Ah, the return to normal life. Three weeks on the road was just what I needed. It was awesome!
I wish I could say I was glad to be back, but honestly, I’m not. I could have stayed out on the road for a while longer. There was so much to see and do that I would have liked but that we just couldn’t get to.
I must admit that every time I saw a golf course, it was calling to me to play. Unfortunately, the pulled muscle or whatever I have going on in my rib area isn’t completely healed, though it is much, much better than it was before I left. I’m going to take it easy for a while longer and try to ease back into practicing this week, but I don’t regret not taking my clubs with me because I needed to let myself heal.
I saw a lot of great stuff on the road, and by my count I passed through 16 states. If you haven’t taken advantage of the natural beauty that the United States has to offer, I highly recommend you plan a trip of your own, especially if you already live here.
If you’d like to see a few photos of my epic three-week adventure, click here.
Vacation is over, but I have memories (and photos) to last a lifetime. Now, it’s time to get back to work. Back to my day job and back to working on my golf game.
I don’t really like the way that sounds. I’d better start planning my next road trip. Maybe next time, I’ll make it a golf vacation.
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I didn’t know there was a golf course in the Black Hills.
I don’t know whether there is or not. But driving from New Jersey to as far west as Nevada, I saw quite a few elsewhere.
I am originally from NC and my wife and I moved to WA state outside Seattle. We had to drive across country and that was my first time doing so. It took us through some of the same areas as you. And I have to say going through Wyoming, Montana and the Pacific NW areas were some of the most beautiful I’d ever seen. I also moved from a great golfing state. But with all the rain in the Seattle area and moderately temperate winters, the course fairways are just as green as the fir trees in January. You can play almost year around when it’s not raining that is.
Mike, I’m pretty sure what you have is an intercostal strain. It’s happened to me twice and it does take 3 to 6 weeks to heal. I can now feel when I’m close to it now so I ease off when I feel one coming on. Both times my Doctor prescribed Naproxin (Aleeve) and that helped quite a bit. Coughing and sneezing with this injury is very painful, so try to stay away from that!!
The good thing about that particular injury is that you can devote all your golf time to working on chipping and putting.
Welcome back,
-G
Hey, Greg!
Yeah, it seems like that could be it. I tried looking at a diagram online of that muscle and for me, it seems to be around my side toward my back more, but it wasn’t clear if that’s the same muscle that goes around back there or not.
Either way, I’m starting to feel much better and am going to try to give it a go tomorrow. The only time I really notice it now is on a good sneeze and the pain isn’t sharp, it’s just enough to let me know it’s still there.
I did take a few practice swings right after I got back from vacation and it wasn’t a problem so that’s encouraging, at least.
If I can’t do much with the full swing, then I’m going to follow your advice and just devote all my time to short game. I’m going to be rusty after being away and injured for so long, so I can use the work anyway.
Unfortunately, I’m going to be taking another month off from the game in about three weeks here so that’s going to be a little frustrating too. Complete details on that will be forthcoming soon.