Another day of Golf in Florida

We met up with George's brother and sister in law,  Dick and Karen, for a day of golf at Patrick AFB.  They drove over from Orlando in the morning and we spent the day together.  It is always great to play golf with Dick but we were treated to a 2-fer when Karen decided to join us on the golf outing.  Although Karen does not play she is a great cart driver, flag holder and cheerleader.  When we left the campground we were met by our newest friends, Stumpy and his little sidekick alligator. They were waiting for us just as we turned on the road out of the campground.  We are beginning to see more gators everyday, maybe because now we know they are here and we are looking for them.  We have seen them on the side of the road (where we go for our walks), we have seen them in the bay (we saw two gators this morning as we were watching the dolphins and manatee with Dick and Karen) and one was just off the women's tee as Pat was teeing off this afternoon (she hit a great shot despite the distraction). 

Stumpy and his little alligator friend (look close)

After we visited with our aquatic and gator friends this morning we drove down to Patrick AFB to play a round of golf.  Dick's driver, Karen accompanied us to make a day of it, so we not only got in a round of golf but also visited with Dick and Karen.  If you know Karen, you know that she kept us smiling despite some really bad shots from each of us.

Karen driving Dick around the course - there is always a smile on Karen's face!

Karen relaxs after working hard just to keep us smiling today!

Maybe the white flag meant more to us than marking the center of the green - we were ready to surrender after 18 holes on this course.  We had 18 fairways lined with water on both sides and around each green plus all the sand we could mine.  I think we all lost at least one ball to the water gods and got to play on several beaches today!  It wasn't our best round of golf but we did have a good time.  After all --- a bad day on the course is better than a great day at work.  Oh that's right!!! None of us work anymore, we (as my oldest son will tell you) are drains on society and the hard working Americans who pay their taxes to allow us to live the life style we enjoy.   To those Americans who toil each day, "just for us old retired folks" - we thank you!

Tomorrow we "need" to go to the real beach with Pat's brother, Chas and sister in law, Sharon since the temps will be back up in the mid 80s.  Oops, Sorry about that comment!!  We hope all of you are enjoying your backyards and please remember that we keep you in our thoughts and prayers.