Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Saratoga!!!!!
So the three retirement rebels, a.k.a, The Advil Gang, hop on their motorcycles under cloudy gray skies in Morris and head for Saratoga for our annual trip to the races - woohoo!! Wooo, the foothills in Austerlitz are chilly! August 16th and we stop to put on all the clothes we have with us, rain gear and all, ahhhhh, comfort in riding arrives!!! Finally, the sun shines and we warm up about a half hour from our destination. We stop and ungear. As soon as we start up again I feel the sprinkles. Yep, we get wet in the last 20 minutes of the trip!! WTF!! We arrive at the Landmark Motor Inn, our special motor inn we found 3years ago. The owner, John, is awesome and for the last 2 years he has taken us to the track with him for the races!! He is happy to see us and we are thrilled. He offers to take us to the track again for the next day!! We spent the day at Saratoga today. It was sunny and beautiful and special. I love this track because you can get sooooo close to the horses and the trainers and the jockeys!! We even had our pictures taken with Jane's winning jockey, Ramon! Oh yeah, Jane was the only winner, but then she joined us as losers as well. Just can't help chasing that big win. And, oh yeah, Dave, F the grey horses!!! We get home at 6 and spend the next hour or so chilling and checking email. Off to dinner we go across the street at Fitzgerald's. Great drinks and, oh yeah, food, too. We settle in with cocktails and start a great game of set back waiting for our dinners. (Emulsify, Laila!!) We have a great dinner and a great game that Jane wins. Yuck! Home we go and we need showers. Wait a minute...... there's a beautiful pool at the Landmark. Come on, Nawal. Let's go!! With a little convincing we all strip to our African robes, grab towels and head for the pool. Shoot from shinola, it's locked! But wait, the girls who are working the rooms tell us that the indoor pool is open with your key. Yahoo!!! They don't realize their mistake. Grab the key and off we go to the indoor pool. We slide in and look to see if anyone is there. The coast looks clear and there is even a hot tub!! How cool is that???? Jane starts to strip and all of a sudden there comes a 20 year old "God" out of the men's room!! Whaaaaaat? Jane grabs her robe and Nawal and I ask the most important question " Is anyone else here????" He says "no" as he walks away with his back to us! Can you blame him?? Let the games begin!!! Pool first - woohoo- so cool and refreshing, then Nawal entices us into the hot tub. Glorious!! Back to the pool. Back to the hot tub. Bliss in birthday suits!! Oh, yeah, did I tell you we were skinny dipping??????
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