We did take an evening drive about 14 miles that took over an hour to drive as a couple of accidents in strategic spots caused traffic tie-ups all over the city during the Friday afternoon get out of work traffic.
We finally made it to Oakmont where we had dinner with Devin, who played Golf for the Nokomis Warriors over a decade ago.
Today (Friday) we got a late start on the morning and stopped at Latrobe Country Club, Arnold Palmer's home course. Grammie was found on the 18th Fairway.
When Latrobe Country Club was founded back in 1921, the
course was built on Farmland. Deacon
Palmer, Arnold Palmer’s father, improved the course by planting many trees. About ¾ of the trees found on the course
today were planted by Deacon. One of
them, a red pine between the 1st and 18th fairways, died
and was going to be cut down. Arnie
suggested that the stump be left and converted into a giant carving of his
father. Arnie’s brother Jerry, hired renown
local woodcarver Joe King to carve the 12 foot stump into a sentimental tribute
to their father.
We ended the day driving to Tobyhanna PA for our last night outside of New England for this trip.
Looking forward to see kids and grandkids soon
Thanks for looking out for Grammie. Sometimes Tom wanders off to golf courses and he doesn't want to loose her.
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