Green Green Grass of Home

We are living out our dream ~ living on the golf course.

Golfing Meadow Springs is habit forming. Hitting the ball right once brings you back a thousand times ... just to experience that sweet spot again.

So, we are getting closer to the hole thing. Leaving our view home at the base of Badger Mountain, we hunkered down in a comfortable condo on the front 9 while we made plans for our house on the back 9 (they are only a few blocks apart).

The house began as a remodel, morphed into a renovation, and turned into a rebuild. Deep breath. Follow the dream. And that we did. Now, as the house re-emerges at the capable and caring hands of Jim McAloon Construction, we are counting the strokes of time till we can make our way home, there.

Follow your dreams along the current running through Tri Cities.

Join the Club ... Experience Tri Cities

There are many ways to get connected in Tri Cities, and many options for involvement.

Join the club. Among the clubs to explore : Meadow Springs Country Club, Tri City Country Club, Canyon Lakes Golf, Horn Rapids Golf Club. These clubs usually offer a range of membership opportunities from Social for those who wish to enjoy club activities (dining, the pool, wine tasting, bar be que, special events, and etc.) to Family to Regular which includes almost unlimited golf opportunites. What a joy to swill mojitos or margaritas and swapping stories after any sort of play!

Save the world. Get in on the fundraising action by participating with any of many guilds or foundations. The Children's Hospital Guilds plan events to increase resources. This is one of many opportunities.

Hit the trail. Become one of the many Friends of Badger Mountain. Efforts for land preservation and conservation put a wonderful hike at your feet! Remember to bring plenty of water (but not too much because the loo is at the base of the hill).

Run with the river that runs in and through Tri Cities.

Join the Club! Golf Tri-Cities Washington

The weather in this region coupled with available land has spawned golf galore. Yes, I have caught the craze. And, I decided to get into the swing (pun intended) of golf, again. My game has been erratic, sporadic, enigmatic, to say the least. This time, I am serious. I have a plan. I am making a commitment to Play Golf.



First step, I signed up for a one-on-one lesson from Meadow Springs Country Club pro, Jackie Stevens. In one hour, with one club, I repeated three magic moves that would get my game on. Stability or the ability to coil rather than swoosh through a swing; fingertip grip on the club to allow it to flow (I finally got this one after blistering both hands); and, what I refer to as a wing - pulling my elbow away from my ribs. After the hour of power, I said thanks to Jackie, and we agreed to meet again once I "owned" this motion series. So, I stayed to swing the club for another half hour, hoping to never forget what I was beginning to know.

My fatigue tapped me on the shoulder, on the lower back, on the thighs, on the forearm ... I was wiped out. At home, I recalled the wisdom of Homer in The Iliad "Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength."

Thus, I reclined and self-medicated with a bottle of Cañon de Sol Syrah ... que syrah syrah. The deep red jammy fruit and spice coursed through my veins, relieving tension in every muscle. Ahhhh. And, with this prescription my palate was quite pleased.

There is a wonderful current running in and through Tri Cities ... go with it!