A very good day!

 5:42 am - Sunday - June 22nd - LPG&RVR - 39° F, humidity 51%, wind 2 mph out of the northwest.....overcast today with a forecast high of 68° F.  On this date in 2018 TLE and I were having dinner in Bar Harbor, ME......

....with my sister Hilary, her husband, Bob, and daughter Stephanie at the Bar Harbor Inn.

I always get a little nervous on the day of the annual Likely Fire Department Golf Tournament.  It is always a very busy day with a lot of activity at the beginning of the day, and a lot at the end.  In between it is just a matter of doing a little marshaling.  We had more than 20 couples signed up to participate in this 'best ball' tournament, which means close to 20 golf carts must be staged prior to 8 am, plus carts for our regular customers.  With the help of one of the owners, Dennis Tate, and Joel, a Club Member, we fueled and staged 21 golf carts by 8 am.  I had washed all but two of the rental carts on Friday, so it went pretty smoothly.

By 9 am all the competitors had headed out to their starting holes, and began to play.  I assisted Claude in the marshaling duties for the rest of the morning.  I received a call from TLE around 9:45 am that one of the Yamaha golf carts (#21) had incurred a flat tire on the 7th fairway, so I retrieved a floor jack, a tire iron, and a spare tire and headed out to the 7th fairway.  Claude met me there, and in about 10 minutes we had changed the tire, and returned it to the golfers to continue their round.  That was it, as far as drama is concerned, for Saturday.

By the time we returned the equipment to the 'Caddy Shack' it was time for me to give TLE her lunch break, which was pretty uneventful with just a couple of phone calls.  By 1:30 pm the tournament golf carts began to return.  I had them park in the 'Cart Return' area in rows of three and then Claude and I began to wash and dry them; Claude sprayed them down, and I dried them.  By 2:30 pm we had washed and dried 18 of the 21 golf carts.  Without Claude's help it would have taken me until after 3:30 pm to get all that done.....thank you Claude!!

Of course no Saturday is complete without the weekly putting contest, and on tournament day we always have a big turnout. This Saturday was no exception; we had 40 putters.  As you will recall I took last Saturday off from the putting contest, but I did practice putting on Thursday after work.  I easily won my first round, and continued putting well enough for the next 4 rounds getting into the final and 6th round.  My opponent and I were even beginning the 3rd hole when I made a terrible first putt past the hole by 10 feet....the only bad putt I made in 6 rounds, and it cost me first place.  I missed my second putt, and my opponent went up 1-0, and that is how it ended.  I putted well on the next two holes, but finished in 2nd place.  I might add that I had three holes in one in the first 5 rounds; a record for me....

Sitting next to good friends, Terri and Greg....Greg always putts bare footed....even on very cold days.

.....this is the first time in four seasons I have finished in the money two times in one season, and I'm hoping it won't be the last as I want to get a first place.  I had to beat three people who had won in previous weeks to get to the final; it was just one of those days.  TLE and I didn't get home until almost 6 pm.

Thanks for stopping by!