St. Patrick’s Day Sunday in Fauquier had locals and visitors alike were determined to treat it like a beautiful Spring day.
Several foursomes and twosomes braved the stiff breeze off the lake to take advantage of the links at the Fauquier and District Golf Club which is now open with flags flying, greens groomed, and fairways and T-boxes ready. The course is still too soft to permit the use of motorized golf carts but the breezes from the snow-capped peaks make walking a good warm-up.
Fees are currently discounted at $18 for nine holes and $30 for 18 holes and the attendant may only be there a few hours on weekends, so the usual honour system is relied on for fee payments. No date has been set for the Opening Day Tournament – May or June depending on the weather – but for now everyone is welcome to blow off the winter blahs with a few rounds on this gorgeous lakeside golf course. On those nice sunny days in between our weekly snowstorms of course!
Another sure sign of Spring is the return of Winnie’s Wieners concession at the Fauquier ferry landing park. Here with an intrepid shorts-clad visitor from Edmonton.
The next customer was from the United Kingdom and he was a lot more warmly dressed. Christine will be serving up her gourmet all-beef, gluten-free, large hot dogs and spicy Polish sausages, snacks and beverages too, on weekends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Easter weekend she will be open Friday to Monday. Freaky weather permitting of course.
Starting in May, warm weekdays will also allow for a gourmet dog with all the fixings and she’ll be there full time from the end of June through the Labour Day weekend. Service is fast and friendly so give yourself a little more time to get to the ferry if heading west, grab some goodies and take a dinner-cruise across the lake.
