Double Dose - Sandpiper Bay and The Thistle

Today we are playing 2 rounds of golf to make up for a round that was cancelled earlier in the week.  We started out at Sandpiper Bay.  The course was nice but my golfing was not great.  Still had fun though.  We saw a small alligator this morning.  When we completed our round we rushed to the Thistle to see if we could get an earlier tee time than the 1:57 time we had.  They were willing to let us tee off in fifteen minutes so we quickly ate our lunch and prepared to start our round.  By the seventh hole it started to thunder and lightning.  We didn't feel safe on the course so we headed in.  The rain started as we were heading back.  We waited for a while and then Grace went in to see if we could get a rain check.  They said legally we should only be getting a rain check for nine holes but they gave us one for eighteen holes.

We headed back home and did a little bit of last minute shopping.  We arrived home and slowly started packing up for the ride home tomorrow.  We ate dinner at the condo and Ralph and Grace cooked up a delicious flounder and cauliflower wth some left over Nasi. It was so yummy.  For dessert we are having peach pie and ice cream.  What a great way to end our vacation.

I am a winner.  We had our final draws for prizes and i got the lowest amount of putts on the front 9.  Whohoo.

Heritage Club

Today we got to play a round at the Heritage Club.  We started out great with a 7:30 start, but by the 10th hole we had to wait long periods of time for the last 9 holes played.  This course included lunch and 1 glass of wine for Grace and I and the boys were able to get 2 beers.  It took us almost 5 1/2 hours to complete the course.

We did a little shopping afterwards and then decided to go back to the hotel for a swim in the ocean.
We had a blast in the water.

For dinner we tried a new place and went to the Wicked Tuna.  The meal was delicious and the fish was very fresh.  We walked around the Pier and then went home.  Plans are starting to come in place as we slowly prepare to get ready to pack and go home.

Boohoo, no True Blue. But Caledonia here we come.

Today did not go as originally planned.  We were up early, had breakfast and headed off to True Blue.  We got to the course only to find out it was closed.  What a disappointment.  They had told us Caledonia was open but we could only get a 12:27 tee-off time.  We booked it and did a little exploring in the morning.
We were there early and enjoyed some lunch here.  Once we were ready, the gentleman who sells the fish stew soup for donations was there so we each had a little bit of soup.  This time it was really salty  and hard to eat.  You still like to help out people.

Grace and Lawrence both played good games here with Grace breaking the 100 mark this year.  After the game we quickly packed the cars and drove to a favourite Grill Cheese and Crab Cake place for supper.  It was so yummy.

We arrived home and immediately went for a hot tub.  Felt really good on the back.

We did some laundry and watched the movie the judge on tv.  We did our daily prize draw and Ralph was the lucky winner again.  We were all really tired and went to bed early.

Splish splash golf.

5:30 wake-up calls sure come early.   We got up, packed our golf equipment, had breakfast and headed off to Wachesaw Plantation East.  We were the first to tee-off at 7:30.  The course was extremely wet and we had to play cart path rules.  I had problems when my ball landed in the long curly grass as it was very difficult to hit out of it.  We saw bunches of turtles sunning along the sides of the ponds.  When you walked on the course it was like the water was trying to pull your shoes off.  We ate our lunch at this course and then headed off to International Club to play our second round.  The course was not as wet but still wet enough.  My top and legs had mud splatter all over them.  It was cool to see some Hawks flying around here.

Grace's Fitbit said we walked over 22,000 steps today.  I feel it in my legs and feet.  After we finished our round we raced home for the special golfers evening the Caribbean holds.  You get free pizza and 2 drinks tickets.  You also get to put your name in a draw for a hat or towel.  None of us won this round.  We had a little bit of grocery shopping to do so we did that before going back to the room.  Ralph heated up some left over Nasi as Grace and I updated our blog.

Early Wake Up Calls Start Again

Today we finally get to play a round.  After breakfast we picked up a Starbucks and headed to North Carolina to play The Pearl.

The course was pretty wet and we were feeling the spray from our shots.  Some of the bunkers were pretty filled up with water.  Still, water and all it felt good to be golfing again.

From booking our courses through the Carribean we were each given a $100.00 gift certificate that can be used for clothes, golf or food.  What a pleasant surprise as we did not know this was coming.

We were playing a game that Grace created that involved 3 balls.  One for par 3, one for par 4 and one for par 5.  This was to go through all golf games we play.  If you lose your ball you can no longer collect points.  My par 5 ball is gone already.

We also played a hole where we had to use the same club for the entire hole.  Ralph won this round with a 7.  Didn't help our score but it was fun.

We stayed in and made some Nasi for dinner tonight.  It was nice to relax and catch up on some reading.  It won't be a late night as tomorrow we are playing 2 rounds.

Another great day on vacation.

 

 

More Rain and No Golf

Boo.  We woke up to more rain and the course we were supposed to play was closed.  We slept in a little longer today and headed off to the Captains House for breakfast.  Ralph still had some work to complete so we headed back to the hotel afterwards.  Grace went out to search for more shells while Lawrence and I did a bit of reading.  Seeing as the movies were free we rented another movie to watch Aloha.

We went to go do a little shopping and to our surprise most of the stores were closed.  Even went to a mall that had most of the stores closed.

When we got back to the hotel, we received a message that we could exchange our golf course for tomorrow which was Crows Nest to the Pearl West course.  Looking forward to golfing again we said sure.

Grace and I went out to do some shell searching again and while we were on the beach we saw a beautiful rainbow.  We didn't stay out to long as it started to rain again.

For dinner we went to Abuelo's.  The meal was Mexican and the food tasted great.  We will certainly come back here again.

 

 

 

Another day of rain.

Today we were able to sleep in a bit.  I heard Grace up already so I thought I would check out how her sunrise pictures were turning out.  There was not a lot of color in the sky this morning and you could see storms in the distance.  We enjoyed a cup of tea together while the guys continued to get a bit more sleep.  We went to the Sea Captains house for breakfast and at this point it started to rain again.  Church started at 9:30 am so by 9:10 we headed off to Faith Presbyterian Church.  It began to rain really heavy and the phones were getting flash flood warnings again.  By the time we were ready to get out of the car to enter the church we all had soakers.

The rain continued to come down but to pass some time we decided to go for a walk on the beach and do some shelling.  We were amazed at how much plastic we found on the beach.  The foam from the churning of the waters was quite thick as each wave came up along the shoreline.  It was fun checking for shells and when we weren't always paying attention we would get soaked from a wave that came in.

After shelling we came in for a coffee to warm and dry up.  We put our bathing suits on and headed for a hot tub.  It was quite relaxing.  Grace did a bit more shelling and we went back to the room to relax and do some reading.

Grace and Ralph cooked a yummy steak with potatoes and broccoli in our hotel room.  Was delicious.  Afterwards we rented a movie from the hotel and watched Little Boy.  The movie was a free offering from the hotel which we thought was a great deal.

The weather forecast for tomorrow is more rain.  We will see what tomorrow brings.