Golfing and More in November!

Hi Everyone!

Well, it's November, and not to complain, but IT'S FREEZING down here! Ok, admittedly, probably our definitions of freezing are different than yours, but it's been in the 50s and 60s for the past few days. We are trying our best to cope, and have even ventured outside. At least it has been sunny.

Glenn once again went to Orlando last week, and is going again this week. I think he may just be hanging out at Disney World. Hopefully, soon his work travel will taper off a bit. Meanwhile, our trip to the Burgh is a mere 10 days away.

Friday night was Halloween, and it was very annoying. Children started showing up around 8 (long after we had given up on them) and kept coming. The dogs would just calm down and then ten more kids would show up. It was exhausting. Next year, I think we're turning off all the lights and going out.

On Saturday, we decided to go golfing. This is the second time we've been golfing since we moved down here (shocking, I know!). The first time was about 93 degrees and sweltering, and this time it was downright chilly.

The cool thing is that we went to Chi Chi Rodriguez's golf course, which is a 5 minute drive from our house. In addition to being convenient, it is incredibly cheap. $14 for an 18-hole round of golf, cart included. Naturally, we thought it would be terrible, but it was actually a very pretty course.

There were also some big Sandhill Cranes there.

Glenn played an excellent first and last hole, so, as he said, the guys at the clubhouse probably think he is amazing.

As for me, I did not totally humiliate myself. I got a lot of 6's, which is fabulous for me. It was a pretty short course, with a number of Diane-friendly holes. We played with a nice older fellow named Pat, who kindly didn't mock either of us.

I got some coffee at the clubhouse to stay warm. Brrr.

On Sunday, Glenn and I took the dogs to nearby Kapok Park. I went there last Monday on an early morning walk, and thought they would enjoy it.

Me and Mo. Go Stillers!

Honestly, how gorgeous is this?

Kapok Park is right next to another park where they have a tree-filled frisbee golf course. Seems like a bad idea.

You're supposed to throw your frisbee into that little metal basket in the foreground.

My bird guide suggests that this is a Limpkin.

Common Moorhen. Deuce wanted to chase a few of these.

Good ole Anhinga drying his wings

And, most exciting of all. Our biggest gator sighting to date...

We left this guy alone. Probably a 6-footer...

So that's it for this edition of the blog. Hope you all are enjoying November so far. We'll be up to experience it with you soon!