DOWNTOWN AND THE ART FESTIVAL

GOT TO WALK AROUND IN DOWNTOWN EDMONTON TONIGHT AND HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS AN ART AND DESIGN FESTIVAL WHERE WE EXPERIENCED THIS PIECE BEING CREATED. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE ARCH FOR 4 DAYS SO FAR, RECREATING A TEXAS ARTISTS SKETCH. 4 OR 5 MORE DAYS OF PAINTING THE ARTISTS TOLD US AND IT WILL BE COMPLETE...WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A TRIP BACK BY TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

MADE IT TO EDMONTON...THE ATB STARTS....NOW!

SETTLED IN AT OUR HOTEL IN EDMONTON AND READY FOR OUR FIRST PRACTICE ROUND IN THE MORNING. GOT IN A LITTLE PRACTICE TODAY AND CHECKED OUT 9 HOLES OF THE GOLF COURSE WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.  CLOSING HOLE IS A PAR 3 PLAYS JUST UNDER 200 YARDS AND IS SURROUNDED BY GRANDSTANDS...HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE FOR SOME GOOD DRAMA!

MORE DRIVING

MT RUSHMORE, HYDE MOUNTAIN GOLF CLUB, AND THE 14 HOUR DRIVE

JUST PULLED INTO CALGARY A FEW HOURS AGO AND MADE IT DOWNTOWN FOR A LITTLE R&R AND SOME DINNER AFTER THE 5 HOUR DRIVE FROM SICAMUSE THIS MORNING. FINALLY FOUND SOME DECENT WIRELESS INTERNET SO THAT I COULD LOAD A FEW PICS FROM OUR TRIP SO FAR. THE DRIVE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS TODAY WAS NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR WITH A VIEW AROUND EVERY CORNER...(HAD TO SLAP KYLE A FEW TIMES WHILE HE DROVE!) TAKING IT EASY TONIGHT WITH PROAM AND CLINIC IN THE MORNING THEN ITS OFF TO EDMONTON FOR THE WEEK COME TOMORROW NIGHT. SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN UPDATES, BUT THINGS SHOULD BE BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT.                                                                                                    -"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."

9 STATES LATER WE ARE IN SICAMUSE

WE MADE ACROSS THE STATES AND INTO CANADA ONCE AGAIN STOPPING IN THE HOUSE BOAT CAPITAL OF CANADA THE BEAUTIFUL SICAMUSE BRITISH COLOMBIA. WE ARE STAYING WITH A FRIEND IN THE APARTMENT ABOVE THE GOLF SHOP WHICH MAKES FOR A VERY EASY COMMUTE. PLAYED IN MENS LEAGUE TONIGHT AND GOT TO COOK OUR OWN STEAKS FOR DINNER AFTERWARD MAKING FOR A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT! INTERNET IS SLOW SO PICTURES ARE TAKING HOURS IT SEEMS TO LOAD, BUT I WILL WORK ON GETTING THEM LOADED WHEN WE MAKE IT TO CALGARY ON SATURDAY...STAY TUNED AND STAY WELL...

WONDER WHATS GOING ON HERE?

US OPEN 2010

A BIG CONGRATS TO KENT EGER AND MATT RICHARDSON FOR QUALIFYING TO THE 2010 US OPEN AT PEBBLE BEACH. BOTH KENT AND MATT ARE MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN TOUR THIS SEASON WICH GOES TO SHOW THE CALIBER OF PLAYERS THAT WE ARE PLAYING AGAINST. CONGRATS AGAIN TO BOTH OF THEM!

MY HEART GOES OUT

WIND AND TREES

SECOND ROUND PLAY DIDNT GO QUITE AS PLANNED...BETWEEN THE WIND AND MISSED FAIRWAYS, WE HAD A TOUGH ROUND OF SCRAMBLING FOR PAR. THE PLAYING WEEK COMES TO AN EARLY END, BUT ITS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS. GOTTA LEARN FROM WHAT WE DID WRONG AND TAKE EXPERIENCE FROM WHAT WE DID RIGHT. HEADED BACK TO THE STATES TOMORROW FOR A TWO AND A HALF WEEK BREAK AND THEN THE DRIVING BEGINS AS WE HEAD TO EDMONTON FOR OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT.

72 YESTERDAY...60'S HERE WE COME

AFTER A 2 OVER PAR 72 IN YESTERDAYS OPENING ROUND A LOT WAS LEFT TO BE DESIRED FOR TODAYS ROUND....ROUND ONE LEFT BOTH OF US SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AND THINKING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT WITH GOLF COMES BAD BREAKS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. ALL WE CAN DO IS MOVE ON TO TODAY, GO OUT AND PLAY THE WAY KYLE KNOWS HOW TO GIVE OURSELVES A TEE TIME ON THE WEEKEND! EVEN THOUGH THE GOLF WASNT QUITE SPECTACULAR YESTERDAY, THE DEER YOU SEE HERE (PICTURED ON WEDNESDAY) WERE DEFINITELY OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE FIRST DAY OF SUNSHINE WE HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK. ITS THE CRAZIEST THING WHEN YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE FAIRWAY AND A DEER IS NO MORE THAN 2 YARDS AWAY FROM YOU AND ACTS AS THOUGH YOU ARE 1000 MILES AWAY. WISH US GOOD LUCK AND CHECK BACK TONIGHT TO SEE HOW OUR AFTERNOON ROUND GOES TODAY! LOVE, LIVE, LIFE

12 HOURS TILL GO TIME...

PHOTOS FROM OUR GOLF ADVENTURE TO OLYMPIC VIEW GOLF CLUB AND OUR AMAZING DINNER WITH SHARON AND AL AT THEIR HOUSE ON THE BAY  ACROSS FROM DOWNTOWN VICTORIA. BOTH SHARON AND AL WERE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ALOT AND WERE GREAT ABOUT SHARING THEIR WISDOM...THEY HAVE CREATED A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY WHILE EASING EVERY PAIN YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE. THANKS TO BOTH OF THEM FOR AN AMAZING EVENING! SOLID PRACTICE ROUND TODAY IN LESS THAN SPECTACULAR WEATHER BUT WE MADE IT AND THE FORECAST IS LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. GO TIME IS 9:10 KEEP UP TO DATE AT CANTOUR.COM

DOWNTOWN? YES PLEASE!

WE MADE IT TO DOWNTOWN FINALLY YESTERDAY AND GOT TO SEE THE SIGHTS HERE IN VICTORIA INCLUDING THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING AND SOME AMAZING HISTORIC HOTELS...EVERYTHING IS RIGHT ON THE HARBOR AND IF YOU GET BORED YOU CAN ALWAYS WATCH THE AIRPLANES LANDING IN THE BAY! (PRETTY COOL!) ATE SOME FISH AND CHIPS AT BARBS ON THE WATER (A VICTORIA SPECIAL) AND WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY...WILL DEFINITELY BE MAKING IT BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND! KYLE GOT SOME GOOD PRACTICE IN YESTERDAY AND WE ARE HEADED OUT TO PLAY OFFSITE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME WORK DONE WHILE THE COURSE IS BUSY WITH THE PROAM...ITS A LITTLE CHILLY HERE BUT THE SUN IS TRYING TO POKE ITS HEAD OUT IT LOOKS LIKE...SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CATCH SOME GOOD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!