Seattle

Before moving to San Diego, Julia and I lived in the Seattle/ Tacoma area. We still have some wonderful friends living in the area. I was fortunate to spend the last week with some great people who have known me for most of my "adult" life. The purpose of the trip was a "guys-golf-weekend". Thank you Tim, Jeff, and Marc for an awesome time.

The first course we played was the Home Course in Dupont. I've never had to wait for a deer to cross the fairway before I hit before...but it wouldn't be the first time. We had the same experience the next day. This is not the stairway to heaven as I first thought....they are used to see the fairway to make sure that you don't hit up on the group in front of you.

The next day we played 36 holes at the Newcastle courses. The views were absolutely amazing.
We spent way too much time searching for golf balls. The fescue grass was our nemesis for most of the rounds. If the fact that we lost countless golf balls wasn't enough, the allergic reaction that Tim and I had to them almost sent us home.
I think Jeff was a little proud of himself....but check out that view of the valley and mountains.

Lastly, we played at Chamber's Bay. This course is scheduled to be the home of the US OPEN in 2015. It's a links-style course = no trees (and a TON of sand). Some seriously hard pin placements and rolling greens will give the pros a tough time....but not as tough as it was for us. I hit it here in 1 shot on hole 12, though.
more seaching....

This area used to be a big gravel pit. The giant concrete structures were used to divide up the gravel. They add a really cool effect to the place.

Marc is as cool as the other side of the pillow.....