Put-Put

Hey Everyone,

To continue my weekend adventures. On Saturday morning I met up with one of my groups in Maderia Beach and played a round of 18-hole Put-Put (minitature) golf. I hadn’t done this for at least 30 years. On the very 1st shot I got a hole in one! Not too bad. I think it was beginner’s luck and not necessarily my golfing skills. We had about 40 people in attendance and we broke into teams of 4 people each. The course was really interesting as it was actually an elevated course, so you felt like you were climbing up a mountain and eventually near the end of the course, started moving to ground level again. What was nice about this course is that when you were high up, you had a great view of the beach. Going to include just a few photos below.

These 2 guys Stan and Lenny were part of my team and they live in P-Town in Massachusetts in the summer and then come down to Clearwater, FL to stay in there condo for the winter.

This guy obviously didn’t play with us. He just sat it out. Think his bones were aching.

The guy to the left of me was my other team member. First time I met him. Ironically Marco is a French Navy Operation Officer of 43 years on active service. He is on temporary assignment on MacDill AFB at the Coalition Village (part of Central Command) until July. We had a lot in common being both military and here on the same base. I enjoyed hanging out with him and he actually joined me yesterday for a boating excursion on the Gulf with another group. Really nice guy.

Group photo of all us golfers. Tried my best to get everyone into the picture.

There were live alligators on our course, but they were much smaller than the one i encountered on my hike last week. So no need for me to climb up any more trees! (See previous blog from a few days ago…”This isn’t your ordinary walk in the park”)

Just a few photos of some of the other guys in the group playing golf with their teams.

After golfing were all went out for a late lunch at a really nice restaurant. It gave us the opportunity to chat with one another and to get to spend more time with our “first timers” to our group. A few photos from the restaurant below.

After dinner, a few of us stuck around to walk along the beach to work off our food.

Overall a Fun-filled day with a nice group of friends at Maderia Beach.

But, wait….my day did not end there. I looked at the time and since it was only 6 PM, decided to drive to Treasure Island, which was just a few miles from Maderia Beach to meet up for happy hour and dancing with my other meetup group from “Tampa Bay Adventurers”. I’ll write about my Saturday evening event with them in my next blog.

Have a great rest of your week!

Gary

18 thoughts on “Put-Put”

Living it up, Gary – happy for you! I think these alligators had been sent by your unfriendly big alligator from last week to spy on you. Can’t you find places to go in our beautiful state where there are no alligators?
Love photo with your friend “Mr Bones”!

LikeLike

Reply ↓

spearfruit on February 19, 2019 at 8:37 pm said:

Thanks Dolly. As for the alligators, they’re everywhere in Florida. I might have to move to a different state to get away from them! LoL

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply ↓
- koolkosherkitchen on February 20, 2019 at 12:42 am said:
  
  Not true – no alligators on South Beach. We have sharks, though, both marine and human.
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply ↓
  - spearfruit on February 20, 2019 at 1:40 am said:
    
    I guess I’ll have to move to South Beach, but if I encounter a shark in the ocean, I’ll have no tree to climb up to be safe. Agree about the human sharks there, don’t know how to keep a safe distance from them. LoL
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
    
    Reply ↓
    - koolkosherkitchen on February 21, 2019 at 4:02 pm said:
      
      In reality, all stories about sharks attacking humans close to the beach or in the bay are urban legends. Unless one is silly enough to get into water with fresh bleeding cuts or even scratches. Sharks are related to vampires – they want YOUR BLOOD!
      
      LikeLike
    - spearfruit on February 21, 2019 at 6:07 pm said:
      
      They would come after me with all my scrapes and cuts. I would make a good meal for them for sure!
      
      LikeLiked by 1 person
    - koolkosherkitchen on February 22, 2019 at 3:55 pm said:
      
      Ouch! We love you too much, Gary, to give you up for sharks’ dinner!
      
      LikeLike
    - spearfruit on February 22, 2019 at 5:51 pm said:
      
      Thank you Dolly. Today won’t be a good day to go in the ocean down there. Three biopsies taken on my skin for squamos cancer this morning. One on my lip. The sharks would home in on me!!!
      
      LikeLiked by 1 person
    - koolkosherkitchen on February 22, 2019 at 8:35 pm said:
      
      I assume you’ll have the results within a week, right? I hope and pray that you come out with flying colors, Gary. Sending you many blessings!
      
      LikeLike
    - spearfruit on February 22, 2019 at 8:42 pm said:
      
      Not sure. Hopefully they will be benign. I will be dealing with these issues unfortunately the rest of my life. Years of sun damage and yes I know….stay out of the sun and wear long pants, long shirts and a hat. All things so hard to do comfortably in Florida. Oh well…time will tell.
      
      LikeLiked by 1 person
    - koolkosherkitchen on February 22, 2019 at 8:59 pm said:
      
      I prefer to enjoy Florida – the land of sun and fun, and not think about wise advice. I am sure things will be fine for you, Gary!
      
      LikeLike
    - spearfruit on February 22, 2019 at 9:01 pm said:
      
      I hope so. I am not a good patient. I am sure I will pay for being stubborn.
      
      LikeLiked by 1 person
    - koolkosherkitchen on February 25, 2019 at 2:24 am said:
      
      The less you think of it, Gary, the more you enjoy life!
      
      LikeLike
    - spearfruit on February 25, 2019 at 5:23 am said:
      
      How true Dolly.
      
      LikeLiked by 1 person