Our son Jeff and wife Carol have joined us here in Coos Bay for five days.
They love the beach: they’re “beachies”. A typical vacation for them would be flying to Cancun, Mexico, driving down to Tulum, and spending a week on the beach, soaking up the sunshine, reading books, and consuming adult beverages. They’re good at it.
Jeff and Carol have never been to the Oregon coast before, so everything (particularly all the green stuff) is novel to them. They, like us, live in a dry environment where succulents are common, totally unlike the pine trees that dominate the landscape around here.
Our neighbors, the Carnicellis, are still here, parked next to us in space 19. Everything on their (new) rig seems to be working pretty good, although Galen headed off to the nearest RV parts store this morning. I’m not even going to inquire what broke or came unscrewed, as I have enough of that crap to handle myself.
Jeff, Galen and I went golfing at the Coos Golf Course yesterday. Jeff hasn’t touched a golf club in at least three years and has maybe played a half dozen times in the past 25 years. (He played golf way back in high school…35 years ago…and was number 1 on the golf team for a couple of years.) Amazingly, he still has a beautiful swing, although his timing was off yesterday. Galen and I hadn’t played in maybe 5 weeks and we were pretty rusty. It was a beautiful course, carved out of a Douglas Fir forest, with lots of small ponds lining the course. A beaver was on the 2nd fairway near my ball, probably wondering if he could eat it. We had a great time. Jeff had some “x” holes and must have taken 50 putts. Galen shot around 95, I think, and I struggled home in 91.
A neighbor in space 23 is here with his son on a golf expedition. They golfed Bandon Dunes yesterday ($350 green fee, $100 for caddie, $50 for caddie tip…each!). My son Jeff leaves tomorrow (Friday) and the Carnicellis will be moving down the road to another RV park (Bay Point Landing) as well. However, Galen and I may golf Bandon Crossings on Sunday with the father-son neighbors. I think it costs $100 green fee, which is at the very top of our price range, but would be an experience…so what the Hell.
The six of us are having a steak fry tonight with all the fixins. We’ve eaten out a few times this week (seafood, Chinese, Mexican) and I’m ready for some home cookin’.
We will top off the evening with a board game called Sequence. The girls kicked our asses a few days ago so we intend to get revenge against the Bitches.
Life is good.