Cyclones!

At the start of Monday morning I headed to my friends, the Strongs, house to drop off my car for two weeks while I would be at the Gold Coast and New  Zealand. I was constantly hearing reports about bad storms hitting all around the Gold Coast before my departure, but I checked my flight and everything was in the clear. When I arrived at the airport it was a madhouse! There were lines everywhere because apparently all of the flights had been cancelled for the day. I stood in line for two hours and was able to book another flight in the morning, and they provided me a hotel for the night. It was raining cats and dogs outside and was such a hassle to make it to the hotel shuttle. By the time I made it, I was soaked and ready to be somewhere dry. When I finally got checked in to my room, I went downstairs to grab lunch with some other golfers, as many like me were stranded as well. After lunch, I headed back to my room to enjoy the lazy rainy day. 

The next morning I made sure I was up bright and early to head to the airport and immediately started praying that my flight was still happening because Sydney was supposed to have the bad weather that morning. I was so happy to hear that my flight was still on and I would be in the Gold Coast before lunch.

After my quick flight, I arrived at the Gold Coast to an Aussie volunteer holding a sign with my name on it. We took a short ride along the coast to the hotel. All of the lights were out the entire way to the hotel, as well as scattered debris and ripped up trees lined the roadways as a result of the cyclones. I met Dori and Jennie at the hotel and then we headed to the course to scout it out. The course was closed because it was under water!

After we registered, I headed back to the hotel to rest. When the other Jenny arrived, we decided to stay in and cook; it was nice to see everyone and catch up. We woke up the next morning to play a practice round, but the courses were closed again because it was raining again. All that we were able to do was walk the course and use the range. After walking the course and getting pseudo "notes" (we weren't allowed to hit any shots...), we headed home. 

When we got home and were hanging out, we thought we saw a massive killer whale in the ocean!! We started freaking out and Dori grabbed her phone and started to film the whale. I then grabbed my range finder to check it out up close. To our dismay we found out it was simply a huge tree trunk. We all died laughing and could not believe we mistook a tree trunk for a whale. Afterwards we decided to go out to a Japanese restaurant for dinner. It was walking distance from our place, and Ginny and her mom, and Dave met us there. After dinner we all went to bed because we were exhausted. 

In the morning, Dori and Jennie were playing in the pro am and Jenny and I were going to practice. Once again we woke up to rain and decided to sleep in a bit. We made some breakfast and headed down to Starbucks to use the free WIFI. After we caught up on the net we headed down to the course to finally get in some practice. After our "practice sesh" we grabbed dinner and spent another easy night in the condo and rested before our early tee times in the morning. 

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY!