Golf in Biloxi MS

I blogged earlier that I played golf at the oldest Golf Club in Mississippi.

I took some pics and now that we are home, I share them with you.

Also talking to one of my three sisters - Carol - found out her husband learned to play golf at Great Southern, AND his mom used to take him to Waveland to play on the beach.

So Carol, here are some pics to remember George's youth:

The first one is from the green looking back toward the tee and the ocean we started at.



The next one is the tree blocking the green on #17, well it blocked the green for my shot both times I played. Seems it had something to do with a little slice. This tree has survived a bunch of hurricanes, and it was nice to just sit under it and relax.



The last is the beach at Waveland, where we saw several Manta Rays.



Now the joke is that we can really pick campsites.

The first night we stayed at a campground that was right at a busy interstate interchange. So we listened to traffic all night.

AUTOMOBILES

The second night it was near train tracks, so we listened to whistles all night.

TRAINS

The third night it was near an airport that had air force C141s practicing touch and goes.

PLANES

SO: PLANES, TRAINS, and AUTOMOBILES........

Two nights ago, we were on the river and thought, PERFECT

NO HIGHWAYS NEAR BY, NO AIRPORTS, NO TRAIN TRACKS........

guess what we forgot about?



Yep, BARGES AND TUGBOATS...................

We have them all, Planes, trains, automobiles, AND Barges..............

But we spend two weeks doing what is best for us

CELEBRATING LIFE.

WE did it

Today was one of those Chamber days down here in Mississippi. Temp in the 80s, humidity in the 50s. Perfect mild on shore breeze.

The Barngoddess1 and I got up late and changed plans for the day.

So we drove over to the oldest golf course in Mississippi. Yes that is right, the oldest golf course.

Needless to say I took a lead from the LongRoof and walked right in and asked if I could play 18..

Yes sir, just sign here.

Can I walk?

No sir, you need to take a cart so you don't tire out too quickly.

And that my friends is how I got to play the oldest golf course in Mississippi.

The Great Southern Golf Club, Biloxi, MS.

Start at the beach, head to the swamps, and return to the beach. What a course!

If you come to this area, you have to play this course.

It looks very easy and simple, but has little tricks in it that just drive you crazy. Take the ninth hole. It is a blind hole, 350 some yards long. You don't know where you are going due to the trees and layout.

I hit the driver about 230 on that hole and was in perfect position to play a wedge to the green. Wow what a course.

We took quite a few pictures, but due to the cable being in Missouri and us being in Mississippi, well, I'll just post pics later.

Now this course was established in 1908 and it is great.

Oh yeah, when paying for the 18 and cart, I asked if they gave a military discount.

Yes sir we do!

I gave him a twenty, he gave me a score card and key to the golf cart, and I went and played 18 on some of the best holes I've played in a long time.

The par 5, 510 yard, number 15 was the killer. Three shots and I was over the green, took three more to make the green, and one putt gave me a 7. But the scenery was perfect.

Play this course if you love golf and come to this area.

And don't forget to ask for military discount if you qualify.

And then we roamed over to Waveland and spent two hours on a great beach, just walking and talking, walking and not talking, just spending time together.

Saw several baby sting rays (or were they manta rays), and enjoyed just walking in the water and spending time together. Also saw a lot of left over damage from Katrina and Ike. Sad to see so many vacant lots with just foundations left.

But then we came back to our mobile house and had some excellent steak, thanks to the Barngoddess1 and "hamburger".

More later, as we

Celebrate Life

YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID

BUT YOU CAN

VOTE THEM OUT

I'm Busy

I guess the correct phrase should be

I am busy traveling all over the southeast.

Spent yesterday in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.

Today is spent in Mississippi.

Tomorrow? who knows.

I can't post any pictures because I left the connecting cable at home.

Can't watch tv cause the connecting cable is too short.....

I'll just have to post pics later.

BEsides, I'm busy, golf tourney 9/10 and then on to other and better things.

later
tom

I guess it's full

My last blog I talked about the rain filling the new pond up.

Well, last evening we had more rain..... Kind of like the eye of the hurricane went over us, left us with a feeling of relief, and then the second round hit.
We missed out on the tornado warnings, city of Republic and east didn't though.

But we sure got some more rain. In fact, so much rain the pond is now full......
yep, probably 12 to 14 feet of water in the new pond, along with the pallets we didn't get out, the mud and muck that was still there. But the pond is full.
Dang near overspilled the dam in one area.

If you look at this picture, above my head you see the clean dirt row... that is the north end of the new pond,



the next picture is of the new dam from the west (house side) and the dam goes clear around to the left where the first picture showed plain dirt. The water almost breached the dam in the center of the picture. only about 10 inches and it would have been over the dam.



another view from the north side you can see the pond etal.......



Yep the pond is becoming a lake and we are ready for the weather to get hot again so we can use it for a swimming hole, but weather this weekend is highs in 70s, so may not swim for awhile.

Might try to get The Bus to bring his boat out and we could water ski ????? well ok.

but we will Celebrate Life

Only needed 2 hours more

So Fred has been diligently working to get the pond expanded and ready for the rains that were due on Thursday of this week.

So Wednesday morning he only needed about two hours to finish hauling that last big pile of mud and muck from the original pond bottom over to the other side of the dam.

Well guess what, the rain man didn't wait, and Wednesday this part of the Ozarks was like Daytonna Beach or NewOrleans during one of those big round storms....

We had 6 to 10 inches across southwest MO and the pond....

well it's half full now........



The pile of muck sticking up shows where the original pond was, and you can see how big the expansion will make the pond... a lake now. Great for swimming and fishing.



Now to just get the water out of the pond so we can finish removing the mud muck pallets and tin, and then be ready for the rain again.



but we are like a willow tree, bend in the wind and recover to continue to

CELEBRATE LIFE

What we found .....

Now when the big little brothers of mine go out they always come back with something that is auto related.

When I go out I find all kinds of neat creatures of the wild.

Recently draining the pond we found some of those wild creatures, and I share them with you for your viewing pleasure.

First THE FISH
as previously posted about, here is another view



but before the fish came THE FROG



and shortly after the frog,

the daughter alerted me to something slithering on the other side of the pond, in the general vicinity of where we are standing in this picture



and after popping a couple rounds of 22 short shot into that area, we came up with THE DEAD SNAKE



then yesterday when the dozer was working in that same area, the operator said there were about 50 hundred of them snakes all across the ground, it looked like the ground was covered with them.

fortunately, they are black water snakes and common to this area, similiar to black snakes that eat rodents and other venonmous snakes.

So that is another part of the wonderful sunday at the pond

Celebrate life.