sharing how long it took you to get up here!
Thank You so much for the tour. I really enjoyed it setting up here in NY on a cloudy cold day..
I’m traveling along with y’all , stunning sights for sure. My Auntie and Uncle loved to take cruises and my Uncle took amazing pictures while on them then he would put them in a photo book and tell you all about there trip from the first day to the last and everything in between, you would feel like you had been there by the end of the album , you have captured the same for me with this vib . Thank y’all and keep enjoying and sharing , your new Central California friend
Thanks again, Carlene! We appreciate you.
First time I've heard Mr. Gizmo -- what a cutie! ♡
(Was about to admonish you for not introducing him at the beginning!)
We highly appreciate Walt as the best tour guide! Our youngest son and his family took the trolley tour with us when they visited us for the first time in our new Villages home recently. It helped them to see what a great place TV is to live in!
Love these videos. Thanks so much.
Linda and Jerry, Your videos are entertaining and informative. I always look forward to your uploads and hope you two will keep making videos.
Pancho the chihuahua is freezing here in EDI and is sooo jealous of Gizmo enjoying the warmth 🐾🐾🐾
Thanks for the great tour. I really enjoyed it! Linda is definitely my kind of friend -- "shop until you drop" Go Linda!!
What a fun tour! Thanks so much!
Really enjoyed the informal tour..You did fine job.!!!!
Intimates= fanzy underwears! Lol Thanks for tour, never made it to the springs! PS Jerry I think you should work the tour bus!
What I love about this community is that there is always something to do!! Never bored. I'm sure that my Aunt felt this way when she moved in at age 55, but helped out all of the older residents by taking them to their doctor appointments and helping them all out. But 30 years later, it wasn't like that for her. Nobody offered to help her out, and I remember my cousins always flying to Florida to take care of their mom. Finally, they had had enough, and brought her back to Chicago to live her remaining years. My Aunt was so so disappointed.
Yes, Kathy, it's too bad your aunt didn't get reciprocated in her days of need after all the helpful things she did. Hopefully she was blessed in other ways.
@@tinkertailor3115 - Well, I'm sure she didn't think of that when she helped everyone. Being 2 years older today, I can see why she did it. I helped her when I would visit her. She was a good person, Tinker, and just loved, loved Florida.
@@Katee586 I understand. A lot of people like your aunt do things for unselfish reasons. I'm just saying it's too bad she couldn't stay in a place she loved.
Gizmo’s reaction is the same as mine when I get the notification that you’ve put up a new vlog.
Keep doing what you do!!
Spanish Springs looks awesome. Loved the tour❤️
Looking forward to this one I love your opinions keep em coming! Spanish Springs is gorgeous and such an interesting place. I want to give you three a compliment, Jerry, Linda and Gizmo, you are undoubtedly the best Brand Ambassadors a place could hope to have living there. The Village people, ("village people" ) haha, I meant the board of Trustees or whomever the big wigs are for the Villages should pay you all something because you represent the best of the Villages and everything fun and good about it in a spectacular way. Great video!! :):):)
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I'm glad you just try to be yourself and not be fancy. No point in trying to be an online pro. Yes don't forget gizmo. Is sunset where all the old geezers go to arc and spark?:; this was one of your best videos yet. always wait for the next one. thanks.
Mallory Square in Central FL!
Loved the ride along. And yes that was a beautiful spot for pictures. I got a chuckle when you asked gizmo if he wanted to go for a ride and he started barking,my 2 cats were sitting next to me and they both perked up and started looking for the doggie lol.
He LOVES to go along!
@@JERRYANDLINDA Hey, he's a dog, isn't he?! :-)
@@JERRYANDLINDA :-)
Thanks for the effort of making this great video, I'm sharing it with some Friends too!
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thanks guys another great video
Loved the tour. Thank you.
Another great video! Thank you!
I will be at The Sharon L Morse Performing Arts center on April 2nd for a concert with Jackie Evancho preforming I uses to live 9 min from Spanish Springs thank you for
the memories of living there I will be back. I can’t wait to be back at The Villages I miss it. Thank you from your videos and up dates. Have a bless day. Thank you for going through witch I call the tunnel of trees. I had a condo in Kauai, Hawaii for 13 years. And if you have been there it has the same look witch is called the tunnel of trees which about 2 miles long more nice memories.
Gizo's Excitement at Going for a Golf Cart Ride was So Cute, Most Dogs Seem to Love them, You have So Much Available in TV, You are Very Fortunate, 80f Huh While We had Snow Yesterday in Western NC, Enjoy Linda and Jerry ✌
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video! Gizmo is so cute!🐕 My hubby and I are driving to Florida today and tomorrow to look for a house! So excited, especially because we are half way there!
Good video I Really enjoyed this
Thank you, its very pretty. I was telling my friend at Rock Choir about your vlogs. She has several friends that live in The Villages and she visits!!! I am so jealous, says its a great place and loads of fun. Especially enjoys the golf carts. Now I've just got to work out a plan to get our choir over there!!
