Saturday, June 18, 2022

Red Hatters Are Off To The Races at Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

Six Red Hatters and one brave gentleman (Kimberly Gugliotta's husband) Tim, carpooled to Ruidoso, New Mexico for a day of horse racing at Ruidoso Downs. It is a little over an hour's drive from Alamogordo, through the Mescalaro Apache Indian Reservation with beautiful mountain scenery along the way.       

L to R: Gail Swineford, our newly Reduated Red Hatter
Shelly Carns, Trudy Reese and Jan Praught

Queen Ladybird aka Carla Kerr 

L to R: Shelly, Gail and Carla

L to R: Trudy Reese, Carla, Gail, "Talk to the Hat" Jan and Kim Gugliotta

R to L: Kim, Jan, Gail, Trudy and Shelly 

A nice lady took this shot so all of us could be seen.
R to L: Carla, Kim, Jan, Gail, Trudy and Shelly

Hubby Doug took this shot just before I left  

We had a lot of FUN which is what we are all about and most of us "donated". However, Shelly went home a winner or as I call it, "beginner's luck". We had lunch in Billy the Kid Restaurant on the premises. The food was quite good, but slow in arriving. Paying our tabs would make a great scene in a play. We received apologies and the usual nowadays excuse due to COVID, "Short of help". One could tell there was a lot of "On the Job Training" going on, but we made the best of it as Red Hatters do.

I never knew where Tim (our chauffeur) disappeared to, but he magically appeared with the car and drove us safely home. Gail drove for the other group and we thank her as well. 

This is all I have to say for now.