As usual it was great to see everyone at the annual "Bainbridge September Layover Party". What wonderful accommodation for our food fest and kind of our hostess to allow the use of her wonderful mansion. Since I've become a "desert golfing rat" for so many years in Mesa AZ, I don't see so many of you any other time of the year. Seattle will always hold my roots and now I will be spending more time there (Tacoma area) in the summers. So if you're headed for some winter sunshine in the PHX area, check in with me or want to get together for golf or even lunch in the summers in Seattle I can always be reached on my cell phone (602) 684-3806.
Met a wonderful guy online summer of 2006 and we got engaged in March (he's my Tacoma area life). Just a couple of months later he was diagnosed with Stage IV Lung Cancer (a non smoker but exposed to second hand smoke for many years). So he retired a year early and we've been golfing a bunch and fighting his disease. We are in Mesa for the lovely winter sunshine now. Just wanted to share some pictures of a few of our golf and traveling adventures since August. We were at his last company function in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and played that fabulous course. Managed to hit the Par 3 floating green #17 and 2 putt for par and a certificate! Yea! Tom's company sent us on the golf trip of a lifetime for his retirement... Scotland!! We had a fantastic trip, two weeks in Scotland and then three days in Bruges Belgium. Tom totally enjoyed flying in First Class (our bennies in action) across the Atlantic from IAD/LHR and BRU/IAD his only disappointment that those flights were too short. Getting to and from SEA/IAD/SEA were a challenge in SA travel as both fights we originally listed for were canceled... made for very loooong days of cross country Y seat center travel but we actually left and arrived the days we planned using passes!! Amazing!!
Golfing in Scotland was like walking hallowed ground for us, we played several of the British Open courses (Carnoustie, Crail, Cruden Bay, etc.) and the grand daddy of them all St Andrews Old Course!
The weather was wonderful too! We had gear for 40 degree sideways wind and rain but could have played in shorts some days, just didn't bring any. Bruges is a city I've visited several times years ago and the tourists have taken over but it was still great, enjoyed biking the wonderful 15th century cobblestone streets.
Here's some pictures of our great adventures, hope to hear from any and all. Jana Maxwell maxwelljk@aol.com
