Day One
We weighed in at the airport. It is not a competition and it is 😘 Which bag weighs more? Bill's or mine?
They weigh the same! 15kg!
Our first stop is Houston, overnight then to Charlotte, North Carolina, then drive to Pinehurst, North Carolina for the Men's US Golf Open. This is Houston to Charlotte.
We will hire a car at the airport and drive from Charlotte to our stay, at the Holiday Inn in Fayetteville.
Then we will drive every day to a golf course car park, and take a short bus drive to the golf course. Bill said he could have got somewhere closer if he'd booked 2yrs earlier - but he didn't. (We booked for next year's 2025 Open in Northen Ireland last year.)
We arrive in Houston to a massive immigration queue.
I was happy in the queue, Bill maybe not so much.
That turned around when we got to passport control. I sat next to Colin on our flight to Houston. Then we kept meeting him and his family in the queue. He was maybe 50 people behind us. Then when we got to passport control he got in another queue and got in front of us. I thought that was very unfair. We got in the wrong queue as a few more passport control booths opened up when we were in our queue. I could not believe how long we waited in the smaller queue for the passport.
Now Bill seemed joyous and I was grumpy. For Wisdomites reading this, I will look more closely at this in my autobiography. This is what I have so far. First is what happened. The second picture is putting it back where it belongs. It needs more work. This is the start. I thought firstly it was unfair.
Then I look back on my first memories of something being unfair. I said something to no avail and then I cheated. Going back to 2024 I can feel the unfairness and let it go. When I was 10 I couldn't do that. It sounds so easy when you put it like this. 💪🥰
We stayed the night in the Marriott Hotel at the airport, we were flying early the next morning. Soon after we arrived, a thunder and lightning storm hit. This is from our window.
We went to the gym to for a recovery boost and then for a meal. This drink was all ice. Note to self - order without ice next time, you get more juice. We did our US restaurant thing and shared one main and one side, it was good.
The next morning we flew from Houston to Charlotte early. Then we drove the 2 1/2 hours to Fayetteville where we will be staying for five days.
Here is where we are staying. We go to the gym and swim. We get ready for tomorrow's golf.
