Tim and Sara are the Best !

Today was my chance to relax for a while and put down some roots.  My friends Tim and Sara had not been able to use their timeshare this year and it was due to expire at the end of March.  As we were booking last minute the points required for a week's stay were very minimal and we managed to get me a week starting today and then 2 other units for the following week, one for me and one for Sara and her parents, poor Tim being left behind to run their business.

I had heard that timeshares were quite nice but I hadn't expected it to be quite this nice !

I checked in, resisted the invitation to attend a presentation about timeshares and decided to take advantage of a beautiful day and grab a quick 9 holes on one of the two courses that they have here.  Now those who have played with me know that I am a casual golfer in every sense of the word.  Double bogey is my par and I play anything from two to ten times a year.  But I enjoy myself and that is what it is all about.

It was a lovely course and I was one of very few people on it.  It had lots of running water as well as ponds and even a lake or two.  All very beautiful to the casual observer - and terrifying to the amateur golfer.

I am pleased to report that I did not lose a single ball through the first 8 holes.

If you look closely you will see my ball in front of the red stake and in the distance a small yellow flag which would be where said ball is expected to end up after a few swear-words have been uttered in the time-honoured golfing fashion.

But if you look between the two, you will see a pair of ducks who looked at me and turned away, clearly impressed by my Ping clubs and my air of confidence and with no realization of how easily I could hit the ball 10 feet and endanger them.  Happily, I did not.

Now here I am on the 9th hole, my final one for the day.  It's a par 3.

See that bit of nice flat green grass just over the water.  That's where the green should be for a par 3.

But, noooooooo, that's not where they put it.  See the other bit of flat green grass over TWO bodies of water and at the top of a hill that requires a moderate amount of climbing gear to scale.  That's where they put it.

Clearly the Americans still hate us after the War of 1812.