Life on the Mainland

I will be treturning to Hawaii around the middle of August. In the mean time, I will be enjoying the 100 plus degree weather in Arizona . But hey, it is a dry heat!

Golf

After returning from Hawaii, I was invited to golf the Biltmore Country Club.

I made the fourth in a foursome that included three players who play this course regularly.

I didn’t do as poorly as I had feared, but yet, I definitely was not as good as the other three.

The course was beautiful . . . much better than I am used to playing!

This tree reminds me of a tree that looks like a pitchfork in the movie “Romancing the stone”.. It’s one of the markers on the treasure map called “El Tenedor del Diablo”, the Devil’s Fork.

It lived up to it’s name . . . at least it did for me. My second shot hit the right fork and bounced off to the left, away from the direction of the hole!

It was nice to get out and experience some of the things the way that others do.

I made a few good shots, but more importantly, I didn’t make any really bad ones. And THAT is an improvement for me!

This is my favorite hole. Not because I did well,

but because of the view from the tee box.

A week after playing the Biltmore, I came back to earth and played my old reliable 9 hole executive course in Mesa.

View down the fairway on the 2nd hole. A few more brown patches, but still enjoyable.

Fairway for the 7th hole

Sign for the 7th hole

My golf buddy. He/she followed me from the 4th hole, all the way around the lake to the 8th tee box, where it took flight and flew across the lake back to the 4th fairway

My best shot of the day. On the 7th hole from the tee. Yes, I missed that four foot putt!!!!

4th of July on the Salt River

The fourth of July was not the best day for going to the river, as there were lots and lots of others there as well. Parking was a premium, but luckily, my daughter has a handicapped parking permit!

We began by inflating the tubes while the rest of the group were parking at the other end of the river. By parking one car at the bottom, we will have transportation to get back to the other car.