Well, I arrived in Gulfport, Mississippi via Continental Express around noon yesterday. Flying in from Houston, my plane landed directly near downtown Gulfport, and it was readily apparent that Katrina still hurts a year plus later.
I could see slab after empty slab directly on the coast, and Highway 90 leading into Biloxi was still a bunch of pillars with no visible highway to support...just a bunch of large concrete pillars sticking up out of the Gulf.
Further inland, the damage wasn't still nearly as apparent, although I'm sure it's there. Anyhow, all difficult to see, considering all those old fine homes that used to line the coast.
Today, dad and I played our first Robert Trent Jones Trail golf course, the "Crossing" course at Magnolia Grove just down the road in Seemes, Alabama. It was a very windy day, and it was a bit chilly at first, but the course was fantastic. The LPGA just held a tournament on the very same course last week, although we were surprised that was the case with the condition of the greens, which apparently had just been overseeded.
However, other than the greens, the course was superb and a hard SOB, even on a calm day, which this wasn't. I'm a 15, and I still shot a 97, and was (mostly) happy to have shot it after not having played in a month.
Tomorrow, we'll play the "Falls" course, which is supposed to be even higher caliber than the "Falls." The geography here is absolutely gorgeous...large, undulating hills with lots of elevated greens, and massive tall pines and a scattering of magnolias (hence the name).
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