Ruidoso 2009 - Day 4

I fell behind on my travel blogging this trip. I know, but trust me, if you'd of experienced the same lack of communication that we experienced this trip - you'd understand. The only cell service we got was if you leaned your body half way off the balcony which rested four flights off the ground. Me thinks not. Yes, we stole on to someone's wireless connection, but I had no energy to pull out all my stuff (laptop, cables, etc) and the previous entries were put up only because I mooched off of Mom's laptop when she had it up and running.

So there, my excuses in a nutshell. Let's get down to the nitty gritty, shall we?

On Sunday (Day 4) I had no plans. Jeff, Dad and J.R. were headed to the golf course and not another soul was up in the house. They pity-asked me if I'd like to tag along, and with a devious smile I agreed to go! Camera in tow of course. I was Jeff's caddy, though seriously under paid (like $0), but I got to drive the golf cart (why do we have so much fun driving those things?) and I made all three of them suffer through my onslaught of photography. I had a good time and I really tried to play around with my Manual mode that I learned at my recent photography class (post coming soon).

The course was beautiful. Apparently, as the boys explained, it was modeled after many European courses. Links style. Whatever that meant. Let's just say that there were a lot of mounds/hills on the course. Sometimes so high you couldn't see where you were shooting. But the views were awesome and you could see Sierra Blanca from the back nine.

After golf we headed back to the condo. Mom and Dad took off to the casino to try their luck, JR and Ashley headed into town to meet her Dad, his friend Kathleen and her sister, Karolyn, and her boyfriend Mark. Jeff and I opted to stay back and RELAX. I think I must of played at least 100 rounds of solitaire on this trip and I may have even developed some carpel tunnel from all the shuffling I did.

Later that night, Karolyn and Mark prepared the best dinner - fish and shrimp tacos with a fresh salad, saffron rice and fresh mango salsa. It was excellent! I made desert (cheesecake squares) but this high altitude cooking messed with my temperature/cooking time ratio and while the top was nice and brown the bottom was a tad on the doughy side. I have no clue how the locals cook/bake. I guess they are used to it!