Randy makes a good shot!

"About time; that's my first good shot of the day!," said Randy. And, you know what? No one disagreed with him!

Petanque in Lexington. July 5th. 2009.

Bob M. in Germany

Here are a couple of i-phone shots that our own Bob Moyer took on July 4th in Germany.

Bob visits overseas quite frequently (a mysterious lady friend?) and never fails to find a place to play petanque. His e-mail just said, "in front of the castle." Don't know if he meant that literally, but it sure looks like a spectacular court yard venue for petanque.

Safe journey, Bob. See you soon.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

From Gary & Shirley at CarolinaPetanque

Terry & Sue's family visits

Terry and Sue had family visiting with them at their Lexington home on High Rock Lake and decided to bring them over for petanque on Monday evening, June 29, 2009.

That's nephew Timmy(Sue's brother's son) and his wife Melissa in the first small picture. The next photo shows sister-in-law (Sue's brother's wife), Lorrie, with Sue. Finally, that's Sue's brother, Danny, along with his wife, Lorrie, in the next picture.

It was a warm June evening, and the play and friendship were wonderful. Come back soon, guys!

Back to the Mountains

It was back to Sugar Mountain on June 28 for play with Walt Elder and some of his friends and family. In the larger of the pictures above, his girlfriend Stephanie looks on as Walt gives a big hug to his little sister, Katy. The next picture shows Katy, Stephanie, and Phillip looking on as Walt prepares to point. In the last one, Walt and Katy watch as Stephanie points.

Katy was visiting from Washington, DC. She plays with a group in that area from time to time. Many of you will remember Stephanie from last summer at Miller Park. She is from Spain but manages to get to the Carolinas on occasion. Phillip hails from the Raleigh area and first played with CarolinaPetanque at last year's May tournament. He and Walt are long time friends.

We had some good games and loved the scenery and cool mountain temperatures. Notice the long pants on the players. On June 28!

Shirley just reminded me to give a special thanks to Katy for sharing with us some homemade blueberry jelly from her grandmother. Thanks, Katy.

Fathers' Day at Miller Park

Shirley brought a Fathers' Day cake to Miller Park this past Sunday. We were happy to have Philippe (and his boys Sebastian & Adrian) with us again. We won't be seeing much of him now that he's moved his warehouse back to Florida. But he promised to come by whenever he's in the area.

Sugar Mountain, NC

Shirley and I were in the mountains of NC recently visiting with our friends Danny & Sue. While there, we made contact with Walt Elder (from Granada, Spain). Walt and a friend of his, Philllip Jackson (from Raleigh, NC), were able to take some time away from their summer jobs in the NC mountains to play a little petanque. Here we are (Shirley's the photographer as usual) in a HUGE parking lot on the way up to Sugar Mtn ski resort. GREAT place for petanque! Flat and hard, but not too hard, surface could accommodate probably thirty games at once and there are other parking levels just below.