Pictures (Wednesday)

Tom the pool sharkTom off the diving board

Coyote in someone's yard along the golf course

Can't see the mountains from this angle but you can see how green the grass is!

Our last day of golf

Home again, home again; jiggidy jig jig

I typed this yesterday but didn’t get around to posting it until today (Friday).

Technically, I’m not quite home yet – we’re still in the air but this won’t get posted until we land so I thought it was an apt title. The trip seemed to start out slow but the last few days really flew by. We seemed to stay pretty busy, especially considering we barely left Sun City West.

Yesterday we made sure to do two of the things we were most looking forward to this trip: go to the pool and play some golf. We started the day off in the pool hall before heading to the liquid version of the same name. It was at the latter that we absolutely relished the last bits of sun we are going to see for a while (yes, I’ve been checking the weather back home). We also took along the camera so be sure to check out the pictures from yesterday.

After swimming we headed out to the golf course for our final round. If you tee off after 3:30 you can play as many holes that you can get in for the same price as 9. I think we got to 14 (it was a slow start – they were backed up on the 1^st tee box). Tom had a great round of golf and finally beat Grant. It took a 42 (6 over) to pull off the upset victory but it was plenty since Grant had an off day and shot a 48. The golf course was a great place to spend our last afternoon in the Valley of the Sun. As always there was plenty of flora and fauna. In addition to the usual flowering cacti and waterfowl that we’ve seen all week (and the ever-abundant rabbits) we also saw an owl and a coyote in someone’s yard.

All in all, it was a great trip. Not sure when we’ll get back out there but the sun is a strong motivator, especially when Michigan is struggling to consistently stay above freezing. Thanks all who indulged me by checking in on the trip, hopefully you enjoyed some of the pictures and play-by-play of our trip.