Bandon Dunes

I heard about Bandon Dunes from some of my golfing buddies here in Seattle in 2000, but I could never go down with them on their annual pilgrimage. And that is the right word to describe the journey, because Bandon Dunes is the new mecca of golf in the U.S. It's one of the few links-style courses in the U.S., and it's supposed to be simply gorgeous, set along the Oregon Coast. There are two courses: Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes. Many rank Bandon as the best public course in the U.S.
Well, I've finally taken matters into my own hands and planned a mid-summer golfing weekend down there. Having a vacation planned and reserved in the future is the easiest way to elevate the quality of every day from now until your vacation. No one should be without some vacation plans at all times.
P.S.: A links style golf course means several things, but mostly it refers to a golf course with terrain similar to that of Scottish golf courses built on sandy earth. Not many trees grow on such terrain, which is good for your golf score. However, in its place grows thick, tall grass, and most fairways are not continuous from tee to green, which is bad for your golf score. Also, you have many blind tee shots to greens hidden behind dunes. In Scotland the weather tends to be quite variable and thus has come to be associated with links style terrain in golfer's minds. Therefore, golfers tend to have to play a lot of punch and run shots instead of hitting beautiful, high-arcing iron shots which would get blown away.