Today I played golf with John Lutz, a friend from Warsaw, at New Smyrna Beach Municipal golf course. They had four sets of tees and we played from the whites which were next to the furthest back blue tees. We went as a twosome but the course paired us up with two other men to make a foursome. The course had more people on it than I have ever seen in my life on a golf course. It also turned out to be one of the slowest rounds of golf I think I have ever played taking around four hours and forty minutes. I spoke to some locals who said today was the busiest day of the year so far and the course packs people on the course to maximize profits instead of spacing out tee times to allow for faster play. It was a nice course with a lot of sand on every hole and water on most. One errant shot and it usually cost you two strokes. I shot an 87 due to a couple of those errant shots and some erratic putting and never having played the course before. I think if we played it again I could have done much better especially on four or five holes. But even though it was slow we still had a good time. Huli spent the afternoon with Carol Lutz while we were golfing and said they had a great time too.
Tonight Nasa launched an Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station which is just east of us over near the Atlantic Ocean. The launch occurred at 8:04 pm so it was dark. The rocket carried a next generation satellite that will be used to improve mobile communications for U.S. ground troops around the world. It will provide 10 times more capabilities than satellites currently in use.
Below are some pictures I have taken since my last post.
In Indiana we used to have to worry about dogs getting into your trash. In some camp grounds I have stayed in you would see raccoons in the trash. In Florida there is a whole different kind of pest that tears into your trash. I believe this is what you call a buzzard.
I took this picture from a Nasa web page just to show what the rocket looked like on the launch pad.
I took these from out in front of our motor home. This is when the engine was ignited.
