Rain, rain go AWAY!

Typical Texas -- and I say this as a native -- we tend to get rain all at once or all one week and then go weeks/months without.  So September has been rainy, rainy, rainy - yuck.  This plays havoc with my golf game.  No, I do not play golf in the pouring rain or when there are storms around and truthfully, not a big fan of playing in much of any rain.  In my younger days I played soccer and played in any weather -- rain and sleet and so cold that my fingers and toes went numb!  But now that I am a little older (and maybe wiser), I tend to not want to PAY to play in yucky weather.  Just gets hard to keep grips dry and nothing fun about ball skidding off club face because of water or flinging mud all over myself and playing partner :)

I will admit that my willingness to play in poor weather, however, is partially dependent on who I am playing with LOL!  I once played a round in the most miserable of weather but my male playing partner that day was really HOT - so it was worth it :)  Of course if it is a little cool and wet , it can be fun to warm up together later LOL.  [If I am just desperate to get out on the coures in the winter when pretty cold, the key is to go out early when the much older retired guys and members play as they often have golf cart covers and heaters.]

Now college football is a little different...I will and have gone to watch my TCU Horned Frogs even in the pouring rain or extreme cold.  I have my rain suit that I purchased for less than $10 bucks at the Army/Navy store and it is great.  The jacket has big pockets for my radio and will even go over a sweater, and while the pants are usually pretty long for me, I just roll everything up and it keeps me dry!  I have played golf in this suit and not too bad.  I have 2 clear sets so my TCU colors can still be seen :)

It may be dry this weekend but of course EVERYBODY will be out trying to play since it has been so long and I have some other commitments :)  That's okay I can play Monday and by then the courses will no longer be big mud pits!  Of course there is major front coming that night and MORE rain.

Update on golf partner:  Out of hospital and doing much better so that is good, but not sure when/if we will be golfing again anytime soon.  Oh well it has been fun and I have learned some things.

I will be travelling around the state especially east and south Texas, however, as I am combining 2 research projects--golf and history.  Besides checking out a variety of golf courses, I am building an online database of war memorials that I will use in teaching and writing; this is a long term project and really is worldwide, but Texas has so many memorials that it makes for great weekend trips since my current schedule allows it.  In 2006 I spent 6 weeks living in Rome (Italy) studying Trajan's column as part of an NEH Summer Seminar but also had the opportunity to visit a variety of other war memorials including US, British and German WWII cemeteries.  Other commitments kept me from moving forward on this project but now I have time to really start building this project.  Should be fun & maybe can find some dry courses:)