Litchfield Golf and Country Club

We woke up to a chilly morning - around 55 degree's F. There was a bit of wind as well. Hmmm, at least it wasn't raining. We were the 2nd group to tee off this morning and we all started off very well. We're hosting two competitions this time - closest to the pin and lowest number of putts. No one was successful in keeping their balls on the green's for this round. Lot's on the fringe, but that doesn't count!!

Putting competition today was fierce with Teresa having the lowest number - she had an average of less than 2 putts on this round - great work Teresa. The sun didn't come out until we were on the 18th hole. It's nice now - about 70 degree's. We're relaxing, doing some reading and catching up on emails.

After golf we went to the cheese store/farmers market in Murrel's Inlet - it was quite nice as they remembered us from our last visit - we must have made an impression. We had recommended a cheese to them and they had bought it and really enjoyed it. They loaned us their cheese slicer for the week. Now where in Toronto would you find that eh!

We went to the golf store and stocked up on some more of our special tee's. I'm going to try a higher tee tomorrow and see what happens and also a lower tee for the short par three's!

Tomorrow we're golfing at River Club - they received one of the highest ratings from Golf Digest in 2008 with 4.5 stars. It has lots of sand and water! Are we up for the challenge??

Charleston

We woke up this morning to a pretty sunrise. After an early breakfast we headed off to Charleston. It's about a 1.5 hour drive. We listened to a good sermon from Pastor Rand while we were driving.

We took a walking tour this morning which was 3 hours long. It was very interesting and we learned alot. We enjoyed a nice lunch and then went to see the SS Yorkton which is a very large ship that is anchored in the harbour. What an interesting tour. I know that I couldn't live on a ship or submarine after seeing how confined they are on these ships. I have a new appreciation for the Navy!

Tonight we'll relax, maybe take another hot tub and get ready for our golf tomorrow.

Oh what a night

Our first day/evening and we decided to go out for dinner at the Carolina Roadhouse. It was busy there and we had to wait about 1/2 hr to get in. That was ok, we enjoyed a glass of wine/beer outside while waiting. Dinner was really delicious.

What better way than to spend the end of the evening in the hot tub. We enjoyed the weather and finished off the evening with some awesome fireworks on the beach.!

We're here

We got up to a shroud of fog. Our drive was good and uneventful! The weather warmed up nicely as we were driving and it was 76 degree's by the time we got here. We arrived at 5:00 and made good time.

We're all unpacked now and thinking about where to go for dinner! We're looking forward to an awesome week.

Southbound

It's 3:00 p.m. and we're ready to to roll! We are certainly looking forward to a weeklong vacation. The drive was good, the weather was clear. We had some problems finding a hotel along the way. It was a busy week for Universities and all the hotels were booked. We finally at 12:30 a.m. found a hotel in Bridgeport, West Virginia. We were all snuggled up by 1:30.. boy was I tired. My day was a busy one as was the previous day and I worked till 1:00 a.m. on Thursday night/Friday morning and was up again at 6:15.

Only two more sleeps

I can't believe that it's almost October. Can you? We're headed to Myrtle Beach on Friday with Teresa and Lawrence and looking forward to a wonderful weeklong vacation. We have 5 days booked for golf and we're praying for sunshine!

We hope you follow along with us as we explore the sunny south!

Sunday - Doral

We have a beautiful room in Lodge #6. It's a corner unit and it quite large. We have our own balcony with chair's where we can sit and relax.

Sunday started off as a beautiful morning. We headed off to Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and enjoyed a wonderful sermon and Lord's supper today. What a "HUGE" church this was. It was a two hour service, but went by very quickly. We were all packed up and headed south to Doral. We checked in our new hotel at the Doral Golf resort. By this time it was raining and rained for the rest of the day. So much for going to the beach today. We spent a quiet day enjoying our hotel room and relaxing.

This is a beautiful resort, very much geared to customer service. They really try to make you feel welcome and at home At checkin, we were advised that our one reservation on the Jim Mclean course, was cancelled due to poor conditions so we were upgraded to the Blue Monster. What a way to end our vacation! Tomorrow we will golf on the "Great White" course and then Tuesday on the "Blue Monster". Ralph is on cloud "9"... Should be fun!! We hope that the rain stops - it's not heavy, but a soft rain...