Please note: my adventures in Hilton Head are not titled as such, thanks to a chance comment made by my first niece. Henceforth, they shall be known as the "Vicarious Living Through Aunt Tina" show, with the installments not named as episodes but taking a cue from one of my favorite movies. Enjoy!
My first stop was at a dollar store, in search of soft shoes - mission accomplished!
Sure, they were bigger than I needed, but the slippers felt perfect to my still-sore feet, and were, as specified, only a dollar.
What a deal!
The store was in the same shopping center as the Northridge Cinema 10, my true destination.
Right place, right time!
Surprisingly, I was not the only person looking for a film, on a Monday, in the early afternoon, but, then again, it may be the sweet selection on the roster there.
(That preponderance of commas is specifically for my first niece, who was once told by a teacher that commas were not meant to be "sprinkled like glitter" in writing. To that I say: Bah! Glitter, like commas and exclamation marks, are glorious!!!)
Now, where was I?
Oh, yes, sharing a movie, in real cinema, with like-minded folk!
Probably, like me, they had never even heard of this one.
I know the story, about post-high school twenty-somethings in a small town going downhill, finding themselves reunited by music upon the return of the only one who had left and gone to college, might play well, especially in Statesboro.
The tale might also do well as a psychological study of the effect a loner can have when allowed to play a role with others.
I thought about staying for a second film, but the blue-sky day was calling me outside... hooray!
I even had a coupon for it!
No one even batted an eye at my sloppy slippers.
This was one of my favorite holes on the "easy" course.
It was Hole 4 of Paradise Falls, located up a flight of stairs and on top of a small "rock" mountain.
Four strokes was what it took, too, even though it was supposed to take just three.
Perhaps I was distracted by the view from up there...
yeah, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
In fact, here's that mountain, in this photo.
I was looking back from Hole 10 and happened to espy, with my little eye, the big "rock" from whence I'd come six holes earlier.
Such a fun course, and hardly anyone on it!
In no time, I was over on the supposedly more challenging course of Lost Lagoon.
This whack-a-mole layout on Hole 13 looked like it could be a problem, with its upper tier having three different tunnels to the lower one, but I tamed it with a bogey, so... not bad!
A bogey, by the way, is one over par; I had several of those, including a few double-bogeys.
See this waterfall on the final hole of the course?
The trick was to shoot hard enough to make it over a channel, and through the waterfall, onto the putting green on the other side.
Better believe that was a bogey for me!
But, again, such fun I had, for more than an hour, out in the sunshine, listening to the rock'n'roll piped in, as I walked and stretched and got in some exercise!
I fared fairly well, too, on my scores!
For Paradise Falls, I hit nearly half at par, with six bogeys, for a score of 58.
Over in Lost Lagoon, I only had six that were par or better, with four of them being birdies!
That would be one under par - hooray!
I also had quite a few double bogeys mixed in, yielding a total of 62 strokes.
And what movie was awaiting me at the condo?
"The Natural", with Robert Redford playing baseball!
It reminded me of one of the "Quantum Leap" episodes
that I love so much.
In that episode, he was an aging pitcher trying to make another go at getting into the major league; same here, only Roy Hobbs didn't want to be a pitcher, he wanted to hit homers.
And "Futurama" had a surprise in store for me!
They were playing mini-golf, just as I had done today!
What a lovely way to know the universe was looking out for me and that I was loved!
Right place, right time... and tomorrow will bring new delights!
i thank You, God!
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