We made it to Trinitas on Friday and perhaps not at all too soon. The local neighbors are making life really difficult for Mike Nemee and his home grown golf club. In fact, they have filed suit against him in Calaveras County and the County supervisors are considering shutting him down. He built his course without filing any plans with the county or arranging any permits for a public facility. Boyd and Bob had to stop and ask directions as they simply "googled" the address and got lost (I got the directions off the website). One of the locals told them that playing "that course" is in violation of the law.
The golf course itself is incredible, but the greens are "stupid fast" where a ball dropped on the green in many spots will completely roll off the green. The course has a 141 slope for a reason and the reason is the greens. There is not a flat green in the bunch and they are all razor fast. I shot 88, Boyd, 80, Bob 87 and Neil suffered through a 106. We were all in agreement that the venue is incredible, you don't see a house or hear a car the entire time you are on the golf course and it is a relaxing and enjoyable day of golf. The course continues to fly under the radar and they have tee times set up starting at 9 AM and they run every half hour. When you tee off the group in front of you is three or four holes away. The fairways are Bent turf Bermuda so the fairways are brown this time of year as you can tell by the pictures above. By the way, I brought our little Nikon Coolpix camera, after charging the batteries and when I pulled it out to use it, the memory card wasn't in it. I took the above pictures with my i phone. Mike's wife still makes the sandwiches which are delivered by the head pro when you are on the tenth hole. The course itself is still not commercially viable as the first hole is about a mile from the pro shop, which is attached to the Nemee home and shares a bathroom with their oldest son. We got there early and hit a shag bag full of balls off the 12 tee onto the 12th fairway, which had been collected by the time we came around and played that hole. The pro shop for whatever reason was built next to the 12th tee box. The parking is a small space bulldozed out around olive trees and the 18 holes, although flowing well do not come back to the clubhouse. The pro came out and delivered our sandwiches, which included a pickle, chips, soda and a candy bar. It was a fun experience, but we all agreed that it is a fun novelty, but not a course we would want to play on a routine basis.
The title of this gnome refers to Darla being off in Chicago. She flew out on Saturday and returns Wednesday night. She was able to get a direct flight on Southwest and her conference started today. I haven't heard from her tonight, but the conference will run until about 10:00 PM Central time, so she should be checking in soon. I'm not a good bachelor as time runs away from me and I ended up eating dinner at nine o'clock or falling asleep on the couch and waking up at midnight to go to bed (like I did last night). I enjoy the routine of marriage and the companionship.
I ended up not playing golf yesterday as most of the guys had other commitments and we had a tournament today. I did go to one of the nursery stores and picked up a dozen multi packs of annuals and spent the day clearing out some dead groundcover that died in the snow that we had this Winter. I then replanted the yellow, pink, white, red and purple flowers in the flowerbeds around the pool. I also trimmed back a couple of the bushes and cleaned the pool. I was out there from noon until 4:30 and then came in and watched golf and relaxed. I also had a teleconference with my boss from about 10:30 until 11:30 as we had a number of issues to go over and he was out of the office Tuesday-Thursday and I was out Friday.
We had a threatened storm all weekend that all but fizzled out. I felt a couple of raindrops yesterday, but Auburn 15 minutes east of us had a 1/4 inch of rain. Today was supposed to be wet all day and I thought the golf tournament at Wildhawk golf course in Sacramento would be rained out. The Doppler radar showed the storm coming in about three this afternoon and we actually made it through 15 holes before the skies opened up and we were toting umbrellas and trying to stay dry and keep our grips from getting wet. It was cold and windy most of the day, but the rain just made it miserable. I played really well on the front with a 39, but went six over par the last four holes to shoot 44 on the back for 83, which is right on my handicap. Boyd shot 75, Matt shot 77 and Neil had a really efficient 83, which won him $51 in his flight. I was proud of Neil, whose game has really improved since he retired from work. He doesn't hit the ball very long off the tee, but he is consistent and will see his handicap (which is currently 15) come down over time. He had three birdie putts and missed them all, but was consistent all day for his net 68.
It is supposed to rain all week and I have a busy week at work. Tuesday, Peter and I will travel together and visit some of our agents in the Lodi, Manteca area. Wednesday I have a company in town from North Carolina and I have dinner with them, after which I have to run to the airport to pick up Darla and one of her fellow Silpada consultants. This ladies' husband drove them to the airport Saturday morning and I will pick them up. I also have to meet a representative from our shredding company to deliver some 90 gallon bins to the office in Modesto, where I will fill them and they will haul them back to their facility to be shred. These are policies and underwriting files that contain personal information. I also have to get the furniture and equipment photographed for Craigslist, where I will give away desks, filing cabinets, cubicles and whatnot to anyone willing to haul it away. I also have to meet someone from Ikon, who will pick up the fax, scanner, copier and transport it to my office. Next Monday, our CEO will be in San Francisco and I will be there for meetings along with three of my underwriters. Harvey is bringing in several of our carriers on Monday for meetings with Burns and Wilcox.
I am officially a geek now as I researched on the internet how to convert Flip video files to MP 4 files. I downloaded a converter off the internet, converted the files and uploaded the video to my i phone. What I haven't figured out yet is how to get the video on my blog. That will be next.
Well, I need to eat some dinner. It is 8:43 PM, Darla just called. I hope you have a great week. be well. Ciao.
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