Thanks to both of you for all of your videos. This one was fun. We will be your neighbors soon.
What a great tour....thanks so much!
Beautiful! Good job, as usual. Just in case you don't know, Gizmo can read your mind, hard to fool our little friends.
Another great video! Great job!
Great video! Gizmo gave me a big 😃. He is adorable. My brother and I dined at Katie Bells over Christmas. Food was fabulous, and good entertainment. I will certainly be spending time at Spanish Springs, when I get there.
thanks
Nice- Thanks
Loved it
Beautiful area!! Is this the first area built in The Village's. Thanks for taking me along.
Hi Dusty, Not the first, but a few years after. This is near St. Rd. 466.
Great video guys.. Thanks so much.. Have a nice weekend
I really enjoyed your trip to Spanish Springs as well as your favorite secret road through the overhanging trees. The developments are so beautiful. Thank you for the ride!
We've watched a few of your very informative and enjoyable videos. Thank you for taking us on tours and informing us on many things about the Villages. Our interest in becoming Villagers has been heightened since we've "met" Jerry and Linda. You are a great couple and I feel like I've come to know you personally. Perhaps I'll meet you on my next trip to the Villages. Until then...keep up the good work!
So glad Gizmo jointed you. He's such a cutie!
Coming down there in May for lifestyle visit. So looking forward to it!
Thank you guys so much for taking us with you on your trip. Absolutely beautiful. My favorite was the lane with the trees all lined up and that Amazing huge old oak tree. I had no idea The Villages is so huge. Wow!! We are in Ohio and it is 26° here with the wind chill feels like 22°. It was nice to see you guys in your summer clothes, sunshine. Thank you again. Gizmo is so adorable too. I love his reaction when you said Lets go in the golf cart. 🤗🦋 Prayers and Blessings
Love this one. Hi Gizmo 😻
Great video, enjoyed!
I'm waiting for the video where you two make a trip over to the Gulf... I'd love to see footage of the ocean... I miss it so much...
Nancy, there are tons of beach "live cams" and other beach-related videos -- just do a Search on youtube. That's how I get my beach fix, too!
Thanks for sharing the Video. It brought back fond memories from my last visit, particularly my lunch with Melody Lane at Toojay's. They make great burgers! (impressive driving over the Bridge)
Haha... yes, I like the pastrami burger!
Hi Gizmo from Edinburgh 🐾🐾🐾
I love the Spanish Springs Town Square. It is one of my favorites; mostly the architect and the fountain. My husband and I will be visiting The Villages next week. Maybe I'll run into you one of these times.
Great video,liked the commentary.
Glad you enjoyed it!
youre in my neck of the woods !!! Welcome to the North side !!
Thank you Jerry and Linda, we will be permanent residents at the end of March. I am hoping to find that beautiful golf cart path through Saddlebrook - our home is not far from there. I'm with Linda on loving Chicos! Hope we run into you two at some point.
Welcome to the Sunshine State!
Love the north part of The Villages...all kinds of unique hidden gems.
I also love the Villages north of 466. I would not hesitate to buy a preowned home north of 466.
You guys are great. Thanks so much for all your wonderful videos. As I watch I noticed that in the supposed Sunshine State many times when they show the sky it's white or gray and not blue and sunny. Is the Sunshine State really sunny? Or is it always overcast? Thanks so much. 🌵🌺🌼🌿
Gianna we think that might be an optical illusion. We have remarked time and time again at how beautiful the sky is here. Right now I am looking up at the most beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds. Don't get me wrong… in July and August we covet those overcast days.
@@JERRYANDLINDA great! 💃 Thanks so much for your response! good news🤸🥳🎉🌼
Love your videos keep up the good work. Have ya took a ride over the golf cart bridge to the historic side? It’s a bit narrow too and like a roller coaster ride my grandkids love it.
We did it! Look for our first Spanish Springs video. Thanks!
It's so beautiful. Do you have to shift gears in the golf cart like a motorcycle or is it an automatic transmission? Just curious. Clearly I don't golf. Love the Spanish moss. Thank you for taking us on another adventure.
All the golf carts are A/T s, no shifting... : )
Enjoyed the ride and narration of downtown area. Didn’t realize a Marriot hotel at Spanish Springs. How many miles a week do you put on the cart? The secret photo stop is stunning backdrop. Tks
Hi guys!
Great video as always Jerry & Linda and Gizmo!! We downloaded the villages app for our life style visit in June. Will that help us navigate around the villages?
Yes! The pay app (about $6) is best. We use it often.
THE VILLAGES FLORIDA NEWCOMERS - thank you. I will be sure to download that one as we just have the other villages app that was at no cost.
This is so cool. No cars!! How many accidents occur with the golf carts? Do you know, Jerry or Linda? This is really a nice drive! Thanks for the upload.
Havent seen one yet
Kathy, but they do happen.
Hi Linda and Jerry. Thank You for a great tour. Especially on a gray day up North. Can you tell me what town square is yours in the Villages?
