Golf with Maurica We departed Connie and Lee’s in the morning to meet our friend Maurica Smith at Amherst Country Club to play golf. Maurica grew up at our local golf club in Florida, Riviera Country Club. She is one of Donnie Klem’s star pupils She took the morning off […]
Dateline August 12, 2017 New Hampshire and Maine Read More »
2017 Travel, Family, Golf
Our visit with Uncle Bill and Aunt Margaret We departed Rhode Island and headed to Cape Cod to visit Janice’s Aunt Margaret and Uncle Bill. We took the scenic route along the coast across the bridge and stopped to work on the blog for about an hour. We arrived at
Dateline August 7, 2017: Family and Golf Read More »
2017 Travel, Family, Golf
We have taken you along with us to a lot of the destinations going north, so we don’t want to bore you with those stops, however there are some new interesting places and good golf along the road. Asheville and Golf at Black Mountain Our next stop was just outside
Dateline July 28, 2017: North Carolina and Rhode Island Read More »
2017 Travel, Family, Golf
Pinehurst Pinehurst is one of the greatest golf destinations in the United States. it is famous for the golf courses designed by Donald Ross, one of the most famous golf course architects ever. Ross apprenticed under Old Tom Morris in St. Andrews, Scotland and arrived in the United States in
Dateline August 28, 2015: Pinehurst, Niagara on the Lake and Forest ON Read More »
2015 Travel, Family, Golf
We have enjoyed a beautiful spring and early summer with family, friends and neighbors in Flagler Beach and the wonderful golf course we play at, Riviera Golf Club (The Riv), in Holly Hill. The time came to pick up on our travels. We packed the car for out six
Dateline August 14, 2015: Summer Travels Begin (Family and Friends) Read More »
2015 Travel, Family, Golf
Welcome to our Christmas. We must admit that it is all different when you have a grandchild to make it a Merry, Merry time! First let us introduce you to Collin, John’s son James and his wife Mary’s first child, good news, a girl is on her way in
2014 – Christmas with Collin!! Read More »
Family
Leaving Coeur d’Alene and heading through the rest of Idaho, 20 miles and on to Spokane. Both of John’s parents grew up there before meeting in Seattle at the University of Washington. It had been so many years ago that we took a pass on visiting old home sites and
Dateline: July 17, Washington to the Redwood Forest Read More »
2013 Trip, Family
After leaving Yellowstone we traveled out the southern gate of Yellowstone National Park directly into the Teton National Forest on our way to Jackson, commonly known as Jackson Hole. At approximately 310,000 acres, the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long Teton Range as well as most of the
Dateline July 9, 2013 Montana – Big Sky Country Read More »
2013 Trip, Family
After two weeks at home we are back in the Road Trek. One of the “home” projects was to build a garage and a storage room in the old carport that connects directly to the kitchen. Here is a picture of the cement blocks as we leave the house. We
Dateline June 16, 2012: James and Mary’s Wedding Read More »
2012 Trip, Family
Having dodged the brunt of Irene we drove to New Bedford Massachussetts where we spent the night. Many of the fishing fleet were still in as they had returned in anticipation of the hurricane. By the time we left New Bedford on Tuesday there was not a single ship in
Dateline September 5, 2011 Long Island Read More »
Family