After a one year postponement, the departure is drawing nigh. When I stop and think about it, time flies. A year ago seems like yesterday.
The recent 15 inch snow storm has severely delayed any opportunity to practice outside, and it seems like a round of golf before we leave won't be possible. I know that's not true, but my opportunities will be severely limited. You see I'm doing a training course to become a rider coach in the Motorcycle Safety Foundation scheme. By the time the snow melts, April at the earliest, I will be spending three consecutive weekends in the training sessions. These include four hours on a Friday evening, and eight hours on Saturday and Sunday. If you add that up, it leaves no time for golf on the weekends until the last one in April. Then I have to lead a field trip on Sunday the 28th. So before we leave, it's Saturday April 27, and May 4 and 5 as my only weekend options for warm-up golf. Yikes.
Of course I'll have time for some 9 hole sessions during the week and ample opportunity for "the range" where I'm a three handicap. A shank on the first tee of the Old Course will not occur and my plan is to not hit a ground ball.
The lodging is all booked, the vehicle reserved and most of the courses set. Hurry up and wait!
