Duffing at St. Stephen Golf Club

Today was forecast to be nice, but a little cooler than recent days.  While we had planned to go kayaking, we couldn't find a really good lake or bay to explore.  So we decided to do what we've been talking about doing for weeks:  we're going golfing!

We have Sunday bags and basic set of clubs each, and we've golfed maybe once a year or so since we started RV'ing.  But it's so seldom that we really don't have a chance to improve our game.  This fact makes it harder for us to decide to play a round.   We know we won't be up to snuff, and we don't want to slow up all the other golfers.

The local public course, however, was just the ticket for us, because it seems to boast lots of retired locals, many of whom don't seem to golf much better than we do.  This was all the encouragement we needed.

Here's Kathy, eagerly addressing her ball on the first tee:

David addressed his ball, too:

Kathy loved her pink golf ball, but she lost it in a water hazard around midway through our round.  She dug into her bag and found these peppy little "Flying Ladies" -- Thing 1 and Thing 2!  These became her lucky golf balls for the rest of the round.

We were hoping for some birdies, but this is the only birdie we got:

Only in Canada must a golfer look out for bears while aiming for the green.

Results:  Kathy got the only par of the day, a par 3 on the 18th hole!  Otherwise, we shot over par on every hole.  Our scores?  Kathy shot mmmppphhh and David shot $%#^&&*.  We were within three strokes of each other, and it was uncanny how often our shots were exactly the same distance.  Ultimately, thanks to her par on 18 and David's game collapsing on the last holes, Kathy whomped David by 3 strokes.

Nothing salves golf wounds like a stop at the 19th Hole.  We found our golfer respite at 5 Kings Pub in St. Stephen.  The beer was good, if not memorable.  We each enjoyed a seafood meal, and finished off our visit to town by visiting the local lighthouse.

Now we're planning a campfire dinner tonight before we move tomorrow up to Bathhurst, New Brunswick.

Cheerio!