June 11, 2013: Nashville Area Golf

We spent the night at Montgomery Bell State Park, a half hour southwest of Nashville.  This is a Tennessee Resort State Park with a conference center, villas and an 18-hole golf course that is one of the best in the group of courses that make up the Tennessee Golf Trail.

Our tee time was 9:50 and the temps were in the 80's when we arrived on the first tee.  The course was in fabulous condition, one of the best I have ever played.  It was even better when I parred the first hole.  We quickly caught the twosome in front of us and they asked us to join them - a nice couple, Bruce and Janie, from Nashville.  She was just getting back into golf after not playing for many years.  The temps quickly climbed to 96 degrees with very high humidity and we were all struggling, but Janie and Jack had to quit because they were feeling so poorly.  The heat affected me as well, so I only kept score on hole #1, #4, and #14.  Then again, that isn't too different from the way I typically score in our Tuesday/Thursday group at home.  The course was beautiful was lots of trees, wide fairways and undulating greens, but we didn't appreciate it the way we should have because of the heat.   It is definitely on our list of places we would like to visit again.  Anyone up for a golf trip to Tennessee?

Because we were so exhausted, we decided to stay right at the park again.  We returned to the campground and found a nicer site than the night before right next to a babbling brook.  We took a nap, showered, and felt so much better that we made a quick run to the grocery store.

After dinner, there was a knock on our door, and it was Bruce and Janie.  They were staying in the same campground and had come to warn us that Janie had found two ticks.  We shared RVing stories for a while and had a pleasant evening.  It was still in the 80's when we went to bed, so had to run the AC all night.