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Buffets are no good in the age of COVID

Wish they still filmed Northwoods Law in Maine. Would love to see your pontoon boat pulled over with a bunch of AMWX weenies on board.

More progress tonight after last week’s lesson. Shot a 43 with a disastrous 7 on a par 3. I feel like I am starting hit the ball more consistently. Posture, ball position and shoulder turn have been what I have been keying on. It’s only been a week and 36 holes of actual play so I know I still have a lot to work on but it feels like I’m on the road to real improvement.

We installed one of those new heat pump hybrid water heaters a couple of years ago and that thing does a great job dehumidifying the basement. It is like 2-3 times as efficient as a standard electric water heater and it doesn't require us to run our boiler in the summer like the old system we had.

Like I said, it's my favorite lake in the state and it's the deepest. I've snowmobiled on it in winter but it feels a bit creepy standing over 300' of water. There is a nude beach there too. I think it's on the south end. Edit to add: It's a pretty cold lake too. I've gone swimming there on really hot days and you would swear the the glacier had just finished melting that morning.

Lat night in a Zoom meeting for the State snowmobile association we were discussing how we could hold our annual meeting and one of the Board members started going off on wearing masks and how the Governor has no right to mandate masks without declaring martial law and that this isn't a pandemic. I told him that regardless of how he personally feels we still have to follow the rules on gathering size, social distancing, masks etc. He still seemed pretty po'd about the whole thing.

Take a day trip over to Willoughby. It's my favorite lake. Absolutely stunning. Good hiking on the mountains on either side of the lake, Mt. Pisgah and Mt. Hor

Yeah, I haven't seen that around here either.

Was in Littleton Saturday at Home Depot and Lowes. Just about everyone was masked as both stores had signs saying it was required. Still some holdouts though. Vermont's mandate starts August 1st.

Down again?

That’s Champ, champ.

Stiff shaft for higher swing speeds. I’ve never had a high enough swing speed to need one. Whenever I’ve hit one the ball goes almost straight right.

Second time out after my initial lesson went much better. Went 44-42 with a dreaded snowman on the first hole. Still some thin shots but started to make much better contact by the end of the round. Still a long way to go and there will be setbacks but I felt like I made some progress today. Not sure if I’ll schedule another lesson for this week or next. Thinking 2 weeks in between to work on stuff might be best.

Let’s do that with all of 2020 not just the school year. Just wipe the slate clean and start over. In history books 2020 will be skipped over like some buildings skip having a 13th floor.

Had my first lesson with our new pro Wednesday. We worked on posture, shoulder turn and ball placement. Pretty standard stuff. Hit some good shots during our session. Last night I took what I learned to my men's league match and the results were about as expected . Luckily for me, my opponent was a no show so I got a half point for our team despite my horrendous showing. The pro was in my foursome so he tried to be encouraging. I told him I was committed to keep on track until I started to get some form back. It always takes a while to become comfortable with swing changes.

Yep turned out to be a beautiful evening

Seems like Louisiana is headed that way. Though New Orleans was the initial focus and now it’s hitting the rest of the state.

VTDigger just shut the comments down the other day.

That doesn't seem too expensive. Is it higher on weekends? Edit: I just checked it out online for myself. That doesn't seem bad at all. The food and drink prices seem reasonable as well. Now if was only closer than 4.5 hours away.

$54 for the entire day? How many people does that allow you?

Summer nights like this are spectacular. As much as I love winter, this is pretty damn nice too.

First lesson tomorrow.

Minus the mist, I concur.

I’ve had a rough season and had quite a few scores I needed to post. I didn’t realize they had changed to immediate updates, plugged them and bam! My handicap jumped 3.5 strokes! It really pointed out how bad I have been playing and it hasn’t been just one issue. Thin shots, fat shots, slices, hooks you name it I’ve struggled with it. I’m going to break down and take some lessons with our new pro or give up the game. One of the other because I can’t keep torturing myself.