We had a busy and interesting day today. We had booked to play golf on Coral Island, about 50 miles north of here, so set off early to give us plenty of time. The drive north was quick so we arrived in good time and had time to look around Palmetto-Pine golf course before we played. It turned out that the club was originally for ladies only and some of the rules for the clubhouse still apply- mobile phones have to be switched to silent and caps have to be removed before entering. We were paired with 2 american men - Tom was a retired headmaster and Steve a physiotherapist who was very overweight. The course was very pretty and the greens were fast and generally surrounded by bunkers. Despite all these I once again beat Ben (it was after all international women's day). We had a drink in the clubhouse with Tom and Steve with the usual political chat about the presidential election and british politics.
On the way we had noticed a veterans memorial park with an iconoc Iwo Jima memorial as we drove over the bridge onto Coral Island. We stopped there on the way back. Ben photographed the famous statue. It reminded us a bit of the National Arboretum in England but on a smaller scale but just as poignant in memory of thousands of american troops who lost their lives in the second world war, Korean, Vietnam and Iraq wars.
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| On the Course |
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| From the left - unknown interloper (!), Steve, Liz, Ben and Tom |
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| Iwo Jima Statue |
We stopped on the way back at a Chili's restaurant- we had not been to one before and will not be in a hurry to return. The food was ok but the service very poor, which is unusual for America - Ben did not leave a tip!.
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