Men's Legacy Retreat & Golf Tournament

On April 27-28 twelve men from Mountain View participated in the 14th Annual Men's Legacy Retreat & Golf Tournament at Mountain Ranch Golf Club at Fairfield Bay, Arkansas.

 Mountain Ranch is a beautiful course in the rolling hills adjacent to Greer's Ferry Lake.  Many holes are very challenging.  We played a practice round on Friday and the tournament on Saturday.

We took meals and lodging at Budd Creek Baptist Camp.  Friday evening included a challenging sermon for men from a young pastor.   

 The tournament is played as a 4-man scramble.  These are my three teammates, Bob Heller, Brad Jester, and James Chambers.  I let them know right off that the only reason I was on their team was to make it a legitimate foursome.  We shot a 9 under par 63 in the contest. 

This is the second team from Mountain View; John Dewick, Brian Denton, Gene Colter, and Jack Spencer.  Brian is our "organizer".  He is formerly from Arkansas and played in this tournament with his church there.  He started taking one team, then two, and this year he took three teams.  

The third team consisted of Glenn Miller, Mike McAfee, Bob Acklin, and Buddy Seibert.  Buddy won the longest drive contest.  Glenn got "my door prize".  I had won a door prize each of the three previous years.  Well.... I guess it was Glenn's turn.,  

There was a "log jam" at the turn.  Jack and Gene were relaxing as they waited for their turn to tee off on Number Ten.  I don't know what they scored, but all Jack could talk about was the fish fry that awaited at the end of the round. 







Only Buddy brought home a trophy.  Only Glenn won a door prize.  But we all brought home sore muscles and good memories. 

This is the link to the Men's Legacy Retreat and Golf website:   http://www.menslegacyretreat.com/

Two Eagles

 

Saturday was a red-letter birding day for our backyard.  It was a first-ever sighting of a bald eagle from our back deck.  I didn't take the eagle photo at right. Our eagle was much higher and I could only see the white tail feathers when it turned "just right" in its circle. 

That sighting prompted us to record all other bird life observed for the day.  I also heard wild turkey, northern bobwhite, and tufted titmouse.  The woodlands surrounding our subdivision make it possible, on a good day, to "extend the ear" into the forest.  We also spotted these in our backyard Saturday:  northern cardinal, redwing blackbird, American crow, mourning dove, brown-headed cowbird, eastern meadowlark, and American robin.

The most common species for the day was American goldfinch.  The bright fluttering noisy goldfinches flitted among the feeders, trees, and lawn.  There must have been three dozen.

The second eagle of the week was posted by my Uncle Butch (Wayne David) on Number Three at Mountain View Municipal.  He pitched in his third from the fairway on the Par Five.  He is no stranger to golf glory.  He's had two aces in his life.  Of course, anyone who plays as often has he does should get a lucky roll now and then.