Rough Mudders

Thanks to the fickle nature of Mother Nature and weather men, we changed our tee time several times this week before settling on noon Saturday at The Creeks at Ivy Acres near Appleton.

We timed it just right, too. We met our friends Scott and Sandy from Green Bay and we all experienced rain en route to the course. But then it was done and we had mostly sunny skies and gentle breezes and plenty of humidity to go around.

Oh and did I mention mud?

The cart paths made it seem like were going ATV muddin' for the day or running one of those crazy Tough Mudder obstacle races. Since I can't seem to find the fairway on a clear day, I guess I was a "rough" mudder. Somehow managed to keep our feet and legs relatively clean.

We've golfed this course before when it was called Eagle Creek. With a new name and owners, there are a few changes. Still adjacent to farmland and requires crossing a highway a few times.

But now has these creeks or leaves or, in the case of the ladies' tees, red lipstick markers in the tee boxes.

Yes, the swing sisters are easily entertained!

I had to laugh or else I would have probably cried at how badly I scored on some holes. Everyone else is a pretty good golfer. I'm just there for the fun in the sun with friends.

My artsy shot of the day. 18th hole sign swinging in the wind with the silo in the background and Jim waiting to tee off.

After golf, we went out to eat near Appleton and went our separate ways. After a reprieve from rain all day, we were headed into the eastbound storm.

Pretty eerie clouds.

But stranger to see the sun glowing in the distance. At least then we knew the thunder storm couldn't last too long. Still a unique sight.

The best part was that driving into the sun, I knew there'd have to be rainbows. It's scientific logic! And we were not disappointed. Saw a double one starting (faintly above) and even saw both ends of one.

The top of the arch disappeared into the clouds, but it was cool to see the different places that "appeared" to be the end of the rainbow... Wisconsin Rapids, a farm field and here is the baseball diamonds in Kellner!

We stopped in on the way home just to see when our friends' kids would be playing tomorrow. There were rain delays but we should be able to see at least one game that works into our schedule Sunday. No golfing tomorrow – just church and grad parties. No rain either.

If you can trust a forecast around here.