First Day of Winter or Summer?

Well, it sure seemed like summer down here yesterday and that had me heading outside in the morning before the heat really hit in the afternoon -- took my California neighbor Ron (from across the road) with me to the driving range just around the corner from here (at Tampa Downs).  First time I have been to the driving range or swung a golf club in over two years so, I chunked a few or maybe a half dozen (out of the bucket of 60 balls.  Since I'm here for another 3 weeks, I bought a discount card for 10 buckets and will see if I can find that swing again (before considering a round of golf at one of the public courses near here).

The facility is quite convenient to the RV park and has some nice practice areas for chipping, practicing bunker shots and putting -- too bad they are not open in the evenings.  They close at 5:30 p.m. at this time of year even though they have lots of lights.  Oh well!  Maybe a few bets on the horses will occupy me some of those evenings -- they have a card room too but, I'm pretty sure I will pass on that one.

After hitting those range balls, Ron and I stopped at the racetrack to check it out and had a couple expensive beers inside the air conditioned card room while the racing got started down on the fast track.  We had hoped for a casino of sorts with something a little more lively and he would have been interested in playing Blackjack -- for me, some of those one-armed bandits or even possibly some Roulette might have caught my interest.

Oh well!  Guess I will just have to enjoy the nice sunsets and the twins -- good weather for it so far.  Will possibly try fishing again tomorrow or Tuesday morning when the locals and their kids are back at the grind.