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| Once a year C.O.G. (Central Oklahoma Grotto) takes a trip to Carlsbad Caverns, NM. | We drive down one day, work the next day, and then come home the next day. | The first day is all day driving (8 to 10 hours depending where you live in OK. |
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| And since we never really get to see that much of each other while we are caving... | we take the opportunity to enjoy each others company (sans the cave!) | We ate at a new sports bar which used to be our fav. restaurant. |
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| Ended up seeing the same faces... new name..same place... good food! | Our Waitress... didn't know what to expect from these "Okies"! | We ran their stock of "Fat Tire" beer out! <grin!> |
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| The head guy... he loves playing "fact or crap" a trivia game in which you might win free stuff (like beer!) | After a great dinner (and did we mention a few beers Dale?) It was time for the annual event.... | The Carlsbad 500!! (Not NASCAR Sanctioned)...sigh.... |
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| The first night... Qualifying .. who gets first choice tomorrow night for the REAL Race! | Nothing more dangerous than adults driving go-carts! | Dale took the pole position, then Roy, Duane, Lil, and Jon. |
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| On the actual event final standings and points awarded to: Duane, Dale, Roy, Jon, and Anne. | Then on to the Carlsbad Invitational Golf Tournament. | Last year's invitational didn't take place as the greens were rotted. |
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| New greens (the cups could stand some work) and we're ready to tee-off. | Everybody seemed to have a pretty good time | Our official scorekeeper (loaned to us from the PGA) |
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| This was not your usual putt-putt.. there were some par 5's in the course! | Even people that didn't have beer that night were having fun! (is this one of those desert mirages??) | Final results - Dale with a 54, Duane 57, Nicole 65, Lil 71, Jon 76, and Roy 83 |
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| We had so much fun that night that we came back for the Drunk Open the next night... | Too many beers and a putter can be disastrous! <grin!> | But the time shared with each other outside the cave was quite fun. |
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| Part of the draw of coming here is the companionship. |