Brownwood
Gizmo is awesome! Does every square have a bowling alley?
No. Brownwood does not and I don't believe Sumter Landing does either.
THE VILLAGES FLORIDA NEWCOMERS - ok thank you!
Do your golf carts have cruise control? Set it and forget it, to keep you at a certain speed when on a straightaway?
Nope, pedal to the metal!
Are you from South Bend, IN? I’m from New Carlisle. Love your videos.
Janet, we are from the New Albany area. Thanks!
I’m 49 and enjoy your videos. Just curious, are the stores within the town squares exclusive to the residents of the Villages, or can the general public shop them?
Anyone may come to the squares to shop, or for the entertainment.
Yikes, the golf cart lane on the bridge over lake sumter would intimidate me. I'm curious - obviously golf carts are allowed on the neighborhood roads, but are they allowed on the road where there is a golf cart path running parallel? If yes, I'd cross that bridge on the main traffic lane. Enjoyed this tour video.
I have seen street legal golf carts in the car lanes, but I believe the street legal carts are only allowed on roads were the speed limit is 35 MPH and lower. But if a street legal golf cart gets into an accident with a car or truck on a 35 MPH road guess who wins?
Jerry & Linda, thanks for the tour. Your videos help ease the cold of my Minnesota winters. I look forward to joining your community one day and hopefully meeting you both. Dinner on me 😀. Congrats on 11k 👏🏼👏🏼
60 degrees right now... kinda chilly! Thanks, Tim!
I really enjoy watching your videos. Watching your tours I have never noticed any law enforcement vehicles. Does each village have their own police department?
No, but there is a community watch.
My friend who lives in The Villages told me that the Spanish Springs area and the Historical Side villages are patrolled by the Lady Lake police department. The Marion County part of The Villages is patrolled by the Marion County sheriff's department. The Sumter County part of The Villages is patrolled by the Sumter County sheriff's department. Since The Villages is in 3 different counties it gets kind of confusing.
You said Soft Surroundings was one of Linda's favorite stores. What kind of store is it?
It is a women's clothing store.
Wow, the villages is much larger than I imagined if you can golf cart ride for 35 minutes but still be in it.
The distance from Nancy Lopez golf course on the far north side of The Villages to Brownwood Paddock Square on the south end of The Villages must be about 12 miles...maybe more. And that doesn't include the new Villages like Fenney, DeSoto, Monarch Grove, etc. south of Route 44 that are not yet connected by golf cart to the Villages north of 44.
It's too bad that you didn't wander over to the golf cart bridge over 441 while you were in Spanish Springs. That is a unique convenience for those villagers living east of the square.
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LOL Linda didn't leave him after the Manatee thing,,I would still be upset bless you lady...still wondering about good ole Jerry boy. :) Jerry you are doing good the ones coming at you need to stay in the lane. :)
Not telling you anything you don't already know.....but Gizmo is so cute!!!
Shhhh... he is getting a big head! 😆
I think this is a rerun but enjoyed it anyhow.
Thanks. We did a fly by months ago... thought we'd do a more in depth look like we did at Sumter and Brownwood.
Funny, that's what I was thinking, too. Thought I was having deja vu!
Is there a golf cart trail map available? We bring in our golf cart but do not live there.
We use The Villages app.
Great video you two. Are you gonna change your title since you both are Villages veterans? Hope not. Gizmo is precious and a great addition to your family.
Duncan in Scotland you can move from one part to another, even if you moved, have lived in the same area for hundreds of years lol lol.....you will forever be known as “an incomer”😂😂😂
Patricia McCarter Loved your comment. I am planning on moving to the Villages soon and starting my UA-cam channel named “The Villages Idiot” lol 😂
@@fredasman04 I'll subscribe!!
Did you parallel Buena Vista or Morse BLVD?
We usually follow Morse Blvd.
What do you use in your golf cart villages app or google maps?
The Villages app most most of the time.
I like.
The lanes on the bridge are too narrow. Little room for error. Hopefully they make lanes a little wider in the new areas
Nope, I wouldn't be comfortable on that narrow trail. Gizzy sure does love to go for a ride with Mom and Dad. On the Cape, people would bring wine and sip while watching the sunset over the ocean. Tourists would clap as the sun went down. I like your area more.
Is it golf cart only or can you use car, or both?
Jennifer, most people have both.
Who is the oldest person in the villages?
Who/what would be an example of entertainment at that Performing Arts center?
Someone on here said he's going to be seeing Jackie Evanco there in the near future.
First! 😎
Where are the sushi bars?
Don't know... can't find White Castle either! 😜
Linda we can hear you whispering.
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Go back and have some chicken the best chicken you'll ever have and do some bowling.
What is the place called with great chicken?Thanks
McCall's Tavern or McCall's Restaurant...not sure which is the official name.
Speed limits ls 10 miles an hour and when they built golf carts for a lot smaller.
It would have been nice if you actually started the damn video with the tour of the actual Spanish Springs as stated in the title
We live a loooonnngggg way from S.S. Some folks like the drive.