Well a real quick update. We made it………. we’re here. We arrived in St. Martin on time and on schedule. Louis and Sebastien from Automax picked us up at the airport and drove us to our condo; which is exactly like the Web Pages show. This morning we got up early and drove to the local airport in Grand Case to catch a 9:00 a.m. to St. Barth’s were Dean and Judy are staying. The word fantastic does not describe the place they are staying. It is called Villa Manon, just check out this web page; more pictures at a later date; it is happy hour (happy two hour)so not much is not getting done. Tonoght dinner is on the deck looking out at multi-million yachts. Fine Wine, Fine Family, Fine Food…… it just can’t get any better.

Today we are having a new front door installed. It’s part of our ongoing renovations. These renovation have been ongoing since we moved in to the house 20 years ago. Little by little and as we can afford and budget for it we have been fixing, changing, modernizing, etc. The company that is doing the installation is Anchor Door and Window. Now, some of you may say “Larry, why don’t you do it yourself”? Well there are many home renovation projects that I am willing to attempt and there are others that are best left to those with the knowledge and probably as important the tools. After watching the two guys this morning spend the better part of 2 hours removing the old door, frame, etc. I know I made the correct decision. They figured that the person(s) who built our home jacked up the front door and then built the rest of the house around it!!!!

 The finished door will look somewhat like this one, just not with the real fancy glass. We opted for pinstripe privacy panels on the sides.

So, here is what the finished door looks like…..

“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening – and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.” – Arnold Plamer

Well the last couple of days have not been my better games of the year. In fact I would have to say that they have been the two worse back to back games I have had this year.

Friday Dave H., AL J. and I went to Rivershore. The day was perfect, the course was perfect and my game was perfect until the 5th hole. Where I proceeded to slice the ball out of bounds ended up with a triple and then the wheels really fell off……… I ended up shooting a 45 on the front nine. Anyway I walk up to the 10th tee box with hopes of salvaging the round and hooked my drive into the water hazard,  dropped a second ball and topped it into the water hazard, dropped a third ball and hit it into another water hazard about 180 yards away and then quit playing on that hole. 3 Pro V1’s into the water gets expensive. After that I stopped counting so I really do not know what I scored at the end of the round. The really good news is that Al J. had one of his better games and shot an 85 which is great for that course.

Today Ley Mc. and I went to Eagle point and after a duck hook on the first hole and 3 putts once I got to the green I took a double. On the second hole I hooked my ball O/B and took a double, I recovered on the 3rd hole only to 3 putt for a bogie and after a few holes stopped counting. The back nine was very slow and we jumped ahead a couple holes to speed up our round since neither of us was playing well. Actually after we stopped counting the round got very enjoyable, we were hitting a couple balls, trying shots we don’t normally try and made a good day out of it.