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Lessons with Pros - Put to the Test
Do pickleball lessons with pros make a difference? We put our last five month's worth of lessons to the test to find out. Over almost...
Bonnie Coffey
Mar 22, 20215 min read
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A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 5th in a Series of 12 Helle Sparre AGAIN!
My second pickleball lesson with Helle Sparre provided great directions for improvement.
Bonnie Coffey
Feb 20, 20214 min read
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A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 4th in a Series of 12 Helle Sparre
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. It was our honor and pleasure to take a pickleball lesson with Helle Sparre. A grand dame is defined as a woman who is...
Bonnie Coffey
Jan 23, 20217 min read
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A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 3rd in a Series of 12 Dee Ahern
The first six weeks of our three month stay in California was very eventful with heat waves, apocalyptic fires and smoke creating some of...
Bonnie Coffey
Dec 19, 20205 min read
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A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - # 2 in a series of 12 Adam MacKinnon
Pickleball pro Adam MacKinnon of Santa Rosa, CA gave us some great tips to improve our game. 2nd in a series of 12
Bonnie Coffey
Nov 15, 20206 min read
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Pickleball in the Time of Coronavirus
Recently a pickleball player came to the courts then tested positive for coronavirus. Fortunately, the procedures in place avoided spread.
Bonnie Coffey
Nov 7, 20203 min read
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A Pickleball Lesson with a Pro - 1st in a Series of 12 - Caden Nemoff
For my recent big decade birthday on September 19th, Ky asked me what I would like for a gift. Because we're nomads and we don't have...
Bonnie Coffey
Oct 31, 20204 min read
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Crazy Times in California
California during a heat wave, massive fires & resulting smoke on top of the coronavirus made for an unusual couple of pet sits.
Bonnie Coffey
Oct 16, 20205 min read
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Web Site Changes - Pickleball Remains Great!
Change is good. That has been our family motto since the year 2000 when we were traveling around the world with our two children for a...
Bonnie Coffey
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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Scratching Itches
Being nomads in the time of Covid-19 has slowed us down, but we have adapted and continued to travel, pet sit and play pickleball. Read how!
Bonnie Coffey
Sep 9, 20206 min read
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Five Fabulous Trips Around the Sun
Coffeys2Go have been nomadic for 5 years now. For our anniversary we want to thank so many who have made our journey awesome.
Bonnie Coffey
Jun 28, 20204 min read
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Mucho Taco in Medellin, Colombia, South America
Medellin Colombia has taught Coffeys2Go many great lessons. For those of you looking for travel and pickleball, you can now find it here!
Bonnie Coffey
Mar 15, 20208 min read
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Mardi Gras & Gulf Coast Pickleball
Our travels through the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and Mardi Gras in New Orleans made for a memorable trip.
Bonnie Coffey
Mar 5, 20204 min read
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Surprise Sombreros
An impromptu trip to San Carlos Mexico by the Coffeys2Go resulted in meeting the pickleball pro, Scott Moore and pickleball gold!
Bonnie Coffey
Feb 22, 20204 min read
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How Do Nomads Take A Vacation?
Have you ever been away from your home for quite a while, and during that time you stayed extremely busy with social and physical...
Bonnie Coffey
Feb 2, 20203 min read
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Margaritaville 2019, USA Pickleball National Championship, Indian Wells, CA
What do you get when 2,333 pickleball players congregate for nine days in one place to vie for bragging rights, medals, and for the top...
Bonnie Coffey
Nov 13, 20194 min read
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Boundless Options - 21 Courts in 40 Days!
From 1965 to 2020, options for places to play pickleball have exploded. See 40 days of our journey and the 21 courts we found along the way
Bonnie Coffey
Oct 21, 20193 min read
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Sensational Spanish Open Pickleball Tournament, Madrid, Spain
From Lisbon, Portugal to Madrid, Spain, it would have been faster to drive. The distance is only 388 miles (625 km). At warp speed, no...
Bonnie Coffey
Oct 5, 20197 min read
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Pickleball versus Pádel, Lisbon, Portugal
Padel and pickleball have some similarities and differences. Read about them here and decide for yourself which to try next!
Bonnie Coffey
Sep 14, 20198 min read
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Dinking in Devon, UK
For the sake of completeness of a record of places to play pickleball in Southwest England, this post will be brief but hopeful. In Devon...
Bonnie Coffey
Aug 25, 20194 min read
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