A day of relaxation.
Tom and I were invited to go and play golf by the Associate Pastor and her husband. (He had taken Tom to Trump National on Tuesday.) They took us about 10 – 15 miles out of Mooresville to a course called Warrior Golf Course at China Grove.
A really lovely course. Enough of a challenge but not too tough. I have to hand it to Tom considering he’s hardly picked up a golf club in a couple of years he played well. In fact the nice thing was we were all of a similar standard so no one was being held up. And it wasn’t played too seriously, so if you fluffed a tee shot then it was ok to play again. No one was keeping close score.
The course features lots of water but thankfully it doesn’t cause too much of a challenge on most holes – though Tom had a bit of a shock standing close to a lake. He had his back to the lake when suddenly there was a loud splash. (It was a big fish jumping.) But I think for a moment Tom assumed it was something like an alligator.
Talking of wildlife, we saw a turtle (well technically a terrapin) at the side of one green. Tom was convinced it was a tortoise until I pointed out that it was turtlely different from a tortoise. (Best said in a Geordie accent.)
Afterwards we were taken to an establishment called “Porky’s BBQ.” A fun place though not fine dining. They specialise in having a hot buffet. There was the usual local delicacy of pulled pork as well as fried chicken and bbq rack of ribs. But some of the other stuff was a mystery. (Our companion pointed out the deep fried chicken livers. I think I prefer my chicken liver in pate.) There was something that looked like a vegetable dish but on trying it later it was really sweet and had a strong taste of cinnamon. Weird. And of course there was “mac ‘n cheese” which the associate pastor told us passes for a vegetable in these parts.
A really great day and it didn’t rain, woo hoo!
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