Having our lunch in the parking lot after our long walk through the Greenwich Dunes Trail and the drive down to Brudenell. And Ross knows that real men drive Fords!
PS11 - Golf
Covers two separate outings at the Brudenell River course of the Brudenell River Resort, and one outing at the Green Gables course within the Prince Edward Island National Park.
Having our lunch in the parking lot after our long walk through the
Greenwich Dunes Trail and the drive down to Brudenell. And Ross knows that
real men drive Fords!
The old clubhouse and pro shop, now renovated into the resort hotel
complex. From front to back: Brudenell #18 green, Brudenell practice
green #1, Brudenell starter booth, Brudenell #1 tee, Brudenell driving
range, Brudenell #9.
Brudenell #4 tee. Uncle Shane: "Around the squirrel, off the tree,
bounce on the fairway, roll onto the green, nothin' but hole."
Brudenell #5 tee, by the Brudenell River.
The cart path and bridge alongside Brudenell #5.
Ross and Uncle Shane preparing to tee off Brudenell #8.
Brudenell #11 from Brudenell #9.
Ross after a successful approach shot on Brudenell #9.
Brudenell Island, from Brudenell #9.
Brudenell #10 tee, alongside Brudenell River.
Dundarave #3 from Brudenell #15. Uncle Shane and his buddies call Dundarave
the "golf corpse" because they never see anyone playing it.
A sand trap on Brudenell #16; Dundarave #3 lies in the background.
Looking ahead to the former clubhouse from the Brudenell #17 fairway.
Dundarave #17 fairway from Brudnell #17 fairway.
The fountain between Brudenell #17 and Brudenell #2, from near the
Brudenell #17 green.
Brudenell #18 green.
Okay, let's go eat now. From left to right: Ross Collishaw (first
cousin once removed, standing six foot four), Laurie Collishaw (Ross' wife),
Shirley MacClure (aunt), William Matheson (self, standing a paltry six
foot two), Marion Matheson (grandmother).
Green Gables #4 tee.
Green Gables #4 fairway, overlooking the fridgid blue Gulf of St. Lawerence.
The path between Green Gables #10 and #11 which crosses some of the
National Park walking trails, including "Lover's Lane."
Green Gables #11, aptly named Green Gables. Being serious people,
we are much more interested in the golf than the make-believe homestead
for a make-believe character.
The walking tunnel between Green Gables #12 and #13, under Highway
6.
Green Gables #13.
A robin on the cart path near the 14th green.
Canada Geese near the 16th green.
The next four are from Green Gables #16.
The Gulf Shore Highway lies in the background.
To answer your unspoken question, yes, there were a lot of goose droppings
on the green. Ick.
The Green Gables Visitor Centre, from the path to Green Gables #17.
Ross coming back from an aborted round at Brudenell. It was pouring
when they began, and coming down in buckets when they quit.
Uncle Shane: "I wanted to keep going! I was still two over!" (And he's
still this wet after the forty-minute drive back to Souris.)