Kona, Hawaii
Surprisingly, things went much better than predicted. The shipped was cleared early, border patrol did a cursory glance at passports and we were on the tender at 7:45. Our tee time was 1 pm at Makalei Golf Club. Plenty of time.
The seas were very calm and getting the clubs on and off the tender went smoothly. We were ashore quickly and hailed an Uber.
First stop was Walmart to get golf balls and a few other items. Our driver was very familiar with the golf club and encouraged us not to get the 12 pack at Walmart. Get at least a 24 pack. Beer of course. Walmart was only 7 or 8 mins away.
We finished shopping, looked at receipt and gave each other the same disturbed look since bidenomics was implemented. I guess the way to look at this is the quality of the economy. We are paying so much more for everything. The quality of the economy must be higher.
We hailed another Uber and were off to the course. The driver was a former high school teacher so we had lot’s of stories to share.
Up and up and up we went. Up to the top of mount krumpett. Sunny back in Kona, cloudy up in the mountains. I checked in at the proshop and had already pre-paid online for a $50 savings. We purchased a bucket and hit the range. This course is a favorite of locals. Not many tourists were here so the tee time was no issue.
The range was a blast. Straight down the mountain. Even the low screamers looked good.
The pro-shop manager said it was a 15 minute drive in the cart up to hole 1. The range was about halfway. We hit our bucket and checked in with the starter. He asked if we had plenty of balls. We laughed and said yes. Another 7 or 8 minute drive up and we were at hole 1.
This selfy is looking down the driving range. If you are a skier, think double black diamond to get an idea of what the mountain looks like. None of the pictures can convey what it looked like in person.
The starter did say there are lots of animals on the course. Wild pigs being one. We didn’t see any bacon running around but did see some peacocks.
The peacocks here watched for proper technique here.
The course was challenging and we had a blast. It did rain quite steadily for holes 7 through 12. We played 13 – 18 with no rain but we were already wet. I did lose a number of balls but those were wild ones. We finished about 3:30 and hailed an Uber. It did take our driver some time to come and get us. We were back in the port about 4:30 and stopped in to the “Big Kohona” for a drink and something to eat.
We took it easy the rest of the evening on the ship. We were tired and needed the rest for another round in Hilo tomorrow.…