May
19
2008

Double Eagle Hits the Road

Posted by Double Eagle in Miscellaneous

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It’s time for a vacation!

I’m doing something I’ve always wanted to do: taking a road trip west, to the Lone Star state. I’m off for two weeks of sightseeing, enjoying the scenery and the wonder of the open road (anyone who has been to New Jersey will appreciate why the open road is so appealing).

It’s not a golf vacation, but I intend to play at least twice while I’m gone and maybe track down a driving range or two so I can stay sharp. Bogey McDuff from over at Texas Golf was kind enough to make a few great recommendations for courses to play around Fort Worth and San Antonio.

Oh, and by awesome coincidence, I’ll be in Fort Worth later this week and will try to spend half a day or so at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. That should be a lot of fun, since I haven’t been to a Tour event in 5 or 6 years. I hope to spend a little time observing the driving range and practice green to absorb some information about how the pros do their thing.

I have several non-golf things planned, the most interesting (for me) of which is a visit to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Of course, no trip to Texas would be complete without a trip to the Alamo. I’ll also make a visit to Lake Buchanan.

I have a couple of posts prepared for while I’m gone and I expect to do a couple more from the road, depending on how things work out. New commenters, don’t fret - your comments will show up whenever I’m able to find a Wi-fi connection for my laptop. I’ll try to respond to e-mail while I’m gone, but if you don’t hear back right away, I’ll probably be catching up when I get home.

Have fun while I’m gone and please turn the lights off if you’re the last one to leave.

-Mike

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There are currently 6 responses to “Double Eagle Hits the Road”

  1. 1

    Greg said:

    Welcome to Texas Mike! Too bad you’re not passing through Houston. We have quality golf at very reasonable rates. Also, I could give you a tour (with adequate lead time for the paperwork) of my office, Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center.

    If by chance you find yourself in Houston, give me a hollar!

    -Greg

    Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 9:35 am

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    Double Eagle said:

    That would be awesome, Greg. It’s a shame we couldn’t find a way to get over to Houston on this trip. I also had to cut out a stop at Big Bend National Park because it was just too much crammed into two weeks.

    It’s too bad because I’d love to get together for a round and a tour of Johnson Space Center. Who knows, maybe I’ll like TX so much I won’t even go home.

    I’m in Lebanaon, TN now so I’ll find out Thursday morning!

    Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am

  3. 3

    John said:

    I used to live in Arlington, next door to Fort Worth. There’s some great golf courses to play there.

    I look forward to hearing which ones you played.

    Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm

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    Gary Potter said:

    If I’d been more diligent in reading blogs that I subscribe to, I’d have know you were coming through town. I’ve been in the Fort Worth area for almost 20 years and it would have been fun to ’show you around’. You know, cowboys, longhorns, cow patties and such. Maybe next time.

    Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

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    Double Eagle said:

    It’s too bad that didn’t work out, Gary. That would have been fun.

    I have to say I liked Fort Worth a lot. I’ve enjoyed San Antonio the last few days as well, but this city is just a little too busy for me. I’ve never seen so much new retail shopping in my life!

    Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

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    Myfinancebutler said:

    I really enjoy reading about your gold adventures Mike. I am just recently learning about the joys of golfing — never used to understand the pleasure of hitting a ball, walking to it, and then hitting it again, but I went for one round and finally I understood the joy of golf.

    Posted on May 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

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