Awase Meadows Golf Course

Well, Lindsay has safely arrived back in the US to help celebrate the wedding of two of our good Cleveland friends. Since I'm new in the working world, and therefore lacking in these thing called "vacation days," I had to stay behind. That doesn't mean I can't have a little fun on my own though!

On my first Saturday alone in Okinawa, I hit the links for the first time since I've been here. Awase Meadows Golf Course was the first course ever built on Okinawa, constructed in 1948. It shows its age, but it's a nice course - especially if you're paying $15 (walking) for 18 holes on a Saturday! It's actually scheduled to close in about a year. They are building a new golf course for the Marines a little bit further north, and this one will give up its space to a gigantic mall and a hospital.

The first tee... And the first tee shot!

The halfway house.

Ocean views and beautiful flowers while playing golf for $15?

Ah, well there would have to be some bugs in the system. (Click on this guy for full appreciation!)

But come on! $15!

Ugh. Did I mention I was walking 18 for that $15? There were some pretty serious elevation changes that wore me out.

But the views were indeed spectacular. From this view...

you can even see our apartment! (Tallest sandy white building in the center of the picture, on the water just this side of the little inlet.)

But don't worry about me and my sore feet, because this makes it all better - made with fresh mint we're growing on the patio, fresh limes and our own home-made simple syrup for extra sweetness.