Day 33: Louisiana, we're back!

We drove back to Louisiana today. It was six hours on the dot from Houston to St. Francisville, La. even though we hit a little Houston traffic this morning.We're at The Bluffs Country Club and Resort this week and it's the first time an AJGA tournament has been here, so everyone is really excited! The drive wasn't too bad. We actually stopped back at our Gray Plantation exit (where we were two weeks ago) for lunch and to buy some more course marking stakes. It felt like ages since we had left Gray Plantation, yet it was only eight days ago. The Bluffs is tucked away down a country road with dense trees and brush on either side. After a few turns and a few more minutes of driving, the trees break and you come up to a field with "The Bluffs" sign. It's really pretty, but remote (no cell service).

When we got here, we set up HQ and started some of the initial downloads. We met Lori, the food and beverage manager, and she showed us where the all important copier is located and even gave Michael and I a sneak peak at our box lunch menu for the week: wraps, yogurts and fresh fruit! Yum! Once the guys got back from picking up courtesy cars we headed to our host homes. Bridget, Tori and I are all staying together at a home, but the man had to leave suddenly because his mother is very sick. It's the best of both worlds for us because we are able to come back to a home and we are able to go right to sleep. Normally when we stay at host homes it's harder to sneak away to bed because the host family wants to hear about your day and what the schedule is for the next day. So, we will hopefully get to bed relatively early this week!

Tori, Bridget and I get a host home all to ourselves
this week!

We went to dinner at a local place called Magnolia Cafe. It was a large screened in porch with a small stage set up in one corner where two guys were playing the guitar and singing some slow classic southern songs. We met the tournament chairmen and the men who were so instrumental in making this tournament possible. They were so nice and SO excited to have us here. It was a wonderful night!

Great musicians at dinner.