Well. After five straight days of golf fun, today is a day of R&R. That’s rest and recovery, sorely needed. I can’t remember a busier time. First the two-week trip to the UK, then the week-long drama of my brother’s passing, then a frantic day and a half going to the Rush concert, and finally the five-day golf, eating, and drinking binge with my KY cousins. That’s pretty much a solid month of unusual activity.

We get a couple of days for R&R, then it all starts again for a week. Huge crowd coming here post-World Cup event, then Em and the gang for a few days, overlapped by my high school buddy Mike coming by for a birthday visit. Mike and I travel together back to Nashville on the 1st, then I hop over to Louisville where I plan to hole up and truly rest a while.

This is all kind of a side effect of my recent attitude of “why wait, do it now, you may not have tomorrow”. Like most anything I dive into, I tend to overdo it. Just a little too much fun all at once. But I’m surviving, if not thriving.

In retrospect, three of the four golf clubs I took the cousins to were a big success. Rancho Santa Fe, Torrey Pines (shown in the title photo), and Pechanga were all hits. The local club, not so much. Here’s a shot of the 7th hole at Pechanga with its magnificent view.

Here’s a picture of La Jolla, the land of pelicans. They have absolutely taken over La Jolla Cove. The smell of their droppings is intense – a strong ammonia smell. We had a nice meal that day at Eddie V’s, but the pre-meal walk around the Cove was a bit much.

We’ve had clear skies the last few days, so the evening activity of stargazing through K’s telescope was a big hit with everyone. Here’s a shot of Jupiter and a few of its moons.

All in all, a great start to the birthday month. Next up, some fun in KY if it ever stops raining there.