DuEtte - Pebble Beach & Beyond

Delayed post - due to exhaustion! The last day of the Championship turned out to be a beauty! The day was picture perfect and not nearly as hot as prior days. N was on the Leaderboard from noon until closing. J was just an alternate, but ended up as walking scorer with an assigned pairing - Helen Alfredsson and Martha Leach (who lives in Santa Maria!). J also had a pre-teen standard barer with her so there were lots of math lessons and positive encouragement skills that needed to be dusted off. All in all a good day.

Today, J was jobless at the Championship and N’s shift didn’t start until noon. But, we decided to go early in case J could find a purpose. As it turned out, the Standard Barer team needed an extra hand. Unfortunately, J didn’t realize how heavy and awkward those standards really are. But, she persevered and got through the whole (hot!) round…

We had big thunderstorms overnight! Consequently, we had a 30 minute weather delay for golf today. Of course, we didn’t learn about the delay until we were on the shuttle bus headed to the course - oh well. It turned out to be a beautiful morning, not as cold and windy as yesterday. But, this afternoon was hotter than yesterday. J’s group for walking scorer duties today was Leta Lindley, Michelle Redman, and Silvia Cavalleri. They will all make the cut, unlike my group from yesterday where no one will make the cut. N saw a hole-in-one when she got off of her leaderboard shift. That was exciting! 

A big day for the start of this Championship! N worked the Leaderboard in the (cold - still 69 at 11am) morning and J worked as a walking scorer in the (hot - saw 91 at some point) afternoon. It was all good fun and we saw some great golf! J scored for Jane Geddes, Donna Andrews, and Cheryl Anderson today. It will be a whole new group tomorrow, but otherwise it will be a rinse and repeat day tomorrow…

J got up at 0’dark 30 this morning in order to drive the rental to the park & ride in order to catch the shuttle in order to get to the course and have time for coffee and something to eat before her shift started at 7am. Today was all about practicing what I learned at the training last night. Many of the volunteers practiced for nine or so holes and then called it a day. Since this was my first time with this assignment, I wanted to get as many holes under my belt as possible before it really counts. So, I ended up walking all 18. But, that also gave me a sense of the course and how things might go throughout the rounds. The day started off brisk, but then quickly warmed up. This is already so different from the Pebble Beach experience. First off the weather, then no Championship swag (besides our volunteer gear), and only cold muffins for breakfast! Tonight we are heading out for dinner to catch up with an old friend who lives in the area. Then, another early day for both of us ...

We went adventuring today on some very good recommendations from a couple of friends. First, we went to breakfast at a hip little place in Portland called Jam on Hawthorne. I had some of the best Pulled Pork Huevos Rancheros ever! Then we ventured back into Washington for a site that was closed when we went by earlier - the Fort Vancouver National National Historic Site. This was the headquarters for the Hudson Bays Company last westward expansion on the Americas. They tried to stake a presence for Britain, but the inevitable American migration West overwhelmed them in the end. Britain and the United States ended up settling with the Canadian border on the 49th parallel and the US laying claim to the remaining Western coast. Although, we all know they left some question in the San Juan Islands that needed to be cleared up at a future point…Anyway, after the Fort, we headed to Washington Park which is home to many things, but in particular, the International Rose Test Garden. It was pre...

We had stayed at another Sun Outdoors on the coast of Oregon and thought it was nice. We remembered that there was a Sun Outdoors near Portland when we were looking for places to stay. This one is actually on the South side of Portland - the same as the golf tournament. So, instead of our original campsite on the North side of Portland, we decided to switch to this one. As a result, we needed to change our rental car pickup as well. It turned out that our new rental location was walkable from our new campsite. So, one of our activities today was to walk to pick up our rental car. It was a nice way to get a bit of exercise since we’ve been spending way too much time sitting on this trip. After that excursion, we came back and did our laundry and cleaning chores and enjoyed some nice weather at around 80!