Well I will start this story with the trip out to Sparks, not that there is much to write about since it is only about 60 miles! but I always enjoy the ride up old Rt 66  the weather was good no rain for a change!  I know I was late getting there since Tony moved up the start date to Friday and I had made family plans that I could not break! so Monday morning,  I was loaded and ready and by 10am on the road! I was at the campground with my tent set up by 1pm, from there I took some time to say hi to folks I know just about the time I was ready to take a few pic I realized I had left my extra battery at the house in a different camera! shit now I have to ride back to the house to get it! so I got back on the bike and headed back home 6o miles later I'm in my office getting my battery and explaining to my Ole Lady why I'm back home, then I jump back on my bike and make the trip again I even have to stop and get gas so I will have enough to play in the games. then while then while walking around visiting while taking a few pic as I went. I tried to say hi to the rest of people! as I made my way across camp!
 I am going to stop and talk about our loss since this party was over! Since the first pic is a reminder, we lost a friend in a work related incident! 
T K Fletcher was burned and and lost his battle to recover from 3rd degree burns over 45% of his body!  for those that didn't know him by name (lots knew him by the things he did to help anyone that needed and by site)  I put his picture as the first one in honor of him! he was an interregnal part of this party from behind the scenes!  he will be missed! May you rest in peace my friend!    
I'm going to go back to the story for the party!   


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after about an hour I finally made it down to the stage area, once there the pic get pretty interesting! with the ladies providing some nice entertainment, but so did the band. now I'm not going to try to describe each day except to say we played games every day and some days we played different ones from key hole race to winnie bite to slow race to potato race, then we did the keg throw and the plank race, and cherry bite, balloon toss, we did a cone race where you weave in-between the cones with out touching them and not putting your feet down and it is timed to boot. every day about 5 we took a break to rest a bit and then get ready for the night activities which include a painted tittie contest and a what t shirt contest, 

there was a pole down by the stage that got lots of use which made good pic pic too.  then back to bed for a short night up for some coffee with CMA and most mornings a bite to eat! either one of my pop tarts or several mornings they shared their breakfast with me.  then back to the stage area for more games a little more slow race straw in the bottle,  plunger race, plank race,  double slow race, cherry bite, and double cherry bite! of course there was a trip over to the pond once in a while to see who was swimming!  Tina shot some t shirts into the crowd but had some trouble with the cannon. Tina would sometimes throw in a silly game she made up on the spot to keep it interesting!  if Tony stopped by and picked up the mike he would of course find some way to get the girls to do a little showing off!

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