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Archive for January, 2010

For those of you who have been following my blog and wonder why nothing has been updated – well, it’s because I have been in California playing golf. Lucky me! I apologize for being away so long, but it was worth it. Although, that being said, I had my worst game ever back at the Lake Forest 9-hole course. I did get to go play at another course while I was there – Casta del Sol. It is a beautiful short 18-hole public course near Lake Mission Viejo. My first 18-hole game. I won’t tell you my score, but I will say that I did have some really great shots that I was very pleased with. In that game, I played with my brother Rob, my sister-in-law Carrie, and Carrie’s mother Mary. Mary told us a story about a time she played at Casta del Sol. The first hole starts up on a hill and at the bottom there is a little ditch with a creek running through it. Mary teed off and her ball lofted high and then plunk went straight down into the ditch. She heard something when it hit the creek, but didn’t know what it was. When she went to retrieve the ball, there, laying on it’s back, wings outstretched was a dead duck. I’m not sure Mary will ever get over it, but it does give new meaning to someone yelling “duck!”