Man, it has been a while!!
I’ve been really busy and now that school is almost out it will get even busier.
Friday we only had school for ½ a day to do some school repair work, so rather than go for ½ a day Dad dropped me off at Pop Pops and Patsy’s to spend the day, and the night, and they could bring me to my Baseball Game Saturday morning.
I’ve been really busy and now that school is almost out it will get even busier.
Friday we only had school for ½ a day to do some school repair work, so rather than go for ½ a day Dad dropped me off at Pop Pops and Patsy’s to spend the day, and the night, and they could bring me to my Baseball Game Saturday morning.
We were going to go play golf at Orleans CC on Friday, but they were not open for business since they were getting ready for their annual “Charlie Scott Tournament” , which is a 3 day affair, Practice rounds Friday, then Sat and Sun for competition.
Pop Pop and I decided to go play at Barton Golf Club.
I had never played golf there before and Pop Pop had not played there in years, and they have recently expanded to 18 holes, so it was all changed around since he had been there, so almost like playing for the first time for both of us, but we only played 9 holes.
We got off with no problem and had fun.
The course was still pretty wet, like all the rest of the courses in the area were this year, but at least Barton is getting playable.
I started off striking the ball well and was even beating Pop Pop after 3 holes, he was not sure of the club to use since he had not been there in a while, so he was mis-clubing and was hitting long, and in trouble.
Some of the holes here were brand new additions, and have some decent views like this one, it is a nice little down hill par 4.
I hit a decent drive but it was a slight pull into the left rough, but lengthy, my 2nd shot was a correction for the first one so it was to the right side of the fairway, but it was a long walk from my drive and leaving me an easy flip wedge to the green, which I naturally hit long and off the back right.
We finished our round and stopped in the club house and talked to the owner Fred May who Pop Pop has known for a long time, I had a Hot Dog and a Gatorade while they shot the breeze.
We left there and stopped by C&C Market for some things, and we each got a Popsicle to eat along the way home, I had Chocolate and Vanilla, Pop Pop had Orange and Vanilla.
After we got home I played in the back yard riding my bike and hitting some wedges while Pop Pop took a nap, Patsy watched me from the back porch.
Later on we decided to Camp out since it was such a nice night, so we gathered some wood, got the tent and sleeping bags out, then fixed up our Camp site, we were going to use the new portable grill (Red Neck Version) that Pop Pop created. See below
We left there and stopped by C&C Market for some things, and we each got a Popsicle to eat along the way home, I had Chocolate and Vanilla, Pop Pop had Orange and Vanilla.
After we got home I played in the back yard riding my bike and hitting some wedges while Pop Pop took a nap, Patsy watched me from the back porch.
Later on we decided to Camp out since it was such a nice night, so we gathered some wood, got the tent and sleeping bags out, then fixed up our Camp site, we were going to use the new portable grill (Red Neck Version) that Pop Pop created. See below
We were going to use it to cook supper, but we were having Pancakes and Strawberries and Pop Pop said the batter would fall through the grate..:-)
So as dark approached we had the “cottage” set up, all the bedding in place, and the nice warm fire going all ready for us to turn in.
We then headed inside to brush our teeth etc and turn in for some well deserved rest, so we would be ready for another busy day tomorrow, hopefully we don’t get any rain to ruin our planned activities.
Later, Joe D
We then headed inside to brush our teeth etc and turn in for some well deserved rest, so we would be ready for another busy day tomorrow, hopefully we don’t get any rain to ruin our planned activities.
Later, Joe D