Humor in the "Burbs"

It is a normal evening, sitting on our comfy front porch with a few bottle of wine. The weather is gorgeous. The sounds of crickets and frogs create a soothing background. Kids are playing in the yards. Couples are walking the neighborhood. It is dusk, and we are beginning to see every star in the sky (a benefit of living further out). The ice cream truck is coming down the road. We can hear faint noises coming from the community pool. Yes, I know it does sound like a cookie cutter suburban evening, but what are you gonna do.
And...suddenly a golf cart comes driving down the road. Yes, you read right-a golf cart. We laugh and are a little curious as to why it is not on a golf course?! It pulls up to the tot lot next to our home and three young teen girls hop out and each take a seat on the three swings. One girl is left with the baby swing. No problem, she stands up in it to swing. They swing for a bit before they move on to the climbing wall, which they sit on for a bit. This goes on for about 10 minutes. Which is when a few young children and a few parents show up with their kids. The girls jump back in the golf cart and tear down the road.
Why is their a golf cart in a neighborhood? Do people buy them and keep them at their homes? I assume they are not exactly cheap, so I doubt I would let my 13-year old drive it around. Why was the tot lot their destination of choice? I think MItch and I both did our fair share of strange things when we were growing up. And I have been known to loiter at a tot lot or two. But, this was bizarre. Telling the the story does not do it justice, you had to be there to see the golf cart zoom down the road.
Perhaps, it was the second bottle of wine -but we found it hilarious.

In other news, in case you did not notice in an earlier blog. We changed the look of our house. Originally our porch was supposed to have railing. Well, like many new houses being constructed, sometimes things get lost in the paperwork. So, we left the railing off to see how we liked it. But, upon our one year inspection, we decided to have it added.