Cramerton, NC

Today Meg & I went on an outing for the first time since pre-covid days – to go walking and get a milkshake at Goat Island in Cramerton. When we parked in town to walk to the park, this mural was on the building across the street. I did not realize that khaki was invented for the US Army at Cramer Mills during WWI. Very interesting.

Just a beautiful area and a beautiful day to be out for a walk.

Golf vs Boiling Springs

Mallory knew that this would be one of her harder matches of the season – Boiling Springs was the Upper State Champion last year – and for the first time, she was runner-up instead of medalist. She actually played very, very well, and we were proud. I love that Jeff captured this look on her face when she missed this putt. Better luck next time, Mal Mal!

My dear friend Evelyn has always been so supportive of my grandchildren, and she came out to watch the match today. I got this picture afterwards. Thanks, Evie!

Final pix from yesterday

I had read when I was researching Hanging Rock Battleground that there was just one small sign about the history of it, and we finally ran across the sign as we were heading back to the car for the day. Of course I loved that.

From there we drove to Andrew Jackson State Park to have our picnic lunch. Conveniently enough, the picnic table we found was right beside the playground, so the boys had fun on that while we were there, too. Great day.

Hanging Rock Battleground Trail, Part 1

Adam is spending this weekend with us while Andrew is off on an F3 outing, Jenny is working, and Charlie is on his confirmation retreat. Addie dropped Mason off early this morning, and we headed to Heath Springs to check out this trail my friend Kirkie had told me about long ago. It was fantastic. Acres and acres of boulders and giant rocks for climbing. The boys loved it, and it was so good to be out.

Season’s Third Golf Match

…and Mallory’s third time as medalist. Here she is in action.

The team finally got their 2020 season shirts. They don’t like them – they say they look like old people shirts, so of course I love them. I did get a picture of the sisters modeling them after the match.

Keaton

This morning I spent a couple of hours porch visiting with Keaton, the baby I kept from the time he was born until we went into quarantine. He is the sweetest thing, and it was so much fun to see him again. I could not believe how he’d gotten so tall, and how he just didn’t look like a baby any more. Wow.

Golfing at Tega Cay

After their first match on Wednesday, the girls had another match on Thursday- this time at Tega Cay. It was the first time Jeff & I had been to that course, and the first time our girls team had played on the back nine. We got a team photo before the match started. Mallory and Clara are the two right in the middle.

Our home course, River Hills, is very hilly, but it could not hold a candle to this crazy course. This is how high we were coming from one hole to the next. And they were having to carry or push their clubs the whole time. That was pretty wild.

CHS Golf Season Opener

It was pretty brutally hot this week, but we were still glad to be back at the golf course to watch our girlS in action! Yep, Clara is playing on the varsity golf team this year, too, so it was a brand new experience for us going back & forth to watch both girls. That’s Clara putting in this picture.

Got this photo afterwards of the girls together. Mallory was the medalist for the match with a 41 – her lowest score ever at River Hills, and Clara played really good for it to be her first high school match ever. I think she made a 60. It’s going to be a fun season.