We will be in the car for ten hours on Wednesday driving to Vegas and my first Thanksgiving with my new granddaughter. Well, sort of, she is still a bun in the oven, but she is real. Samantha Paige is on her way. Daniel will join us about mid-trip as he will get a ride to Kettleman City and we will pick him up and drive on to Vegas.
Darla got concerned that the whole Thanksgiving dinner was causing Jennifer too much stress so we decided to order the dinner from a local grocery chain and Vons will prepare the meal now. Jennifer's apartment is just too small for a major dinner production and Jennifer was worrying about it all a little too much. Now we will simply reheat the turkey and perhaps make some fresh stuffing (as Von's has cornbread stuffing) and we will be in. Jennifer is making some sort of yam pudding or something with pecans and such. I'm not a big yam guy, but I'll give it a try. Darla is bringing some pumpkin pie and we will be in hog heaven come Thursday. As long as Jennifer and John have a working television, I'll be set. I look forward to the visit and to Dad and Shirley's arrival on Saturday. I'll give you a call tomorrow night, Dad, to confirm your flight times and will be there to pick you up at the airport. Saturday night will be game night at Jennifer's house with pizza and soda on tap. We will join Dad and Shirley for Sunday brunch at one of the casinos Sunday and will be on the road home after that.
The pictures above are cell phone camera quality as I forgot my digital camera at home and wanted to record our trip to Santa Cruz and the fantastic Pasatiempo golf course. Pasatiempo was built in 1929 by Alister Mackenzie, one of the truly great golf course architects of the twentieth century. His other courses include Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and Augusta National in Augusta, Georgia (site of the Masters). Interestingly, Pasatiempo was Alister's favorite course and he lived in a home off the sixth fairway for the rest of his life after the course was finished. Our day at Pasatiempo was perfect with a temperature of 70 degrees, no wind and perfect conditions on the course. We could see the ocean off the first tee and there was some fog over parts of the ocean, but it never pushed inland. I played great on Thursday and shot 39+41=80 on a very difficult course. Bob shot 83 and Boyd had a fantastic day with a 33+39=72 and his round included a hole-in-one on the 195 yard fifth hole. Coincidentally, it was the hole where we chose to take pictures of the group, so where I am pictured with Boyd he actually had a hole in one moments after the picture was taken. Both Bob and I saw the ball bounce and disappear into the hole. It was Boyd's sixth hole in one and his second this year. I had to harass him as I was the first to the green and looked in the hole and said, "Nope, it's empty, you must have gone over the green." Boyd didn't fall for it and we celebrated with drinks on the course when the cart girl made it around to us. It indeed has been a magical year of golf at some world class venues and I hope to continue the trips next year. I'm looking at Bandon, Oregon for our next trip and would also like to get out to Myrtle Beach, SC for a trip in the near future.
I played in the Turkey shoot on Saturday and shot 42+42=84 for a "could have been better" round of golf. I was five over par after 12 holes after birdieing 10, but fell apart and shot seven over in the last six holes. I've played a lot of golf recently and will take about ten days off now before playing again.
The Roseville Golf Club Christmas party is a week from Saturday and I'm in charge of the festivities this year. I'm gathering prizes and setting up the music and meals. I've also ordered some trophies and a few gifts for the outgoing President. I have yet to buy a new blazer which will need to have the club crest sewn on the front. All of the former presidents have the blazers and the only time they are worn is at the Christmas party.
Darla repainted the kitchen and breakfast nook on Saturday as I was golfing. She changed the color from blue to a lighter shade of the chocolate brown that is in the family room. For some reason she is on a painting kick and said that she couldn't find any fabric that would complement the brown and blue for the window coverings, so repainted the kitchen. Go figure.
I talked to Randy and Christopher yesterday. Chris' football team lost on Thursday night at Texas Stadium 24-21 and is out of the Texas High School playoffs. Their strength this year was defense and ultimately, the offense couldn't score enough to keep them alive to move on. Chris is ready to now explore his options in college ball and will put his energy into visiting teams and deciding where to spend the next five years of his football life. Good luck, Chris.
Well, work awaits on a short week so I better get to it. Have a blessed Thanksgiving and surround yourself with family. That's my plan. Ciao.
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