The Golf Before The Storm

After a tame work week, we decided to take advantage of the fall foliage and good weather and enjoy some quality time outdoors.  On Saturday morning we headed to Rock Creek Park for a round of golf.  While the course is your typical goat track, the scenery more than made up for it.  The peak of the tree change in Rock Creek Park was spectacular.  As an added bonus, we practically had the course to ourselves.

(Yoga, expressly banned...who knew this was an issue?)

After 18 holes, we stopped at 6 Engine for lunch before heading to the local Oregon Duck bar for the football game. The bar was full of Oregon fans and the school fight song played after every score. The ducks score 56 points in the first half, making the second half anti-climatic. After finishing our bucket of PBR's we headed home.

 

After the game, Kelly stopped by a D.C. early voting center to cast her ballot.

Back home, we took the dogs for a walk and then headed back out for a wild night on the town. Ben had been given complementary VIP tickets to the Washington International Horse Show at the Verizon Center. While not totally enthused, we felt obligated to check it out.

The horse show was very entertaining and much of a learning experience. The scoring, jargon and culture was all very interesting and by the end of the night we were faking it pretty good. The winner was Reed Kessler, who was the youngest member of U.S. Olympic equestrian team and just turned 18.

After abandoning the dogs all day on Saturday, we took them to the park as a reward for being good. Dexter played fetch for about an hour and Mosely walked around making friends. On the walk home, Dexter and Kelly got thirsty.

The next day, Hurricane Sandy hit the D.C. area.  Fortunately for us, it didn't cause any problems and ended up being a day off work.

(Dex was nervous about the storm and kept his eyes glued to the weatherman on TV.)

In preparation for Halloween, we decided carve a pumpkin in honor of the Washington Nationals.

On Halloween night, we joined up with some friends to support their Karaoke team. While their team came in last place in their league (yes, their are apparently karaoke leagues), we had a lot of fun watching all the groups perform.