Hershey Country Club

Let's see it's been years, since I've picked up a golf club and swung. Partly because I tend to get a bit frustrated (ok, extremely frustrated) when I play. I used to play quite a bit with my parents and I have had a few lessons. I KNOW what to do and according to most my swing looks good, until you put a ball in front of me and somehow it all goes down hill from there.
Well, my friend Charlie is a cart boy (cart man if you ask him) this summer at the Hershey Country Club. He can play for free and take people with him for $25 - which is vastly less than what I would have to play otherwise. Let's just say if I didn't take the opportunity to play with Charlie I probably would never play this course. So, I picked a club back up and started swingin'
First hole - water hazard off to the right. I drive....ball bounces at the edge of the water/out and lands safely on the grass. Shot 2 - kerplunk...right in the water. Ball 1 down.































Despite my beginning water mishap, the couple year break surprisingly helped me out. For the most part I played better than I had in a really long time.

Below with me in the sand is a fun story. You have to note that this is my 4th attempt out of the sand. The 3 prior attempts were the fun part. At this point in the afternoon, I was sweating a bit. I swing on my 3rd shot and the ball flies right into the lip and rolls back down. The combination of my swinging , the ball hitting the lip, and me standing right there resulted in me being enveloped in a sand cloud. Sand in my eyes, my mouth and later I realized as I touched my face - that the sand nicely coated my entire left side - face, arm, leg, ears, etc. Like a day at the beach - we got your water and sand.














Other piece of excitement aside from playing a beautiful golf course - was.... see below....
an ALBINO squirrel! If you look hard you might be able to see him.