Derby Days - 2020

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The perfect day.  A more perfect day could not have been special ordered for Monday's Derby Days here in Juniper Ridge.  

Curry Brundrett brought this to the park and everyone, whether it was a golfer or spectator, was so glad he did.  I can't count the times I heard, "This is the most fun we've had all summer".  And it was.

Nineteen golfers gathered to have a "horse race".  Each golfer was given a "horse name" and each were given a song or a cheer when they were introduced.  It was asked that each golfer wear a costume.

The betting table was opened at 1:30 and the line was ready to place their dollars on their favorite horse to Win, Place or Show.  A total of $257 dollars was bet and every last cent was given back to the holders of the winning tickets,,, or,,,, to the horses if one won and no one bet on him or her.  Many thanks to Bruce Postel for not only working with Sharon Brundrett and Vickie Postel in running the betting table but for putting in hours figuring out the formula for paying out the winnings.

 

The golfers start to arrive to sign in, pay their entry fee and place their bets.

Spectators were encouraged to dress for the Derby too.  It was so cool that many of them did!

This pretty lady went shopping at the thrift shops and got this outfit for a steal!

At quarter to three the horses were called to post with trumpet playing First Call.  We started the opening ceremonies with the singing of The Star-Spangled Banner.  

It was time to start the race and the introduction of the horses.

Many thanks to Vickie Postel for the hours she spent getting the music just right.  Much fun was had during rehearsals and certainly the day of.  Thanks to all the "singers",  and I use that term loosely,  for having....well, for having the nerve.  Many thanks to Vickie Postel, Sharon Brundrett, Rosemary Howell, Kathy Glumbick, Jill Newland, Janet Nardeccia and Snookie Quinn.  

  Following are the golfers, his or her "horse name" and the song or cheer that they were introduced with as they took to the tee box.  I've included the song or cheer here. I don't have pictures of all the golfers as I didn't always have my camera in hand.

1) Mark Ball - Great Balls of Fire  (sung to Great Balls of Fire)

    

    You shake my nerves but it does't work

    I drive my ball so far on the turf

    It's of sight but what a thrill    

    Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire!

2) Judy Bitz - Little Bitz  (Judy in Disguise)

    

    Judy on the course, she's gonna tee it up

    Hitting to the green,,,,it's going in the cup

    She might be a little Bitz, but she'll kick       your ass

    With glasses

THURSDAY 9.19.19 GEORGIA / SOUTH CAROLINA

Today it took us all of two hours to move from Savannah to Charleston. The traffic! 

We found our Passport America campground and on the way we noticed all the trees that were down. Big trees!

We're now in Lake Aire RV Park in Hollywood, South Carolina. It's a small campground and it looks like there are a lot of permanent sites. Most are well kept and there is a nice pool area. There is a small lake here or at least a tributary of one and catch and release is allowed. 

Well, let me tell you, he no sooner finished setting up and he had fishing pole in hand. He caught a turtle by the leg and a good sized sunny.

The need to fish satisfied, it was time to do something. At first we thought we would go see something but the driving range won out.  We found that Shadowmoss Plantation Country Club was the closest to us.

We had the driving range to ourselves.  A fellow from the country club had just finished collecting the balls off the driving range and had buckets of balls on the back of his Gator.  He hit one bump and the bucket closest to the end fell off without him knowing it.  I went over to start collecting the balls up and putting them back in the bucket.  He came back within minutes and also started picking them up in his own bucket.  When we finished he thanked me for helping and told me to keep the ones in the bucket that I had collected.  So we had plenty of balls for the driving range.

When we got back to the campground we worked together to make dinner and enjoyed a good steak with all the trimmings.

We took Boss for a nice long walk around the campground and heard lots of comments about him.  Mostly, "Look at the size of that dog!".  Yep, we hear that all the time.

There are two families of ducks that live here.  Boss did not know what to make of them.  He just stood there and stared as they walked to the waters edge and jumped in for a swim.

Of course Walt found a little time to get more fishing it.  

This evening we had a campfire and went through brochures for sites to see for tomorrow.

Life is good. Very good.