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An October Day/Evening At Old Ranch Country Club

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

The Day Began With Breakfast And Eighteen Holes on 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
James and Bunnaford do some puttin'

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
James (often called Sandy by his friends) whacks the ball

Quotation To Remember: Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.  ~Robert Brault

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
James yells.... "It's a bird, It's a plane, It's a biplane??"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Sputtering along overhead....

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
James told us about his last flight.... They took the convertible....

Quotation To Remember: The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.  ~Aristotle

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The Bi-Plane does another pass

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The pelicans and their little friends came to watch!

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Bunnaford races out to capture them on film

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
This is what is called "Black and White"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Lunch time.... Scaring up some fish

Did You Know? - Pelicans have abnormally large beaks which they can use to store various things, including people to smuggle across the United States border. Another important use is for the transportation of the obese population that is prevalent in the United States. For some reason they are capable of swimming, which defies the laws of birds as birds are supposed to fly and not swim.

Additionally, due to their uncanny ability to quickly soak up petroleum based products and store them in their feathers they have emerged as the premier clean-up solution for oil-spills and were instrumental in mitigating the BP Gulf Oil crisis. All oil tankers must now store at least 37 emergency pelicans on board at all times.

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
We get buzzed again... and before the 19th hole?!

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
"Hey guys... Lookie here!"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Charlotte gets real close by walking like a pelican! Note" We tried to get Charlotte
to do the "Birdie Dance" but alas she wanted to maintain decorum on the fairway

It's That Magical Time.... Happy Hour

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
When Linda explains.... Everybody listens

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Especially James   who knows the magic words.... "Yes Dear"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The photographer gets "The Charlotte Look" sometimes called "The Evil Eye"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Sue enjoying the camaraderie

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
John and Ernie join us... Needed to show Diane what "The Pit" is all about

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Diane and James...    James wanted to know what the Happy Hour special was?

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Charlotte and Diane

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The sign on the tables does not represent what is happening

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Not in this crowd... We look forward to Fridays and Sundays at "The Pit"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Thanks to Charlotte... We were here today

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Shaun has arrived... The party can now start in earnest

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Terri and Linda share photos.... You know... Grand kids

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
James takes the oath....

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The table keeps expanding....

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Charlotte won't tell her age but we know is about twenty-nine

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
We arranged live music for the celebration

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We made sure Charlotte was properly seated... Where she could not run away

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The calorie-free cake is served complete with candle

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
We take pause to look at the cake

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The fire department limited the number of candles we could use

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Stand back.... There is a breeze a brewing

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
Complete with decorated cake dish

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
John stands ready with the fire extinguisher

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The sun had set and the sky was beautiful... View from "The Pit"

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
The fog is coming in

A day at Old Ranch 10/25/2013
We are headed for the Garden Grove Elks to dance


Dance time....

Song: "Come Go With Me"

Did You Know? - Come Go with Me" is a song written by C. E. Quick (aka Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group The Del-Vikings (also spelled Dell Vikings on Dot records releases, with no dash).

The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings in 1956 and was released on Fee Bee Records. Norman Wright was the lead vocalist on this song. When the group signed with Dot Records in 1957, the song became a hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming the group's highest-charting song.