Bonnie Coffey
Pickleball Resources
Completely new to pickleball and don’t know where to start? Have you played a bit, but you're not sure you're playing right, or you still...
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Pet Sitting, Drone Piloting, Pickleball Playing Nomads
Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
Over the Pond Again
Southampton, England English Open Pickleball Tournament This will be one of my personal favorite posts ever, and I hope you enjoy it....
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Bonnie Coffey
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 9th in a Series of 12 - Gigi LeMaster
What could be better than a lesson with a pro? How about a lesson with TWO pros. Ky and I are in Los Barriles, South Baja, MX. For...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jan 25, 2022
- 3 min
A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 8th in a Series of 12 - Jordan Briones
Jordan Briones gave the Coffeys2Go a great pickleball lesson The video shows the importance of legs and laid back wrists. Enjoy!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Dec 17, 2021
- 8 min
Kicking Myself
Exhaustion and procrastination were the first two words that came to mind immediately following our Northeast United States road trip....
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Bonnie Coffey
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 7th in a Series of 12 - Daniel Moore
The time immediately preceding or following a large pickleball tournament turns out to be a great time to take pickleball lessons. When...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Sep 8, 2021
- 6 min
The Golden Ticket of Pickleball and Tournament Tips
Pickleball Tournament Tips from Coffeys2Go Bonnie & Ky Coffey. Golden Ticket Winners at the Tournament of Champions in Brigham City, UT.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
Top Dogs
We were out walking Basie, our current most favorite dog that we were pet sitting, on a lovely shaded trail in Park City, Utah. I was...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 17, 2021
- 5 min
A Pickleball Lesson With a Pro - 6th in a Series of 12 - Suzee Anderson!
Pickleball Lesson with Pro Suzee Anderson in Orem, Utah
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Bonnie Coffey
- May 31, 2021
- 5 min
Tardy to Class - 22 Courts in 2 Months
The Coffeys2Go are back on the road and it has been a busy two months of pet sitting and pickleball mixed in with other adentures.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Mar 22, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
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.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jan 23, 2021
- 7 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Nov 15, 2020
- 6 min
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
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Bonnie Coffey
- Nov 7, 2020
- 3 min
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.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Oct 31, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Oct 16, 2020
- 5 min
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.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Sep 22, 2020
- 1 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Sep 9, 2020
- 6 min
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!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 28, 2020
- 4 min
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.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Mar 15, 2020
- 8 min
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!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Mar 5, 2020
- 4 min
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.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Surprise Sombreros
An impromptu trip to San Carlos Mexico by the Coffeys2Go resulted in meeting the pickleball pro, Scott Moore and pickleball gold!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Nov 13, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
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
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Bonnie Coffey
- Oct 5, 2019
- 7 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Sep 14, 2019
- 8 min
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!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Aug 25, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Aug 15, 2019
- 6 min
Zoe, SLAP and WASSPS in England!
Zoe was happy to see us, and we were very happy to see her too. For a bit more than a fortnight (two weeks), we petted, snuggled and...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 28, 2019
- 5 min
NVZ in North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vancouver BC is the terminus of our Mexico to Canada Epic Pickleball Road Trip. More to come in Europe though.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 20, 2019
- 2 min
Ending in Edmonds, WA
Who doesn't know about Seattle? Even those reading that live in foreign countries likely know about it, and many have even already...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 16, 2019
- 3 min
Speedy Shots in Sequim
The history of pickleball on a badminton court to a modern day private court. Coffeys2Go enjoyed a day getting to know a Pickleball family.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2 min
Shadowing in Sequim - Carrie Blake Park
If you've been reading along on this blog for awhile, you might have noticed that I like using pickleball related alliterations in my...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
Crabbing and Lobbing Later at the Lighthouse Oceanfront Resort in Long Beach.
Our Airbnb hosts in Lincoln City were simply among some of the best we've had. The morning we were scheduled to leave, the husband,...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
Covert Costal Courts, Bandon, OR
Shhhh! Don't tell them who gave you this info. Here's a secret place to play pickleball. It's in Bandon, OR at HLMS - Harbor Lights...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 25, 2019
- 3 min
Pickled Pooch in Port Orford, OR
Port Orford is a beautiful small town on the Oregon coast. People are friendly and the pickleball is good. What more could you want.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 24, 2019
- 3 min
Chasing Balls in Crescent City, CA
We woke up, packed up, drove up (north), filled up (with breakfast), saddled up (on bikes), drove up (farther north), laced up (hiking...
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
Aroma of Pickleballs in Arcata, CA
Some girls like rose petals on the bed or the bath water. Me... yep, pickleballs are preferred! Great play in Arcata, CA!
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 22, 2019
- 3 min
Eureka - We found it!
We had a great time playing pickleball in Eureka, CA at the Adorni Center and staying in an Airbnb in a nearby sailboat in Woodley Marina.
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Bonnie Coffey
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Stalking in Santa Rosa, CA?
Our proposed route from Alamo to Eureka, CA was only going to be about five hours, but some of you know that is a long time to go without...
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