Golf Balls

My golf balls came in the mail yesterday! I found a place called GolfBalls.com that sells all types of golf balls and many of them are what they call "logo overruns." They printed logos on golf balls and somehow ended up with extras (perhaps the company that ordered them went out of business, or they printed too many). Anyway, you get a buck or two off the price of a dozen, plus sometimes you can buy "clearance" golf balls that are last year's model or something. Anyway, it was six bucks shipping no matter how many dozen you bought so I ended up buying six. Partly because I wanted to have a bunch of different ones so that I could see which ones I like, to see if I even notice a difference, also because some of them were so cheap. Well, they came, and I'm happy. I can't wait to go try them out somewhere. I was particularly pleased because the Titleist balls (pictured) didn't even have any logos on them, and while they website said that the overruns come in bulk packaging instead of sleeves, the "bulk packaging" was a clear plastic box with a dimple for each ball and a reclosable lid. I thought they might just come in a plastic bag or something, or even loose in the shipping box. Plus, my Nike golf balls, even though they are logo overruns, they came in sleeves and all are the same logo instead of a variety of random logos. (I know, I'm weird, but that's life.)

I should get back to school now, I'm already a little behind this semester. We are supposed to read a book every week, and I didn't finish my first one last week even though it's the smallest one. :-(

Memorial Day weekend.

Here's a picture from our trip. You can't see Delicate Arch all that well, because it's big and we're small. If I would have cropped it so you could see it better, then you would not be able to see us. If you want to see the arch, Google it.

Mid week we made last minute plans to go out of town with Amy's folks for the weekend. The girls had a dance recital Friday night, so we couldn't leave until Saturday morning. We got down to Cortez, CO around noon and had lunch in a park then checked into our hotel. Amy's folks met us there and we drove into Mesa Verde National Park with them. Mesa Verde is the one with the cliff dwellings from several centuries ago. Most of the cliff dwellings require a tour (and extra $$), so we only saw one. It was pretty cool. The kids earned their Junior Ranger badges and then we headed back to the hotel. Sunday morning we went to church in Cortez and then drove to Monticello (the city in UT, not the building on the money). Nicer hotel in Monticello (too bad it was Sunday and we couldn't use the pool--or rather, we opted not to).

Monday morning we drove into Moab (the city in UT, not the biblical area/people) and ditched our car and drove into Arches National Park, with Amy's folks again. We all hiked out to Delicate Arch and took some pictures, had a mini-lunch, and hiked back. Then we drove up to a different trail head and Amy and I, and Bob and Amy's dad hiked up to Landscape Arch. I had never been to Landscape Arch. It's long. Then we drove home. As we were loading into our car back in Moab it started to rain and then it rained fairly hard on the way out of town. It almost reminded us of the rain in South Carolina, okay, it did remind us, but it wasn't as heavy. The drive home was uneventful, for the most part.