Day 133, "Every picture has a story"
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| Town and Country Golf in Fargo |
It was August 27th of 1966. Dave and I had worked in the agronomy department at NDSU all summer. We had not really worked together all the time but for harvest we had. Last week we had traveled to Cavalier ND and harvested the experimental plots there. It had been a treat for me as they paid for our hotel and our meals. Yesterday, Friday, had been our last day of summer work. We had planned for some time that today, the 27th would be a day to celebrate the end of summer work and do it while playing golf. We had played golf several times during the summer, mostly at the Ponderosa course east of Moorhead or on the executive course El Zagal which has 9 holes in range of 80-175 yards long. The Ponderosa was our favorite course as it was longer and was along the Buffalo River which made it a beautiful setting. There my favorite hole was a par 3 with a shot that was DOWN DOWN to the green. The 500 yard hole, not so fun!!!
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| El Zagal in Fargo |
Anyway, our plan was to play 36 holes of golf in on Saturday the 27th. We would start out at the Town and Country course on the north side of Fargo. Now that was a REAL course and it should be a lot of fun. Then after we played 18 holes there were would drive to the Ponderosa and play it twice as it was only 9 holes. We did it and it was so fun. A super way to end the summer work and then get into the frame of mind to start a new college year. I do not remember if Dave had any courses left for his degree but I had 2+ years in and was kind of excited to get in to year 3. A funny side issue was I finally had signed up for a major. I wanted to be a radio announcer so I signed up for speech. What I actually signed up for was speech therapy!!! Oh my "the innocent days of a North Dakota farm boy"!
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| Ponderosa Golf course on the Buffalo River
Yesterday was tennis and it was OK but not great for me. Our team won one of three matches against the top team but I and my partner lost in a match tie breaker 7-10. I felt we should have won but that is tennis I guess. I think, at this time, I am over it as we play a make up tomorrow at 1:30.
I played this morning with some of the better players and it was so so much fun. I need to be careful to not become a tennis snob and only want to play with the better players. After our make up tomorrow we will have 3 matches left for the winter. I drove Terry to her PT today and then went to ProAm and ordered a new racquet. I used a demo of the racquet this morning and liked it a lot. I will pick it up before our match tomorrow.
Our weather continues to be wonderful. A BIG contrast to ND and MN.
Of course my FP was drank this morning before tennis so that is history.
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