In Texas

Lakeway, Texas

Maeve

Myles

Yay! Myles has the point.

Back in Spicewood (Texas-sized pizza slice!)

With Lynda

We would have loved to have been at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new petanque terrains in Morganton, NC, on June 10, 2017, but we loved, even more, visiting in Texas and playing petanque with two of our grandchildren on the same day. Myles and Maeve both did great. You can tell from some of the pictures that they got right in to the competitive spirit of the game!

Ribbon Cutting

Official opening of the new terrains at Catawba Meadows Park in Morganton, NC, was held on June 10, 2017. THANK YOU, Mayor Ronnie Thompson and the City of Morganton!

The News Herald-- Morganton, NC

June 8, 2017.

Tanger Bicentennial Gardens in Greensboro

For the tenth year, Carolina Petanque participated in the annual Parisian Promenade festival celebrating French culture on Sunday, June 4, 2017.

As you can see from the pictures, we had a beautiful day at the park and continue to enjoy our relationship with Greensboro Parks and Recreation. We hope they can see their way to establish a permanent place for petanque somewhere in the park in the near future. We've had conversations with them on this topic for the past couple of years, and we know they are considering it-- let's just hope it's soon!

June 1-- Morganton, NC

We drove up to Morganton to play at the new Catawba Meadows terrain on Thursday. Kirk had advised us that the local newspaper planned to send out a reporter to do a feature article on the "new game in town."

Kirk handled most of the interview with a couple of others adding comments. We'll see how much space we get-- we're always grateful to get a little public exposure, and, perhaps, some new players!

Back in Winston-Salem

Cherri, Shirley, and Gail

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but wanted to post a picture of the ladies who beat the guys 13-1 at Miller Park in the final game of the day on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. James, Gary, and Fred finished a not-very-strong second.

Memorial Day in Small Town America

We spent Memorial Day 2017 in Zanesfield, Ohio, as has been our custom for several years. There is a parade downtown to celebrate the lives lived by those who ultimately gave their all for their country. Then, a good portion of the town's inhabitants walk the half mile or so down the street to the cemetery for a more solemn remembrance of those who sacrificed for our freedom. There are speeches, the local marching band plays, there is a 21 guun salute, and wreaths are placed.

The remainder of the day included pancake breakfast, native American reenactments, festival food, and, of course, petanque.

Thanks to Zanesfield Petanque Club for hosting. It was fun.