 this year is a grand three day
! affair, rather than our traditional two day excursion (see below for
options). There are some other changes as well in the clean, summer air for
this year's mid-season outing. For one thing, there's clean, summer air. This
season, the Mid-Season Manly Men move our annual trip from the city of
Binghamton to the Village of Lake Placid
 in the crisp Adirondack mountains. Being
mostly good conservatives, the Manly Men don't much like change, but, as our
resident pinkoes Jack and Ferd say, "sometimes change is okay" (they also say
things like, "sometimes people don't live right and its the government's role
to make sure they live like we think they should"... but, hey, nobody's
perfect). Anyway, even as far left as he is, Ferd sometimes has a good notion,
and the annual mid-season outing is one of them. So kudos to Ferd for keeping
this tradition alive lo these past 3 or 4 years.
At the Mid-Season, the objectives are three - good company, good
times, and, of course, good golf - and in those three ways we always succeed
(okay, the "good golf" may be a little shakey, but we always play at terrific
golf venues). And, while the conversation can often run political, it never
runs hot. At the mid-season we are comrades (or Komrades, depending on which
side of Peter's van you sit), and we are oddly willing to accept the
inclinations of our fellow golfers, even to the point where long-standing
political and social tendancies gets blurred: the liberals among us relax, stop
trying to tell the rest of us how to live,
 and might even smoke a cigar or two with some fine
scotch, or port, or rich coffee (of course, due to some lefty shenanigans here
in New York, these social and civil indulgences are banished to the outdoors.
Happily, in Lake Placid outdoors ain't so bad: grand vistas, mirror lakes,
mountain heaven, and
 fresh air enriched with the perfume of a fine cigar,
...and no crowding around a garbage garden watching the traffic pass by on
I-88), while the conservatives among us do something that at other times would
jar them to their core; they sleep with other men (in separate beds, of course,
although a couple of mid-seasons ago, even THAT boundary was crossed... see
2003 Mid-Season Photos for
the whole story). Now, keep in mind, the social morals of the left and the
right kind of go the way of screws - lefty loosey, righty tighty - and for
those of us who lean a bit to the right, not only don't real men eat quiche
together, neither do they hug, hold hands, smooch, or marry each other...
little things like that. Certainly they don't sleep together if they can help
it. But, hey, at the mid-season, we do (again I heartily emphasize... in
SEPERATE beds). So, I guess golf makes for strange bedfellows...
literally.
Anyway, for this
mid-season, we will be enjoying three - count 'em,
 THREE - terrific courses: all highly
praised in golf course reviews as well as by word of mouth. (Some of us might even enjoy FOUR
(4) rounds of play if our stamina is up to it, because the Lake Placid
Resort gives you a FREE ROUND at either the
Mountain or Links Course when you take advantage of their $139 golf special for
two nights). You, of course, aren't required to attend all three days,
but I hope you do because we always have a
terrific time. And, regardless of the bit of fun I was poking above, the
company of these good fellows - friends one and all - is something I greatly
and seriously look forward to each season. We may not agree on all things
political, but to borrow a phrase from the hated French,,, Vive La Difference
(and pass the croissants).
Below you willl see the possible options
for our mid-season outing this year in Lake Placid. The prices may be a bit
steeper than usual, but not by much, and they're about the best we can expect
in a resort area in mid-summer. The courses are all top-o-the-line... all VERY
highly rated in Golf Digest (especially the Saranac course), and the lodging
looks to be terrific (click HERE to check out the web site).
So, I need your response ASAP
because I only have until the 15th of this month to adjust for our
reservations before I am charged for them... so EMAIL ME. I will need to know by WEDNESDAY, June 8 (that's THIS
Wednesday). Also, make sure that I am correct with the people I already have in
place below... if not, EMAIL ME !! Thanks guys... I think this is gonna be a
ball.
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- Tee Times Begin at 12:00 pm
- Greens Fees, Cart ($60)
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- Tee Times Begin at 10:00 am
- Greens Fees, Cart Fees, Full Breakfast, and One Night's Stay
(Friday) at the Lake Placid Resort (Total: $139/person + tax (based on double
occupancy))
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| OPTION #2 |
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- Tee Times Begin at 10:00 am
- Greens Fees, Cart Fees ($70)
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- Tee Times Begin at 10:00 am
- Greens Fees, Cart Fees, Full Breakfast, and One Night's Stay
(Saturday) at the Lake Placid Resort (Total: $139/person + tax (based on double
occupancy))
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| OPTION #3 |
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- Tee Times Begin at 12:00 pm
- Greens Fees, Cart ($60)
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- Tee Times Begin at 10:00 am
- Greens Fees, Cart Fees, Full Breakfast, and One Night's Stay
(Friday) at the Lake Placid Resort (Total: $139/person + tax (based on double
occupancy))
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- Tee Times Begin at 10:00 am
- Greens Fees, Cart Fees, Full Breakfast, and One Night's Stay
(Saturday) at the Lake Placid Resort (Total: $139/person + tax (based on double
occupancy))
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- (1) Roger Marschke
- (2) Ferd Haverly
- (3) Jack Thorpe
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- (1) Peter Larson
- (2) Phil Burtt
- (3) Carl Eno
- (4) Kevin Sarsfield
- (5) Frank Devane
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CLICK HERE for a printable set of directions to
SARANAC LAKE INN GOLF COURSE from
NASSAU
CLICK
HERE for a printable set of directions to LAKE PLACID
RESORT from NASSAU
CLICK HERE for a printable set of directions to LAKE
PLACID RESORT from SARANAC LAKE
INN
CLICK HERE for a printable set of directions to
NASSAU from the LAKE PLACID
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