Well I made it up to Ithaca, but not until the early afternoon since the weather looked so bad in the forecast in the morning. Wrong. Apparently it was beautiful this morning and when I arrived, things started to get bad.

With the coaches getting lunch and having just missed the players tee off on the back nine in their practice round, I decided to hit the range for awhile. Right at the end of an unsuccessful practice session, the skies opened up as a huge thunder and lightning storm swept in.

Players were herded in off the course as I got soaked running back to my car. After sitting through a torrential rain, I opened the door and tracked down the Section 1 team. They seemed in good spirits and used the break to get some food and hang out. They had played 13 holes Friday and 14 holes this morning, but when it cleared up, they decided to go out and finish their round. The only highlight I heard about was a Luke Feehan approach shot to a foot on the par-4 second hole.

I hung out with the coaches. After a quick stop at the dorms, we made a run to Dick’s Sporting Goods where I fell to temptation and bought a shirt and a hat. Then I found my hotel, the lovely Comfort Inn, and checked in. I was planning on heading back to the dorms for dinner (the cafeteria at Cornell is awesome), but I’m feeling too lazy to make the 10 minute drive. I also noticed a Chili’s right down the block…

Other random comments from my journey:

-The farther you drive away from the city, the more NASCAR apparel you see.

-A Wendy’s and a Chili’s appear to share the same parking lot off the exit for the Woodbury outlet stores. When I saw that, I thought for a moment I was looking at Heaven.

-I stopped at a Wendy’s in the town, I mean village of Deposit (I want to make sure I get that right so I don’t offend the 10 people that live there). While paying for my food, I noticed an autographed picture of the blond haired kid from the TV show 7th Heaven hanging right above the health rating. I know that because the picture listed both his real and character names as well as the name of the show at the bottom. I can only assume that he once ate there. What a big day that must have been in Deposit.