What a great summer we had here in the North Okanagan. We were away most of July visiting relatives, etc. but we came home to enjoy another holiday with our golfing group. We went to Fauquier in the West Kootenays for a three day camping/golfing trip. We all enjoyed it so much we plan to do it again next year. Tukaluk Campground is only about a quarter mile from the Fauquier Golf Course so we were able to pack eight people and golf bags and carts into three cars. The day started out a bit cloudy but as we continued our play (no don't ask how I did) the weather improved as the day went on and we girls left the boys after doing nine holes and went back to the campground to "mellow out". They caught us giving each other pedicures. The pedicures delayed supper by about two hours (a minor nuisance according to my hubby). By the way, I'm giving a plug for the campground even though there was a fire ban in the district. The owner, Gloria, was just great. She greeted us and took hubby on a tour of the campground in her golf cart and showed us where we could all set up. It was great.
At the end of August, hubby and I participated in the club championship at our little golf course in Armstrong, BC. Hubby won his flight low gross and I won my flight low gross. I was VERY focused. I had been golfing like a beginner all year and I finally hit the ball, chipped good and putted good. It was enough to win by one stroke. Two gift certificates to the golf course will come in very handy next year. We also decided to buy our membership on a limited basis. That means we can golf only during the week. We counted how many weekends we had golfed and guess what? not once except for the club championship. We'll save a couple hundred dollars on that too.
Last year our clubhouse burned to the ground. We were hoping we'd be in the clubhouse by now but they are building it very slowly. It is going to be a spectacular timber frame building and hopefully we will be in it next year when we get back from our trip.
Our son worked at a golf course this year about 25 miles from our home. He and his sweetie will also be travelling south a few days after we leave.
The weather in Lo de Marcos has been very rainy this summer and we may wait a while before going to Mexico.
We are travelling with folks from Vernon and Ontario into Mexico this year. We are trying to downplay the news reports about the violence between the drug cartels and hopefully we will be safe. The people down there depend on us "snowbirds" for our custom. I am humbled by the privilege to travel in their country. I did not find the language barrier as bad as I thought it might be. Son's sweetie is fluent in Spanish and she helped us along the way. When we left them we were on our own and we made do; a few words seemed to help us ok.
Well, we'll keep in touch with everyone as we get underway in a week or so.
Adios for now,
Holoidays on holiday
