Burns Park Championship Course/Levy Trail Loop

John, Ed, Dan, and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Dan scored 79, Ed 83, I scored 85, and John 86. I had nines of 40 and 45, with 1 birdie, 6 pars, 7 bogies, and 4 doubles. I used 28 putts, including 12 on the front nine. John scored his life's first eagle when he putted in from the fringe on No. 18.
Late this afternoon, I walked the Levy Trail Loop in 31:52.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 34:36.

Burns Park Championship Course/Levy Trail South

Ed and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Ed scored 86 and I scored 88, with nines of 44 and 44. I had 2 birdies, 5 pars, 7 bogies, 3 doubles, and 2 triples, and used 31 putts.

Late this afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in 33:24 through a steady cool drizzle.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South late this afternoon in 34:27.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this evening in 33:05.

Burns Park Tournament Course/Joe report

I played the front nine of Burns Park Tournament Course this morning in 44, with 3 pars, 3 bogies, and 3 doubles. I used 16 putts.
Whereas Jo ran to my car and waited just outside my door almost every time I drove up, Joe remains on the front porch, but he leaps onto the railing just as I begin to walk up the steps. He leans forward so that our heads pass within a foot or so, which makes it easy for me to scratch the back of his neck or rub my face against his. He is not quite as consistent with this routine as Jo was with hers, but only because he's off somewhere about half the time. If Joe's in the yard, he's gonna sprint to the porch and make the leap, as he did this morning.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 32:56. It is miserable out for golf. Nevertheless.
Dan Young had two golfing accomplishments no one has had in a game with me. He scored 73, and at one point on the back nine, he had three consecutive birdies. We played Burns Park Championship Course. I scored 84 and Ed 85. I had 1 birdie, 7 pars, 7 bogies, 2 doubles, and 1 triple. I used 34 puts.

River Trail

Several other Geezers and I walked for 1:42:03 this morning from the Burns Park Golf Course parking lot. I guess we went a little over five miles.

Burns Park Championship Course

I played the first ten holes of Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Rain chased me from the course. Ed and Dan at least thought they would continue. I scored 42 for the front nine and bogeyed the Par 4 10th hole. I had 2 birdies, 1 par, 5 bogies, 1 double, and 1 triple. I used 18 putts.

Levy Trail South/Burns Park Tournament Course

Ed Pennington, Dan Young, and I played Burns Park Tournament Course this morning. Dan scored 84, I scored 87, and Ed 95. I had nines of 39 and 48, with 6 pars, 9 bogies, 1 double, and 2 triples. I used 32 putts.
Before we golfed, I walked Levy Trail South at dusk in 33:36.

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop late this morning in 34:57.

LEVY TRAIL GROCERY LIST
Found this morning near 38th Street:
SOUR cream
(big bag) baked potatoes (white)
fly swat
Ceral
milk
Drinks coke 7-up
ice cream
1 millin crunch
1 vanilla ice cream
Chicken pot pies (Marie Calender) with parmessan

Burns Park

Ron, Elaine, Jayme, Kayla, and I walked for about an hour and twenty minutes through Burns Park this morning. I think Elaine said we went something like 4.3 miles.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
What would the African-Americans from the mid-1960s who first asked to be called "black" rather than "colored" have thought if someone had said, "That's cool, but would it be okay if, fifty years from now, we lump all non-white people into a category that we'll call 'people of color?' Not 'colored people' but 'people of color?' "

Levy Trail South/Burns Park Championship Course

John Czarnecki, Ed Pennington, Dan Young, and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Dan scored 80, Ed 84, I scored 86, and John 92. I had nines of 41 and 45, with 8 pars, 7 bogies, 1 double, and 2 triples. I used 31 putts. I played the first six holes in 2-over and last five in 1-over. The double and two triples came from Nos. 8-13.
Before daybreak, I walked Levy Trail South in 34:54.
The air in Levy feels like egg-drop soup.

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 34:18.

I PLAN TO STAB...
...the next person to say they are surprised by the politicization of masks

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 34:43, mainly to freshen up a bit for Corky Zaloudek's social-distanced, masked-enforced funeral for sixty. I'm interested to put on my all-time best suit for the third time since Uncle Jim Aikman croaked in 2012. I'm a little skinnier than I was when we buried Richard three and a half years ago. Fortunately, I had it pressed shortly thereafter, and it has been wrapped in plastic since.

