August 2019 – On the Road . . .

For those who have emailed Elaine worrying about me and the lack of blog postings, I am touched. I am a bad person for not posting! I was sick for the first few days here and just wasn’t up for posting, and I’m afraid I got in the habit of sleeping later than normal and not posting. Sorry for that!

All is well. The weather has been good. The gambling has not been as good. One has good years and bad years. My friend Bob from Boston visited and stayed with me for three days and two nights. I had dinner two nights with Misty and Patty. I have seen tons of old Saratoga and Boston friends who come to Saratoga: Lino and John (Mike) and their friends from Marshfield; Captain Mike from the Cape; John from North Adams; Joe from Poughkeepsie; Ed the pharmacist, Ron (without Pam), and Geoff and Gillian (with kids Savannah & Skylar) from Connecticut; Mut from WEEI; Zach from wherever; Michael and Nicole from NYC; Rich and Lucy & Anthony and Rose from close by Saratoga; Carole from Ballston Lake; Neil, the track mailman, and Bill from Saratoga; Red, Patrick, and Adam who now lease and run King’s Tavern, Bob Lee who owns the Wishing Well, and more whose names are escaping me as I write this. It was great seeing everyone!

Thanks for your good thoughts and sorry about the lack of postings and pictures. I promise to do better from Depoe Bay in Oregon in late September. I leave here tomorrow and fly home from Boston early Tuesday mornings.

Cheers!

Little Boy Blue, My Car
That’s My Room Up There
Old Friends
At The Museum of Racing
The Office
Nice Seat & Cold Beer
Great View of the Races

Addendum

This morning I took some pictures while I was at the track reserving my office space. (Click on the gallery below to bring up a scrollable window with full size pictures – the gallery preview show just thumbnails of the pictures.)