Another trip for Gibby!
Being in the Golf business allows for some good travel. But Let me tell you anywhere from Tofino always seems like work.
Vegas Golf
My end goal is to get to Florida for Canadian PGA meetings. I know that the trip will be long so I decided to break the trip up with a small stop (3 days ) in the wonderful town of Las Vegas. Vegas gives me two things; First play some golf in warm sunny weather and second, a visit with my mom, as she likes to winter in Sin City.
Upon my arrival in the Las Vegas International Airport (which is a gong show by the way), I quickly got my luggage and I’m ready to hit the tee. The chosen golf course is Boulder Creek, which is located approx 25 minutes from Vegas and is a very quite little spot. Some developer had great plans for a residential golf property but ended loosing everything. The town of Boulder Creek had to buy the property and has tried to continue the operations of the 27 hole property. Boulder Creek golf resort is undiscovered in my opinion, the greens are perfect and from tee to green is just wonderful. It is also a good test of golf precise drives to avoid the desert is a must and the very difficult and fast greens will get you if you’re not careful. The green fee is reasonable at $42.00 including a power cart, much more affordable then the $100-$150 you would pay closer to the strip. I enjoyed two rounds at Boulder Creek, posting both scores in the 70’s. My third round in Vegas was a place called Tuscany. It is another great value of condition and price. This course was approx 20 minutes from Vegas located in a gated community. The course actually had a frost delay and was very busy. The rate here was only $35.00 to play including a power cart. Enjoyed the round with two visitors from of all places Canada and one guy who was from Nanaimo…small world. My score of 76 may have been one of my better rounds of the year.
Vegas Activities
As Vegas can be the most exciting place in the world, I always enjoy people watching the best, and there is no better place than the casino. I don’t gamble much but I enjoyed donating my $40 to the local place called the Fiesta. They seemed to need my money so my 15 minute stint at Black Jack was all for me.
I decided to spend my money more wisely and thought a movie would have more appeal. It’s been a while since I have been to a movie and didn’t realize the seats actually reclined. Love that feature. The Blind Side was the movie of choice, very very good and Sandra Bullock was great.
If you are a sports fan how can you beat Vegas. I decided to use one of the nights to go see the UNLV running Rebels basketball game. I love watching college basketball and watching it live makes it that much better. The rebels beat the very poor team of Holy Cross. Its fun to see the student body get crazy (I’m not sure but alcohol may be a factor).
Canadian Professional Golfers Association
As my Vegas time line has nearly expired I know have some more travel to the east. Florida is the end destination and more specific, Port St Lucie, which is a two hour drive down the Florida turn pike. The goal here was to power through two days of Canadian PGA meetings. After the first day of the meetings was over we learned that day two isn’t needed. Must be the efficiency of the association or lack of planning, I’m not sure which. Needles to say it left the door open for some to play golf and some people (me) could enjoy some football in the local sports pub called Duffy’s. This place was home to 55 TV’s with every game on except the Grey Cup (who knew). It was heaven. They also had the best wings I have ever had. As the Florida visit came to an end, along with the meetings my return flight back was Orlando, to Charlotte to Vegas and finally to Vancouver. I landed at 4:25 and made a mad rush to catch the 5:45 ferry to Duke Point and finally a three hour drive home.
Two stops at Tim Horton’s and I finally arrived home…there’s no place like home!
Being in the Golf business allows for some good travel. But Let me tell you anywhere from Tofino always seems like work.
Vegas Golf
My end goal is to get to Florida for Canadian PGA meetings. I know that the trip will be long so I decided to break the trip up with a small stop (3 days ) in the wonderful town of Las Vegas. Vegas gives me two things; First play some golf in warm sunny weather and second, a visit with my mom, as she likes to winter in Sin City.
Upon my arrival in the Las Vegas International Airport (which is a gong show by the way), I quickly got my luggage and I’m ready to hit the tee. The chosen golf course is Boulder Creek, which is located approx 25 minutes from Vegas and is a very quite little spot. Some developer had great plans for a residential golf property but ended loosing everything. The town of Boulder Creek had to buy the property and has tried to continue the operations of the 27 hole property. Boulder Creek golf resort is undiscovered in my opinion, the greens are perfect and from tee to green is just wonderful. It is also a good test of golf precise drives to avoid the desert is a must and the very difficult and fast greens will get you if you’re not careful. The green fee is reasonable at $42.00 including a power cart, much more affordable then the $100-$150 you would pay closer to the strip. I enjoyed two rounds at Boulder Creek, posting both scores in the 70’s. My third round in Vegas was a place called Tuscany. It is another great value of condition and price. This course was approx 20 minutes from Vegas located in a gated community. The course actually had a frost delay and was very busy. The rate here was only $35.00 to play including a power cart. Enjoyed the round with two visitors from of all places Canada and one guy who was from Nanaimo…small world. My score of 76 may have been one of my better rounds of the year.
Vegas Activities
As Vegas can be the most exciting place in the world, I always enjoy people watching the best, and there is no better place than the casino. I don’t gamble much but I enjoyed donating my $40 to the local place called the Fiesta. They seemed to need my money so my 15 minute stint at Black Jack was all for me.
I decided to spend my money more wisely and thought a movie would have more appeal. It’s been a while since I have been to a movie and didn’t realize the seats actually reclined. Love that feature. The Blind Side was the movie of choice, very very good and Sandra Bullock was great.
If you are a sports fan how can you beat Vegas. I decided to use one of the nights to go see the UNLV running Rebels basketball game. I love watching college basketball and watching it live makes it that much better. The rebels beat the very poor team of Holy Cross. Its fun to see the student body get crazy (I’m not sure but alcohol may be a factor).
Canadian Professional Golfers Association
As my Vegas time line has nearly expired I know have some more travel to the east. Florida is the end destination and more specific, Port St Lucie, which is a two hour drive down the Florida turn pike. The goal here was to power through two days of Canadian PGA meetings. After the first day of the meetings was over we learned that day two isn’t needed. Must be the efficiency of the association or lack of planning, I’m not sure which. Needles to say it left the door open for some to play golf and some people (me) could enjoy some football in the local sports pub called Duffy’s. This place was home to 55 TV’s with every game on except the Grey Cup (who knew). It was heaven. They also had the best wings I have ever had. As the Florida visit came to an end, along with the meetings my return flight back was Orlando, to Charlotte to Vegas and finally to Vancouver. I landed at 4:25 and made a mad rush to catch the 5:45 ferry to Duke Point and finally a three hour drive home.
Two stops at Tim Horton’s and I finally arrived home…there’s no place like home!
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