Bridge, Friends and RAIN at Park's Peak!

Jennifer, Pat, Deb, Diane, Chris, and Tommi

When you retire, "weekend" takes on a different meaning.  Any stretch of three days can be a "weekend"!!  Six of us gathered for a retirees weekend at Park's Peak - Sunday through Tuesday!!  Our mission was to play bridge, enjoy the mountains and teach Tommi to play!  Two out of three wasn't bad - it rained from Sunday night through Tuesday!!  So while hiking, shopping or boat tours didn't materialize... A LOT of bridge playing, laughing, wine drinking, snacking and good food did!!

Tommi had been reading her Bridge for Dummies and Dave had tutored her once before she arrived.  Sunday night she paired with Pat and Chris and began to get the hang of the game and by Tuesday morning she collected three 700 rubbers without her opponents scoring a point!!

She also had the hand of the weekend with 10, that's T-E-N clubs.  We looked up the odds on Google and they only gave them for 9 in a suit!! Astronomical!! 

With RAIN, rain, and MORE RAIN we did play more bridge than planned.  No one wanted to drive down the mountain in the middle of a cloud!!  So they will have to come back and explore Chimney Rock, our crafty nearby towns, and boat rides.

Of course when 6 women get together, there is plenty of food!  We celebrated Jennifer's birthday a few days early, enjoyed terrific ham biscuits (Tommi don't forget to distribute the recipe!), a honey baked ham, great veggies and slaw, and waaaaay too many brownies, jelly beans (the size of gems!), chex mix,  and some cheese and fruit!  Then there was the wine and tending the fire (and its almost MAY!!)

I hope this becomes a regular event at Park's Peak!