Week 5 Con't.

This is the pro shop and restaurant enterance at Las Sendas Golf Club. Note the Canadian flag. Four Calgarians just bought the course last year have have made great changes. Fantastic service here.

Red Mountain in the background.

This was truly one of the most spectacular courses I have ever played. The desert areas were all manicured and cleaned up so that you felt as if it was their living room not a desert golf course.

This was a hole that tempted players to cut the corner. Unfortunately for many, they slammed their ball into the cacti. There were literally dozens of balls implanted in this group of cacti. That's Len in the picture just so you can get the perspective on how large they were.

The homes in the upper levels of this course were all million dollar plus custom jobs.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch at Lone Tree on Thanksgiving Day in the USA.

This bird did not get cooked on Thanksgiving Day in Phoenix. It is one of the cranes  in the massive water feature at Lone Tree near the practice putting green. Lynne and Terry golfed Lone Tree on the American Thanksgiving Day. 

It got cool late in the afternoon. 

Terry hooks one off the 18th tee. Look at that low finish, tsk,tsk.

This Roadrunner nearly got away.

Pete, Tracy, and Terry at Longbow Golf Course on the Saturday of the Thanksgiving weekend.

A late lunch on the deck at Longbow. We were treated to lunch by Pete who had somehow built up a huge winnings credit. from men's nights. Thanks guys!

Week 5 - The Hrycans and Bermans

Len gets some TLC at the pool while he relaxes.

Len and Terry golfed 4 times. This was their second round at arizona Golf Resort. This is the signature pare 3 hole. Yup - that's full carry over the water. We both got par.

So did they!

Terry with his niece Tracy. She is a registered LPGA teaching instructor. We are related because in every picture we have a drink in our hand.

Tracy and her hubby, Pete, had us all up to their house and we had a ball. They have a keg fridge on the patio with Bud Light on tap. Go figure, how could we not have a good tiime? This was our only day of rain in Phoenix. Later, we all went up to an open house at the Las Sendas Golf Course (they live in the sub-division)

 then back to their house for great chilli and salad and of course, more beer.

Check out these photos of their home. Pics of the golf course will follow next week.

Yup, that's a putting green!

Yup, that's a pool!

Yup, that's a built in barbeque (grilling area to those in the USofA).

The great room.

Their master bedroom and bathroom was a big as our whole house. We had a great time and Tracy and Pete were super hosts. and a lot of fun.

Phoenix week 4

A cycling we will go.

Yeah, she even got me riding. 

Of course there was some golf!

And then there is shopping for golf. This is at the PGA Superstore after the round of golf.

And then there is more golf.

This is a great old course.  Very traditional - like Kamloops GCC. It is lined with amazing older style homes. Loads of money here. One of our favourites. Postage stamp greens. The cousre is very well manicured.

We wanted to get this picture so, of course, we both put our ball in the water off the tee.

More of this house which was built at the turn of the 19th Century.

This one wasn't.

It's hard to tell from the picture, but you can see right through the house below to the back yard. Same full size windows on the back.

Bottoms up!

Meanwhile, Keisha waits patiently for her next walk.

NFL Football Seahawks vs. Cardinals

This is a huge 63,000 + stadium. The field is all natural grass that they grow outside the stadium and is on a slide that goes right into the stadium from the opposite end on game days. It apparently takes only about an hour to move the entire field inside.

As we entered.

National anthem.

From our seats onthe 40 yard line. We were about 16 rows from the top.

Seahawks won! Terry had a great time in the stands cheering for the Seahawks and wearing a Cardinal T-shirt.

It took us over 1 1/2 hours to get home on the freeway. Food was expensive and the hockey game was probably a neater experience although this was a huge event!

Terry didn't have enough of the freeway driving the dy before and so he went all the way back out there (almost) to play this course. This is Vistal Golf Course. They had a State Championship there the previous 3 days and so the greens were wicked fast. Terry locked his keys in the trunk as he was going to leave. What a hassle. The people with whom he played took him all the way back home to get the other keys from Lynne. Then the neighbor took him all the way back to Vistal. What a day of freeway driving!

Obviously a desert course with great views of downtown Phoenix on the horizon.

Other pursuits

Well there is golf. Terry has played Apache Creek, and we both played Villa de Paz with Rick Nykorak. Yesterday we played Bear Creek with a former school superintendent from Connecticut and an insurance broker from here.

Who would have thought thirty years ago, that Terry and Rick would be in Arizona golfing together?Below is Lynne making another great shot on one of the nicer holes.

Some guys will do anything to get their ball back!

Below, Terry flying through the air with the greatest of ease?

Just about made it, too!

Terry with his fans. Actually they are Coyotes cheerleaders. We saw a great game between Phoenix and Pittsburg. Pit won in a shoot out. See below.

Crosby on a faceoff. Below, he is going to miss in the shootout.

We had a greaat time - except for all the freeway driving two days in arow. Rick lives and plays golf right near the stadium/arena in Glendale so it was back and forth, back and forth each day.

They really do it up at these games. There is a huge shopping and eating area at the complex. It is just like a fairgrounds. There is entertainment and lots of noise. We had a meal at a pub called McFaddens.

 We get to come back again on Sunday for the Cardinals/Seahawks game.