St. Patrick and golf

Our friend, Ralph Carter, has been visiting us for a week.  Yesterday, we celebrated St. Patrick's Day in Myrtle Beach.  We had lunch at a local institution, a restaurant called Mr. Fish.  Great fresh tuna sushi, and calamari fried to perfection.  We also had fried green tomatoes and shrimp - all washed down with beer for Walter and Ralph, and white wine for me.

After lunch, we went for a walk on the beach.  Although the weather was lovely, it was a little cool.  Still, great to be out along the shore.

 

 

Walter and Ralph were having a good time taking pictures of each other on the beach.

 

 

 

 

Today, we played golf at Tupelo Bay - a lovely course.  My first nine was terrible.  On the back nine, though, my game started to come together, and I actually got two pars and four bogeys.  That might not sound like much, but for me, it's great.   The animals on the course are varied and wonderful.  Lots of birds, water fowl, turtles, and squirrels.  The squirrels are called racoon squirrels, and are used to players feeding them.  Walter managed to get a photo of some of the wildlife in between shots.

 

  Mother squirrel. There were four babies with her.

 

 Mother duck and six of her eight ducklings.

 

We saw cranes, herons, cormorants, as well as hawks and vultures, but couldn't get any photos of them.  It was either play golf or take pictures, and we chose to chase little white dimpled balls around the course.  Lots of fun!.  Playing golf with Ralph and Walter is great.  Easy going, and everyone plays his or her own game.  Walter and I will play this course again while we're here.