Final Guam Entry — Part 1

Well, it is with great sadness that we departed the beautiful island of Guam. We were fortunate to call the island home for two years. It is now time for us to move on to the distinct Deutschland. However, here are some parting pictures from our final days on Guam. Since we had to cram in a number of “must-do” activities, I’ve made this a two-part entry.
First, there was one golf course that I needed to play before I left. That was Mangilao Golf Course. It is the best course on the island, and if you can believe it, I hadn’t played the entire time. So, we rectified that on the last weekend.

As you can see, it was a truly beautiful course. I am starting off with an aerial view of the signature hole, #12 (the tee box is on the lower right side and the green on the left).

This is what the view looks like from ground level.

Here I am attempting to reach the green.

Here’s Jon hitting from the drop area for those of us who didn’t reach the green on the first shot.

Here is a shot of Col Westa and I on the #12 green.

Again on #12, with Jon.

Here are a few images of other amazing views around the course.




No, he may not have the best form, but at least it went in the hole!



This is JT blasting his way out of the sand and on to the green.

You may have noticed on the last post, my friend Rory left a comment that he was the one who flew our office around the island to re-enlist Raven. Well, since I was completely oblivious to that fact, I had to make up for my ignorance and fly again. This time it was Rob who really helped make that happen (thanks again, Rob!). So, off we went to fly around the island … again!
Here is Rory, who yet again, showed us the best parts of Guam.

This time around however, I was able to focus on the scenery a lot more and had a much less windy seat, so I could also focus on taking more pictures. That’s me on the left, in one of the jump seats with a whole open doorway to myself.


This is the northern end of Guam.

The water is always so clear on Guam.

Here’s Rob.

This is another beneficiary of the flight, my friend Gordon.

This is Two Lover’s Leap. As you may know (and Wikipedia informed me), it’s fairly common to have a place of great height so named in honor of a romantic tragedy legend where star-crossed lovers leap to their mutual demise. This place on Guam is one of those locations.

No leaping here, as these Japanese tourists speed through the harbor.


Here’s Rob again.



Here are the guys checking out the sights as they passed under us.


The next post will conclude our time in Guam with a few pictures of our favorite Guam band, MOJO, as well as the activites in the resort we stayed at.
–Jim