Today I get to travel to Austin for some training at National Instruments tomorrow. This afternoon I’ll meet the son-in-law at Colovista for a round of golf. We tried playing once before, but got rained out. The course is beautiful, but the morning we showed up was a typical central Texas spring thunderstorm kinda day, and even the high points were soggy. Today should be simply awesome.
We tried playing the back nine last trip, but even high on the ridge above the Colorado River, the ground was just too soaked. Instead, we got a full tour by the developer/owner of Colovista. He was understandably proud. His name is Les Appelt, and he is a good old-fashioned Texan, a graduate of A&M’s engineering program. He drove us around, showing us many different properties, highlighting the tour with a drive up to the 14th green/15th tee. The 15th is a par 3 with a great view of the river and a big drop from tee to green. It is their signature hole, so you’ll see it in all ads for the development. I hope the wind stays down today so I’ll have a chance of actually hitting that green!