Sunday Drive

Here are the results of our golf outing Sunday. We fought our way through a thunderstorm to post these unbelievable scores. I have never seen a course where the ground was this hard. You could literally roll one off the tee box and end up with a 250 yard drive. And watch your ball until it stops bouncing and rolling completely or you will lose your ball even if you land in the middle of the fairway.

Some of the highlights include Mr Don claiming to be the Skipper while riding with the Captain after Mr Don skipped his second shot off the pond two times on number nine. Captain hit a sky high drive on the number 6 par three and it came down in a tree on the right side of the green and rolled 40 yards across the rough and the green to land on a rock wall on the left side of the green.

I may have posted the best score but I had a little edge over the rest of the guys after I bought a pair of $3.95 socks in the clubhouse. It's gotta be the socks....

Phoenix Golf - 5/24/06

The Phoenix Crew decided to give McCabe golf course another go round after some bad experiences during our last few trips out there. To my surprise it was fairly easy to get on and in a reasonably short amount of time. We did have a little trouble with the twosome in front of us holding us up (why a foursome has to wait on a twosome is beyond me).

Bus was armed with a new set of clubs and showed that course who it's daddy is. I used Bus' driver on number 4 and hit my best drive all day. Then on the same hole, I had a 12 foot putt for eagle but had to settle for the bird. Correction to hole number 6, that's actually a par 5 and as my score shows, when you pull your drive into the woods, it's very likely you'll end up with a snowman on the scorecard.

Congrats to Justin for making it through the 4th grade on the A-B honor roll. Keep it up little man!

Happy early Birthday to my niece, Cassie who's turning 9 Saturday!

Phoenix Golf - 5/17/06

The Phoenix crew made it back out on the links this week for another round of pasture pool. Typical scores posted this week even with the one week layoff.

If you look at Big A's first hole you may say "huh, a bogey, nothing spectacular". But the two 30' high bounces off of the cart path after the ball flew through a tree did not stop his ball from landing 10' from the hole, middle of the green. But just like everyone else, you three putt and move on.

Mr. Don tested his luck with a blistering drive on #8, hooking directly over some trees designed to protect the cars and people on the other side. We didn't hear any unfamiliar noises such as windshields, trunks, screams, or broken bones. Visibly shaken, he teed up another and did the exact same thing stirring up some bike riders on the other side. We'll have to get Mr.Don some Police tape to carry in his bag with the "Crime scene - Do not cross" printed on it.

More stories next week....

Bristol Fans

Here's a couple ladies who wanted their picture made with the Captain. The fame that comes along with being a trials rider really shows when we travel the map with the Captain. It is a real show of character knowing the Capt. will sign autographs till the last fan walks away smiling. Alright, I poured it on a little thick.

Phoenix Bowling - 5/10/06

The Phoenix crew elected to bowl on Wednesday instead of golfing due to the chance of bad storms disrupting our golf game. As you might have expected the storms never hit Nashville and it was beautiful outside. But it was a nice little change-up from golfing. Some pretty decent scores considering the long layoff.

It seemed like a Chucky Cheese broke out beside us this week as at least 20 kids 6 & under occupied 2 lanes beside us which makes for a huge cluster f$%@. Super Dad had to walk down the lane multiple times to retrieve the balls that didn't make it all the way down the lane. Hopefully this rain will let up soon so we can get in our regular nine holes every Wednesday.

Here's a pic showing 9 strikes in my last 8 frames. I know I know, I about broke my arm patting myself on the back!

Congratulations to Uncle Nate Provence for graduating from Trevecca Nazarene University this past weekend. Nate is a husband and a father of 2 but Nate's most noted achievement is giving my blog it's name. Congrats Nate!

More from Bristol

Screwboy was so upset at my hotel choice for the weekend he snapped this picture of the Robert. E. Lee motel. I thought for $13.99 a night I was getting a steal. As you can see, there were Clean rooms, low rates & cable television. What more do you need. Next time I'll splurge for a nicer hotel. One that doesn't require a weedeater to get in the front door.

Big A captured this pic. Schumacher had to get out of the gas just for a split second and Big A caught it. Cool shot.

This shot may look a little blurry, but this is how it looks when you are standing there watching this live. Your whole body shakes.

Can you pick out which car Captain Dick was rooting for? I'm sure he loves the Red, White, and Blue but he really likes that green machine.

This is the final of the funny cars on Sunday. Johnny had the faster mph but Ron Capps had the quicker reaction time. Big A took this pic just as the light went green which is also where Force lost this race. Sorry John, we'll see you at Hooters.

Bristol Drags '06

Here are some pics from last weekend's drag races in Bristol. I can't begin to explain how cool it is to attend one of these events.

Every ticket was also a pit pass.

Troy singing "I love rubber in my beer" to the tune of Tom T. Hall's "I love" was a common occurance due to the rubber from the tires that kind of coats everything in the stands including beer.

Big A captured this shot of some top fuel-ers popping wheelies.

This guy's wheelie was a little more obvious.

Qualifying the first night was a sight to see.

Can't wait till I get to go again.

Phoenix Golf - 5/3/06

Another week in the books and it looks like I need to step my game up to hang with these fellas. I should wear a shirt that reads "Drive for show and putt for dough". I had some great drives but can not putt to save my life. Oh well at least I could go out and have a couple brews with the.....wait a minute, that was my problem! I went nine holes without doing any 12 oz. curls. That can cause some very unstable scores. Oh well, I'll try a little harder next week.... to bring beer! No major occurrences on the course this week, but there were 5 to 6 deer standing on the driving range when were done, in which Big A turned into a cool little game. He hit one of his straightest drives all day only to scare the deer off and lose his ball. Who wants to field dress a deer in 80 degree heat on the driving range anyway.

Thank you for your business

This is a picture taken at the snack bar at the Smyrna Bowling Center on Monday. It shows a tip jar with a note on it that reads "No beer for Micheal, Red, and Barry". Is this a way to treat some patrons who come in to have a good time and spend some hard earned money. At $10 per pitcher it's hard enough to bring yourself to buy beer without being discriminated against.

For all the fans of Gittin Wood, the team nailed down 20th place after a long 32 week season. Better luck next season.