Our annual day at the races was a blast! This year we tried breakfast at the track. Long before the races begin, you can enjoy a breakfast buffet in the club house while watching the horses warm up. It's the best deal because you don't have to pay for parking that early, the buffet is much cheaper than buying lunch or drinks later (4.50 for bottled water or soda- I don't think so!), and Monica could actually see the horses up close. After a morning walk/nap in the stroller, the track opened for racing and we received the souvenir of the day. Blankets. People were lining up to purchase more for $3.00 a piece, but if you want one, you can buy one on ebay for $7.00 and up! While waiting for the races to start we fed the baby goats (I know they are called kids, but if I had written that, you would have thought we were feeding stray children) and Monica road a pony. She wasn't happy when we first put her on it, but cheered up real quick when it started moving. We stayed for the first four races, only winning once. $2.80 win on our $2 bet. Yea, we've got skills. After that it was mid afternoon and, considering we had been there since breakfast, it was time to go home. It was a beautiful family day with the "neigh neighs." Unfortunately I didn't check the camera settings or look at the pictures I took until part of the way through the day so the first ones are bright and blurry. Now I know what people must have felt getting a roll of film back only to discover their pictures didn't turn out the way they wanted. :)
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| She wanted us to let her out of the gate with the "neigh neighs." |
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| Getting a better view. |
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| Who needs horse races when there are stairs? |
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| The kind stranger noticed the camera problem and so we fixed it for our family photo in front of dirt. The one in front of the flowers didn't come out. :( |
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| The kids. She kept saying, "Baa." It's a hard distinction. |
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| She loved feeding them and would have stayed there all day if we let her. |
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