Hey ,
Hope everyone had a very happy and patriotic fourth of July. Ours was outstanding. We took a few days off from the practice and headed up to Bucks Lake in California with Katie and Eric. We had and stupendous time. We got up to the cabin Friday afternoon and went straight to the beach. It was there that the 1st annual Bucks Lake Horseshoe tournament was born between the Richards sisters and their very cool other halves. (That would be Eric and myself, in case the adjective "cool" threw any of you off). Anyway, the tournament, which included only two teams was a heated one. It paired Kaite B and Tom R vs Eric and Amanda. Best out of three.
The first match was a breeze, Katie B and Tom R took them down no problem. The second game was on Saturday and after much deliberation, Katie and I decided to let the the bad team win one. We felt that if we wanted to continue this tournament for years to come, we had to let them believe they had a chance. Suckers. Sunday, the bad team thought they would take us down, but how wrong they were. Our secret weapon, Katie B, AKA "the natural" (she claims she never practices.) crushed them with a few klanks of the iron, and it was over before the fireworks started. So it was, 2-1 The R&B connection took the gold shoe home. Better luck next year.
Since the big loss for the bad team, Katie says that every night at about two in the morning she hears iron clanking in the back yard. And every night she gets up and peaks out back and there is Eric practicing into the night, tryng to get an edge on the R&B Connection at the 2nd annual Bucks Lake Horseshoe tournament.
Basking in the sweet glory of victory,

Tom R