Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Albatross & The Jackpot

Our arrival in Missoula, Montana sparked a series of memorable events for us. A surprise visit to Boomers (our friend James' bar) paid immediate dividends with Nathalie rolling a Yahtzee to win the $486 jackpot. The beer flowed like wine and the two of us over-indulged in Pabst Blue Ribbon, mozzarella sticks and buffalo wings. That made the brain a little slow to react when the following morning we woke up to a vagrant stealing our flip-flops and Sierra getting a ticket for being off-leash.

An afternoon round of golf seemed to be a good idea for Brooks to pass his first hangover in months. The round itself wasn't brilliant, but the 515 yard 16th hole sure was. A 314 yard drive and a 201 yard 4-iron granted Brooks his first ever albatross. A two on a par 5, in his new par of lucky flip-flops and not so fancy rental clubs. His emotional high was short lived, however, as he scored a 6 on the par 3 17th hole and returned to his regular form.

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