A River Runs Through It

Thursday we had to go back to Luckenbach.  The tee shirt I bought on Wednesday was too small, plus now Mark wanted one as well.  We waited until noon before heading to this bizarre town.  There were 20 people there this time.

We decided to drive 20 miles out of town to the Double B Ranch which houses the Hidden Springs golf course, as well as one of those hunting lodges where you pay to hunt big game. 

How strange - yet another stonehenge wannabe in the middle of a field.  The guy in the pro shop told us the owner was bored while he was recovering from some surgery, so he made this with the help of his tractor while recovering.

There were only 2 golfers on the course when we arrived, and the guy working inside told us to take a cart and drive around to see if we liked what we saw.  It was very cold outside so we only saw the first four holes before making a 10:30a tee time for Monday morning; surely that would give the sore elbow the needed rest. 

We got back to the park in time to do some laundry and watch most of the golf.  I'm so happy Tiger's back! 

This morning we woke up with no plans, not really wanting to go back into town as it's getting crowded again for the weekend.  Mark deemed the elbow ok to golf, so he called the same course we visited yesterday, and we headed off to try it out.

A different man in the pro shop today told us to plan on hitting in the 100s, and to plan on losing LOTS of balls - "you must stay in the fairway at all times."  Yeah, right - not even the pros can do that.  The fairways are very narrow, and once you get off the fairway, it's nothing but rocks, cacti, trees, trees,trees (and I suspect, a bunch of snakes).  

 

A couple of alpacas watching us at the end of the first fairway.  I hope they weren't part of the wildgame hunting on the property.

This was the most bizarre course we have ever played on.  The first nine was all these ups and downs, strange layouts, blind shots, etc. The greens were very hard and fast. However, the surroundings were spectacular.  The Pedernales River runs through the course, and you are either crossing it or playing along side it for most of the holes.

The river is crystal clear, and is dammed up every so often - I guess you could never float this one.

I'm happy to report that even though we each lost four balls, we also found at least 15.  We threw them into the bags so we have them for Monday's game.  Our scores also weren't as bad as we had been warned - Mark 93; me 113.  Here's hoping for improvement on Monday.

More of the scenic Pedernales River on our way out of the compound.