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Russell C. Coile
Christopher, Jonathan, Andrew, Russell, Jennifer and Russell, Jr. on
Tangier Island.
One morning, at Windmill Point Marina near where the
Rappahannock River, Potomac and Chesapeake come together,
Chris and Russ suggested we play golf after breakfast. I had
taken a class in golfi ng at Monterey Peninsula College not
long after we bought the house in Pacifi c Grove on the Pacifi c
Grove Municipal Golf Course and bought some used clubs. In
my class we always seemed to be in the classroom and not out
on the green with our clubs, so I didn't gain much profi ciency.
The course was overgrown but we had a lot of fun.
Windmill Point Marina had a fairly fancy restaurant,
compared to small town/boondocks coffee shops we had
eaten in on previous days. We started to look over the menu
and were impressed by the list of Appetizers. As we started
to discuss which ones to get, Chris said "Get all of them."
This seemed like a bold idea, but then we thought about eight
appetizers divided by six of us, so it really would be just a