You cannot be serious!

Alan has just got back from a vacation/tennis tournament representing Alaska at the 3.5 level. We were up against competition winners from state tournaments involving dozens of teams in Oregon and Washington states, so no real chance of our lowly team winning. Pictured above are the team, fresh from their first defeat against the team that eventually won it.

We found the conditions (about 85 deg F) and altitude (about 5000 ft) made it a very different game to what we are used to and proved to be a big handicap. That and not being very good.

Nevertheless, it was a great 4 day break in the sunshine, sharing a house with the rest of the team, and enjoying the sights and history of Oregon, sandwiched between California and Seattle on the US West Coast.

The reason for the title of this post is that if you play like we do, you cannot be serious about winning inter-state competitions, but it was a privelege just to be there.

This is the house and car we rented. The venue was a resort called Sunriver, which is a forested area, with vacation houses dotted all around, and golf courses and tennis courts, hiking, biking and boating all around. In the winter, it is a popular skiing resort as the snow lasts longer at altitude.

We enjoyed the stay and the scenic drive across the Cascade Mountains to get there. See the next post for more scenes of beauty...

Alan & Sylvia