Believe it or not there are times when it’s not golf 24x7 around here. These past couple weeks it’s only been golf about 12x7. Lots of other things going on.
To start with there was the weather. We have absolutely beautiful falls out here in The Wild West, but every year, just as fall is starting, Mother Nature whaps us upside the head with a couple of days of cold wet weather, just to remind us what’s coming later. She did said whapping last week. Which was the signal to pick everything from the garden, clean up the flowerbeds, check the size and wearability of all coats/gloves/boots/ski-and-snowboard-gear and replace if needed, get out all the corduroy/jeans/long-sleeved-shirts/sweaters, and make sure every car has a scraper.
Then there are the Rockies ( the baseball team ). They were in a race for the NL wild card spot, which they finally managed to clinch today, but we were chewing fingernails for a week or so there. And there is even a chance ( somewhat slim since their remaining games are against the Dodgers ) they might win their division. In any case there will be baseball around here well into October. Which means more nights at the ballpark instead of blogging.
And there are the actual Rockies. As in the mountains. The Aspen are turning, which requires the yearly trip to take in the green and gold hillsides ( notice please flatlanders…they are referred to as hillsides, not mountainsides. You ski down a mountainside, but you look at Aspen on hillsides. Don’t ask me why. That’s just the way things roll.).
There has been some golf. The cc had it’s yearly version of the Ryder Cup. The Golfer was the captain of Team USA this year. They were victorious over Team Europe. Which means he automatically qualifies for next years tournament, so he was happy.
Tonight the Avalanche start their season, which means we will now be adding hockey games to the mix. Tonight they are honoring Joe Sakic and retiring his number. Very bitter sweet. The Avs have never started a season without Super Joe. This is a ‘rebuilding’ year, so great things are not expected. But hopefully they can at least win this home opener for Joe.
The Presidents Cup is next week. And the weather is supposed to stay up in the 70’s. So I’m sure we will be back to golf around 20x7. At least until the first baseball playoff game.
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