6 braces ran on Monday. Only 3 had birdwork.
J&M Clark's Trademark (Crawford) and Apache (Maxwell), both in the 4th brace
on course 1 had finds, Apache at about 5 mins and Clark at about 58
minutes, and both handled them in order, and both were posted for the day.
Blueridge Major Adventure (Downing) had two finds in the 6th brace on course 3
but was not in sight at time, so he was out of contention. Brisco
Buddy Boy (Trimble) was lost on course 2 in the 2nd brace, and finally found
around 7:30pm that evening.
Rain stayed away most of the day. It only came down for about 10-15 minute
intervals just before the lunch break.
3 braces ran on Tuesday. Only one had
birdwork (that I'm aware of) 7b J&M Pete's Turnin' Trix
(Crawford). Rain & Thunder started up as we broke for lunch.
Jerry McGee announced an hour delay to allow the storm to pass. Storm hung
around all afternoon and all through the night, so we were scheduled to
breakaway at 8am with brace 10 on Wednesday morning.
It's WEDNESDAY afternoon, and braces
10-12 ran this morning. I haven't heard that there was any birdwork this
morning. Braces 13-15 are out this afternoon. The
temperatures have dropped 25 degrees, it's 42 degrees right now. The rain
has stopped but its very damp in the air, and we've had some pretty decent winds
from time to time.
OK, today two more dogs got posted:
Just Call Me Roy (Cherry) from brace 15a who ran course 3 in the afternoon, and
Smarteyes-Joker (Ralph) from brace 14b who ran on course 2 in the afternoon.
It sounds like the birds were trying to dry out a little this afternoon, as some
large coveys were moved. I think most of the afternoon dogs had
birds today. We start tomorrow at 8am with brace 16.
It's going to be a chilly night, temperatures are 35 degrees right now, and
dropping. Freeze warnings are in effect till 8am Thursday morning.
Two more dogs posted today.
Shady's Tia Maria (Little) from 19b who ran on course 1 in the afternoon, and
Make It A Bud Light (Tate) from 16b who also ran on course 1 this morning.
It was pretty frosty and cold this morning in the low 30's, but it's stayed dry
and been warming up all day and the sun came out this afternoon. We
also enjoyed a beautiful sunset this evening, and the evening temp is 48-50
degrees. I don't have exact count on birds, but I believe there were
birds seen throughout the day. 3 dogs left to run tomorrow.
No report