QUESTION OF THE DAY*
How much debate was there among Christian leadership before they chose as their principal marketing tool the symbol of a man nailed to two pieces of wood? Did anyone argue it might send people running before they heard the backstory?
*inspired by my first visit to Our Lady of Holy Souls Catholic Church since the fall of 2005 when I attended a youth basketball game there with Ms. Everday Running

Levy Trail South/Burns Park Championship Course

I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 32:51.
I really had it going during my round on Burns Park Championship Course, but in schizophrenic fashion, finished triple, par, par, quadruple. Dan Young scored 83. I scored 85, and Ed 87. It looks as if Dan, the retired White Hall school administrator, might become part of our group. I had nines of 39 and 46, with 9 pars, 7 bogies, 1 triple, and 1 quadruple. I used 32 putts.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
After reading the following headline bust in the latest edition of Time magazine: 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet, which the fuck is it? Our last or our best? It can't be both. If it's our last, that would mean it's our only fucking chance. Not our best. Our only. If it's our best, then we're going to get at least one other, namely our worst. So which the fuck is it, Newsweek, Jr.?

Levy Trail

I walked on mostly shady sections of the Levy Trail between 42nd and 38th Streets late this evening for 35:27. It is also hotter than two motherfuckers in Levy.

Cooks Landing

I walked with the Gimblets and Sturgeons on the River Trial from Cooks landing this morning. Man, we go slow, but we have a lot of fun, I believe. Today, we went something like 2.6 miles in an hour and eight minutes. The first mile took us half a fucking hour.
Corky Zaloudek died yesterday. Tom seems OK, considering.

38th Street Loop/Burns Park Championship Course

I walked the 38th Street Loop this morning, for the first time since Nov. 20, 2019, in 32:09.
In 54 minutes, Ed and I are scheduled to tee off on the Burns Park Championship Course. Don Chaney, Kayce Hall's husband, said he would join us. We ate ribs at Zach's and Lacey's house last night. Social distancing was by-and-large maintained.
Ed scored 84. I scored 87 and Don 93. I had nines of 46 and 41, with 5 pars, 10 bogies, and 3 doubles. I used 35 putts.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South at lunchtime today in 34:24.

OVERHEARD
"It's hotter than a mamba-jamba out here, ain't it?"
—homeless-looking, bald-headed thirty-year-old man on the Levy Trail

Levy Trail South/Burns Park Tournament Course

Ed, John, and I played Burns Park Tournament Course this morning. I scored 93, John 95, and Ed 98. I had nines of 44 and 49 and used 39 putts. It was a terrible round for all of us.
Before the golf, I walked Levy Trail South in 34:34.

River Trail/Levy Trail South

Several other Geezers and I walked on the River Trail from Cooks Landing this morning. I was out for 56:18.
Late this afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in a blazing 31:46.

QUESTION OF THE DAY
Was there ever a time in human history when wild horses somewhat commonly kept people from things they wanted to do? Otherwise, why do people say things like, "Wild horses couldn't keep me away from the deals Consumer Cellular offers."? Was this really ever a fucking problem for anyone? "Sorry I'm late, honey." "Oh, don't worry, dear. I'm sure it was those wild horses again."

Levy Trail Loop/Burns Park Championship Course

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 34:47.
An hour later, John Czarnecki and I play Burns Park Championship Course. I scored 87 and John 91. I had nines of 42 and 45 with 6 pars, 9 bogies, 2 doubles, and 1 triple. I used 37 putts.

Levy Trail 10K/Levy Trail South

I walked the Levy Trail 10K late this morning in 1:47:58.
Late this afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in 35:04 .

Burns Park

I walked through Burns Park with Ron and Elaine Gimblet and Jayme and Kayla Sturgeon this morning. We were out for 1:09:22 and covered about 2.7 miles. We stopped for many things, like bugs and plants and the like.

Burns Park Championship Course/Levy Trail South

I played the front nine of the Burns Park Championship Course this morning in 45, with 2 pars, 4 bogies, and 3 doubles. I used 19 putts. My new driver was nothing special, inferior to the fourteen-year-old TaylorMade I have used off and on since 2006.
I walked Levy Trail South at lunchtime in 33:46.

River Trail/Levy Trail Loop

Several other Geezers and I walked the River Trial from Burns Park Golf Course this morning. We were out of 1:17:23. I believe Elaine Gimblet's watch said we went 4.13 miles.
Late this afternoon, I walked the Levy Trail Loop in 35:14.

Burns Park Championship Course/Levy Trail South

John, Ed, a retired White Hall public school administrator named Dan, and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Dan scored 79, Ed and I 84, and John 91. I had nines of 43 and 41, with 1 birdie, 5 pars, 10 bogies, and 2 doubles.
I walked Levy Trail South in 35:18.