I guess we can't complain about the weather down here - given what's going on back in the Midwest and East, but Lord, children, did the wind blow today. Steady around 20 MPH with gusts upwards of 50. Guess what we decided to do on the windiest day of our trip - that's right - play golf. Hank, Diane, Vi and I went to Huukan Golf Course over Arizona. Not far from Laughlin, it's a golf course contained within the Desert Lakes Subdivision. It has recently been taken over by the local Indian tribe. As a matter of fact, the guy at the golf shop said that Huukan is an Indian word for "Hits ball with stick". I'm not quite sure I believe him, but since the Indians used to play lacrosse (or a similar game), I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Fun course, all the fairways seemed to funnel toward the center, so if you hit ball anywhere near the fairway, you had a pretty good lie. Needless to say, my ball didn't funnel all the time. Kind of narrow, a lot of the houses had nets installed to protect them from wayward balls. At least my golf shots were not that wayward. You really had to play the wind, but even then the ball seemed to have a mind of its' own. Didn't get a sun tan, but sure did get some wind burn! Ended up with the same ball as I started with, so that's always a plus. We had fun anyway.
Had dinner at the Harrah's buffet, and since the last meal we had was breakfast, we were famished. Nothing like exercise, sunshine (sorry, folks), and wind to build an appetite. Luckily, the buffet didn't run out of food - we just ran out of places to put it!
Another fun day - always good when you can get out and have a good time.
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