2006-01-09T12:59:42Ztag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/christmas-and-vacationtag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/183/5942006-01-09T12:59:42Zjondaley<p>Note, Wendy is Eric's new wife, not mine. (:</p> <p>Also, the golf game is a more serious game than I remembered - the last time I played it was in the yard, rather than on the bogs, and the bogs make it a more serious game, particularly when the bogs aren't frozen, there is way more water than land for most of the holes. There are a couple house rules:</p> <p>You start out with 3 balls, and you are disqualified if you run out of balls, but if you find a ball, you can continue playing.</p> <p>Playing off the ice is permitted, provided the ice is thick enough to stand on. For some water hazards, there is a lateral placement of the ball, rather than backwards, so in a number of cases, it is somewhat better to go in the water (at least for me, who is unlikely to hit it where I am aiming) and take the one stroke penalty.</p> <p>Ten is the maximum number of strokes for any hole, and unfortunately, I did get ten once.</p>