... a Continuation of Tangent Woman's snapshots.
Muh wife typed up a blog when we got back from our annual trip to Saratoga on Sunday. She covered some of the highlights and I thought that I would cover a few more.
As a quick reminder, for the past six years, a couple of my friends (Mike and Matt) have visited Saratoga, New York for a weekend of fun and the track. When we were all single, it was a guy's weekend, but it has now become a weekend that all the wives attend as well. They enjoy it just as much as we do. It is a great weekend for catching up on old times...etc etc etc. We also bet on horses, but that isn't the important part. We just like to hang out in the sun and talk and laugh. There is also beer involved.
Saratoga Race track is easily the nicest race track I have ever been too.
Here are some of the highlights...AND... you didn't have to be there to enjoy some of these.
1. Hamburger Hat -- There was a special hat competition going on this weekend. The winner with the most creative hat wins a prize. While we were doing our annual shot of the sulphuric rich Saratoga Springs water, we were joined by a classicly looking drunk old Irish guy. He was funny looking for three reasons. He was drunk off his ass so his face was BRIGHT red. He had the longest white chest hair any of us have ever seen as it grew OUT of his shirt. AND... he was wearing a giant CHEESEBURGER hat. AWESOME!
2. Final race -- Muh wife and I were getting a little bit tired as we had been there for almost 7 hours by that point and I had eaten everything I possibly could. We were getting ready to tap... I was also down for the day in terms of betting. One of the women in the groupd decided that she was going to be the tenth race. Ok... fine. That means we all had to stay. I made one final bet because I like to have a reason to watch the races. Thank god we stayed...as that bet is the one that put me into the PLUS category. I went home 9.50 up and muh wife was up about 10. Not a bad day.
3. Glass and Ice -- We always bring our own beer and food to the track. We could spend $30 at the grocery store and it will be a tremendous savings in comparison to what we would be charged if we bought food there. They do not allow glass into the track. They look in coolers to keep that out. So we drink beer out of cans..but it is a small price to pay. However, we can NOT give up our pickles and pickles only come in glass jars. We hid the jar inside one of our chairs in a bag bags. We are sneaky. Also... has anyone else noticed that they put nutritional information on bags of ice?
4. Picking Up Tucker -- When we picked up Tucker, the "resort" owner asked us if he was fixed. I told him that he is scheduled for the operation later this month. He told us that Tucker was "going to town" on a Golden Retriever puppy. Good boy. :-D. We were asked to have him fixed before we bring him in again. That is this weekend. uh oh...
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