The Op3-'n:10k or bust (Part 1)

[lazyjk]

@Battisstatus

what was your favorite airline experience last year?

tl;dr
Everything went perfect on my last flight of the year (to Bandon nonetheless)

https://refuge.nolayingup.com/t/trains-planes-and-automobiles-travel-adjacent/4003/3020?u=lazyjk

@Battisstatus

What was your least favorite course you played last year?

tl;Dr
Almost every green at Red Lodge Mountain was winter killed - not worth the 5 hour round trip!

Where did you play this week? (Part 2)

With the US Open being on West Coast time this year I woke up early and drove a couple of hours to Red Lodge (Montana) to play a new course for me. The bad: 14 of 18 greens had (what I assume was) extreme winter kill and there was no heads up on the conditions. Only found out when I got to the first green. Enjoyed the course but wouldn’t have driven 4.5 hours round trip to play it if I had known the conditions. The cool: 18 has a dual centerline tree that I thought was well done [20230617_…