october 19, 2008

i can understand, nobody wants to read more about my golf sundays.  but today was different.  chris doug and i drove down to sharpe park gc in pacifica, ca.  pretty much everything seemed normal.  it was cold.  chris beat me.  it was frustrating to lose, but fun to play.  what made the golfing unique were the animals we saw.  one was a hawk that tried to eat chris.  i’ve never seen a hawk fly so close to somebody before, and i’m pretty sure chris squealed when it became apparent that it was flying right towards his face.  before i could whip out my camera, the korean ahjushi that joined our 3-some decided it would be a great idea to chase it away.  i was very upset… why would you chase away a freaking awesome hawk?!  WHY?!! 

moving on… at the very next hole, i thought i saw a dog running into our fairway only to realize it was no dog… it was a fox!  a wild fox… i’ve seen deer, rabbit, turkey, cats and dogs, lizards and exotic birds, but never a fox.  as silly as it seems, it was really fun to see these wild animals flying/running around the course.  hopefully i’ll run into my little friend again.  but not in the near future, cuz it was just way too cold in this part of the penninsula.  

(video credit goes to chris)

(the entire playing field was a ‘fairway’)

(we also saw a cat this day)

(the fog)