Terry & Josie
  • Home
  • Blog

Aaron's Lake House and Pinehurst North Carolina Golf Trip

6/27/2022

2 Comments

 
Once again Aaron let us park the RV in the side drive of his lake house on Bugg's Island Lake near Clarksville, Virginia. We started off our visit with two nights of Oyster Mania. We slurped some raw, we roasted some with toppings of blue cheese, shallots and bacon and then finished them off with    Aaron's oyster stew. We enjoyed our meals from the new deck that he had built last year. During our stay we were entertained daily by the many deer who have free reign throughout the neighborhood. They are fun to watch but they wreak havoc on Aaron's bird feeder and flower garden.  When we arrived one of Aaron's 3 bluebird nest boxes had a nest in it but no eggs yet. By the time we left they had laid 4 eggs and the day before we left the eggs hatched. 

Missy drove down from DC a day before we left for our golf trip to Pinehurst, North Carolina and we played a quick 9 holes at the Donald Ross course just up the road from the lake house. That evening we had a nice dinner at the local Buggs Island Brewery, where the sign to the bathroom there said it all. 
Missy, Aaron and I drove down to Pinehurst, North Carolina where we met up with Missy's friend and business collogue Charley, who flew down from Boston. We checked into the Carolina Hotel, our home for the next two nights. We had just enough time to look over the major championship trophies in the lobby of the clubhouse and a quick lunch before teeing off on Course #1. After our round on #1 we played the 18-hole Thistle Dew putting course, which prepared us for the diabolical greens of Pinehurst #2 the next day.

With the help of our caddy, Kade, we made our way around the famous Pinehurst #2.  A strong test of golf with waste areas on either side of most fairways and elevated turtleback greens that were very fast. But in the end, we were all smiles, having played one of the top courses in the US and the site of numerous championships. We then played the Cradle, a 9-hole par three course, which they suggested we play barefooted. After walking so much on #2 going barefoot felt good. All of the tee boxes were marked with drink stands, which we took full advantage of.  

We went back to the hotel, cleaned up and sat out on the porch for drinks before dinner. We had two evenings of 3 course gourmet meals and 2 days of the best breakfast buffets anywhere. We needed to keep our strength up for our final round on Sunday at Pinehurst #7. A completely different course with hills and water hazards.  

We then said goodbye to Charley and made the 2-hour drive back to Aarons. But the golf was not over for Missy. She drove back to DC where she teed off at 9am Monday morning at Congressional Country Club, where the LPGA Championship had just finished up the day before.  
 
On Monday morning, we said our goodbyes to Aaron and are now parked for the night at an RV park in West Virginia heading north toward Michigan. 
2 Comments
Tom Ney
6/30/2022 06:01:28 pm

Aaron's lake house looks cool. Oysters look good. Good times with Missy at Pinehurst. Don't know how you fit it all in. Whata life you & Josie lead. Why come off the road, when you are having so much fun. Of course, I know there is work & effort behind each marvelous photo. Have Fun, Tommy

Reply
Stuart Holland
7/1/2022 10:56:12 am

What a great ride you guys have had for 8 years 😁

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author
    Josie & Terry
     Full Time RVers

      

    Archives

    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly