New at Miller Park

rubberized surface

needed attention

Shirley and I drove up to Winston-Salem on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, to meet with Parks and Rec manager Chuck Vestal and get our first look at the new exercise facility AARP (American Association of Retired People) has granted the city. Unfortunately for petanque in the Carolina, the area chosen necessitated doing away with one of our three terrains.

This means that we now have, at least for the present, only eight courts at Miller Park-- down from twelve. It also means that we no longer have courts in direct sunlight for winter cold-weather play. Chuck says they're going to try giving us back three of the four courts we lost, but no construction is scheduled before at least July.

It remains to be seen whether we'll be able to have Mid-America Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles on the same day as we have for the past two years. Not enough courts, most likely.

To be continued.