As promised, I played a round at the Education City Golf Club this morning. They have three courses including an 18-hole championship course, but I just walked the par 3 nine-hole which was quite challenging itself, with hills and lakes and a lot of deep bunkers (because sand is a plentiful commodity here, after all; I was able to to closely inspect most of them thanks to some errant drives). It was fairly inexpensive and busy and people were taking lessons on the driving range and everyone seemed to be having a good time, which is what golf is all about (until it isn’t, fellow players will know what I mean).

A golf course.

You know you want to gallop across it, right? Lost one in the drink here.

I saw and heard some interesting birds on the course, including this funny little guy, the Hoopoe. And so many Laughing Doves… following me around and laughing and laughing.

A bird walking on the grass.

Cute little Hoopoe. (Wikimedia/CreativeCommons)

There seems to be a continuing trend here regarding my age – today my Uber driver, another smart-ass 20-something, said “get in the car, Grandmother.” I think he imagined he was being funny. And I am a grandma but I don’t need to be reminded of it daily, thank you Gen Z comedians. No tip for you! And another fellow at the venue informed me that I “look like you have been in this business for a long time.” Where’s the Botox?!

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