Goats and an occasional GIR

Thursday, January 7th, 2021 started off slowly like most days in Aruba.  Up moving around,  a little breakfast and then on to activities.

On this day I was lucky enough to play golf in Aruba with one of my best friends Mr. Dennin.  He arranged it.  All I had to do was bring my golf shoes and enough golf balls to finish the round.  We played at Tierra del Sol, an 18 hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones II.  We arrived about an hour early to get a cart, rental clubs and to hit some balls on the range.

We ended up playing just Dennin, myself and the wind.  The front 9 out by the California lighthouse is beautiful.  There is also nothing like starting the round on a 600 yard par 5.

On the first tee box.

Love this picture from the first fairway

Tierra del Sol

Mr Dennin enjoying Tierra del Sol

Goats crossing the fairway from the hillside

Par 3: 215 with the wind at your back. Par. Par. Par

The front nine was fun and a played pretty well the first 6 holes the last three hole coming back into the wind were monsters.  At the turn we picked up some Chill and headed  out again.  The back 9 played a little tougher for me.  The last 5 holes were well designed and quite enjoyable.  SD and I had a great time.

Another long 200+ par 3 on the back 9. I think this is 15.  

At the end it was all smiles.  Great day of golf with one of my best friends.  Dennin, me and the wind.  I broke 100 as well so for this hack, not a bad day.

Afterwards we stopped at the 19th hole for a little sustenance.

Super Bock beer from Portugal on tap 

A Dutch sampler platter and 2 huge fish tacos.  So good after our round.

After that we returned to the hotel for a little family time.

Which way do I go??

The crew spent the day relaxing on the beach. Ashley Max, Grace and Cam tried a little tubing

3 of the people in this picture enjoy tubing in the Caribbean. 1 person doesn’t enjoy tubing in the Caribbean. Can you guess who is who?

After cleaning up it was dinner at Matthew’s on the beach.  It was a nice little place but we didn’t get a table outside so that was a little bit of a bummer.  After dinner it was back to the hotel for the night.  Only one more full day on the happy island