After three very busy days in Trinidad helping them organize the placing of the features and layout of the adventure golf I am back home in British Columbia once more. The rain on my drive home was as heavy here as it was there yesterday, but the temperature locally was a whole lot cooler. I look forward to seeing work progress rapidly in the park in the next week or so and then I head back once more to place the last of the big features and lay out the last holes of the golf. As anyone who's opened a theme park understands very well, the last weeks are where everything comes together magically. The vision imagined and drawn years previous suddenly becomes apparent and very real. It is an exciting time!
Another tropical 'holiday'
Each time I head to the Caribbean to work on the project there my friends are jealous. They don't believe me when I inform them of the reality of the trip which is a day long journey to get there, three long days of work on site and then the red eye flight to return home. Instead they cling to their holiday vision of bright sunshine, cool drinks at the pool and lazing on beautiful sandy beaches. While the project is on a beautiful beach it does not live up to my friends' vision! Today was a national holiday in Trinidad and the site was very quiet. That made it the perfect day to dig up the temporary truck entrance to the site and install the myriad of pipes which will drain the putting greens of the adventure golf. We were on the road at 6:00 and It was a genuine tropical monsoon (with warm rain) for much of the day. As a result it was extremely muddy and wet. But our small crew soldiered on and we managed to get the drainage in for fourteen holes. In ten days I'll return for another Caribbean 'holiday' to supervise the last of the groundwork on site.
A visual feast
Skallywag Bay Adventure Park will be a feast for the eyes with photo opportunities at every turn. Even though the lush landscaping is yet to be started the beauty of the site is readily apparent. With each passing day more features are placed in their final spot and all of the pieces are assembled.. The ground shaping is almost done and in the next couple of weeks more than half of the golfing greens will receive their concrete. It's an exciting time to be onsite. The count down is on...
