5/1/20
A Change of plan:
Well here I am just 2 months from my goal to retire on 7/1/20 and all hell is breaking loose around the country. The Covid-19 hit us in March and on April 1st 2020 I joined the ranks of the unemployed. I got laid off from work due to a drastic slowdown in business and so I am kind of semi-retired now just a few months earlier than I originally planned. So…my new plan now is to kick off this adventure on June 29th 2020. at the Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in my home state of Oregon.
Another change is that my first golf partner will be my daughter (Priscilla). She is no senior and not even a junior but she is getting involved in the game and looking to play as much as possible. She will be helping me along the way with some social media stuff and she fully supports this whole idea. It seems appropriate to start off this way and so here we go…
6/29/20
Getting Started
Game number one is done! The first course and first 18-hole game are completed as planned. It was a great day, the course was beautiful, and the weather was great all day. You can click on “Oregon-The Reserve” and check it out.
7/1/20
Oregon is done
Today is the day I was originally planning to be my official retirement date. Even though that has not officially happened yet because I haven’t actually activated retirement benefits, I am having this time off and was able to get this golf the USA plan started a little earlier. Today I played the 9 holes game with 3 seniors at Claremont Golf Club. We had a good day even though it rained on us a little bit. Oregon is now done and the first 27 holes is on the map and I am ready to start planning the next State. The Covid-19 is going to come in to play with this so I will have to see what I can work out for the 1st trip out of my home State.
June 27, 2021
Virginia & Tennessee are done
Wow! I am finally getting out for some travel. The past year has been crazy to say the least with the COVID shut downs. COVID put a big hold on my travel plans and so I couldn’t go anywhere for golf except here in my home state of Oregon. Fortunately, I have been able to get out and golf locally but traveling out of state was just not happening. However, as of April this year I am fully COVID vaccinated and I am finding that the traveling is starting pick up.
I made this trip to Virginia and Tennessee and completed the 27 holes for each of these states and posted it. It all went great except for my game (see the post). The weather was great, the courses were beautiful but challenging, and the people I met and golfed with were fantastic. I will be working on plans for the next trip now and I hope to get 2 more in by the end of this year.
7/4/23
What Happened? It’s been 2 Years since my last trip
Yikes! It has been 2 years since my last posted activity. What happen? Well after 4th of July 2021 I got contacted by a great company that made me a job offer that I could not refuse. It offered work from home, travel and entertain clients by inviting them out for lunch, dinner, and golf outings. Golf outings? That was the part I just could not refuse. I thought I would do it for just one year and then get back to my retirement and golfing plan.
Well, here it is 2 years later and I am still at the job and squeezing in golf when and where ever possible. The job is a sales position and my focus is on the financial industry clients only. This is right up my ally of experience and too much fun to easily give up. It is low stress, and the salary + commissions is a big plus for adding to my retirement and golf budget plans. However, it is time to consider which is more important, having the free time to do more of what I enjoy most or continue working in a comfortable work environment?
7/1/2024
It is official. I retired! I am back on track and excited about making plans for my future trips. I am planning on California, New York, and New Jersey now.
7/24/24
I just completed California. I played the Talega Golf Club in San Clamente CA. The trip to get there was a night mare. Flight got cancelled and changed to a different airport (Burbank) that had no rental cars. My car reservation was at LAX so had to take “Lyft” to LAX. Ugh! The golf game was great (see post) and the return trip was smooth.
9/15/24
I made a trip to New York and stayed for a week (9/7/24 to 9/14/24). I stayed on Staten Island where I was born and raised untill I left when I was 25 years old. I was able to golf Staten Island at Silver Lake and got in LaTourtte golf course as a bonus. I also made it over to New Jersey and golfed Hyatt Hills Golf Complex. It was a great trip with weather being perfect and made some of my best scores ever so far.
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