St Patrick's Day

Well, all good things must come to an end, so in the morning, we leave for home.  It's been a great trip and we finished up the day today with a round of golf at Nellis AFB.  Sunrise Vista played well - we neither waited nor held anyone up - always a good thing!

The Thunderbirds were out of town, so we had to be satisfied with F-16's taking off for the gunnery ranges.  Still kind of cool watching them take-off even after all these years!

The golf course was in pretty good shape and we really like the markings.  Front nine was Eagle and back nine was Falcon.  Used to be three nine-hole courses, but they closed the Raptor course down and concentrated and keeping the other two in good shape.  The tee makers (blue, white, gold and red) were in the shape of a Thunderbird formation over an outline of Mt Charleston (near Las Vegas).

The town is really crazy.  Not only is it St Patrick's Day, but it's also the start of the NCAA basketball tournament.  According to the news reports, people were lined up before 5:30 a.m. to place their bets!  There are plenty of green outfits around, some more revealing than others.  Fun watching all the celebrators.  As the evening goes on, they are even more fun to watch!

We're heading home on Friday and will close out the blog when we arrive safely!