Wherever we go for any length of time we set up our Polish Horsehoes game and its always a hit. Here we are playing with Leonard and Denise, boys against girls - husband throwing against wife. Denise had to be really 'encouraged' to play - Leonard was the 'athletic one' in the family. You should have seen she and Ava celebrating as Denise had a world-record throw in one of our final games. They didn't quit grinning for hours.
Becky needs no encouragement to play and you better be on your game if you are going to beat her. (she gets it from her mother:)
A close friend to the owners and helping them out for the summer was Phil, a neat guy from the twin cities area in Minnesota. He was quite the athlete, played softball, pitched 'real' horseshoes, and very competitive. He is soon to be a new Border Patrol agent and we enjoyed his visits a lot. As you can see, I was my usual humble self as I repeatedly instructed him in the finer points of the game. When he did finally take a game from me (not this one) I think they heard his victory 'whoop' in St Paul:)
The USA Pro Challenge cycle race around Colorado in late August went right by the turnoff to Echo Basin. Ava and I put our chairs by the highway early and got a front-row seat to the race on its opening day. 100 of the world's best cyclist competed and they raced for 7 straight days all over Colorado. They were amazing- they got to Telluride from Durango through Mancos and Dolores faster than I could (or, would) drive it in my truck!
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