Snow in Tennessee

The Ames Plantation, Grand Junction, TN on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2010.

Dear readers, We left Kansas on Thursday, Feb 4 amidst the snow/sleet/rain and arrived in Conway, AR in the rain, left there for Grand Junction on Friday, went to the awards, cocktails at the Ames manor house, attended the championship drawing, and the Eukanuba kick off party on Sunday night at the museum on Sunday. Sunday was a beautiful day and I rode Henry and Pretty Boy through the mud in the parking lot. Above is what happened overnight and what we were greeted with on Monday morning... The day's braces were postponed. Below is a picture of the stables where our horses stayed. While these aren't ours, they look pretty attentive, don't you think?
Next is a picture looking away from the stables towards the fields that make up the morning course.
Below is a picture driving towards the Ames Plantation.
The Ames is known for its historic Angus cattle herd... those black dots are huddled cattle...


Bud is standing in front of the plantation office. The plantation is also a research center for the University of Tennessee. This is the cemetery near the manor house
It looks kind of lonely overlooking the lake across from the manor house.
The championship finally started on Tuesday morning. This is the breakaway on Monday... notice the mounting steps, a very good idea...

And this is the first dog in the first brace... Bud took the picture and got back in the truck... We had fun, but glad to be home. Stay warm y'all.
The field trial is featured online at amesplantation.org

We went to Tennessee...

Hello dear ones, As some of you know, Bud and I took our annual trek to Grand Junction, TN to attend the festivities around the Bird Dog National Championship held at the Ames Plantation and the National Bird Dog Museum. Below, Bud is in front of the museum entrance, admiring the joyous springer spaniel statue.

Last year's winner, Lester's Snowatch is the dog in the picture, surrounded by from left, Mr. Lester, Ken McNab and Bud with Eukanuba and Mr. Ross the painter, and on the right is Ike, the scout.This picture hangs in the museum... and no this isn't the equine we tried out... the next one is...
So, Bud's smiling because this is a nice horse (for sale) ... and I'm smiling, 'cause we came home without him... that's probably a first for me. More pictures later... Love you all, ap/p