For the past three years Kirk & Bo Edwards of Spruce Pine, NC, have hosted an annual petanque invitational for their friends on the 4TH of July. This years event was, therefore, the Fourth Annual Spruce Pine Invitational.
Since Kirk & Bo decided to join the FPUSA through CarolinaPetanque a short time back, they were kind enough to invite Shirley and myself, along with our Crossnore, NC, friends, Danny & Sue Daniels, to join them for this year's event.
Day 1 was sheduled for arrivals, practice rounds, and pointing and shooting competitions. We got to meet a lot of nice, young people and were welcomed into the group of long-time friends without hesitation.
Shirley and I spent Friday night with Danny & Sue at their home in Crossnore. We were only about twenty minutes away from Saturday's event. Arriving at noon, we were all treated to traditional 4TH of July fare-- hot dogs from the grill and all the fixings and sides.
As mentioned above, Kirk had devised a test of pointing skills to get the group into the competitive spirit. As luck would have it, Shirley won first place. More surprising, I finished second!
Then came the shooting competition. New game-- same results! Shirley won; I finished second (I know; I couldn't believe it either!).
Our great day of practice play went on until nearly dark (in the meantime Kirk & Bo treated us to another good meal-- this time pork barbeque and all the trimmings), at which time the four of us took our leave to return to Crossnore for the evening and leave the more serious partying to the younger crowd. Rumor has it that some played/partied until 3:00 AM!
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