Vickey timed her much needed hiatus with the waxing of the gym floor at Hillsville Elementary School. Coach was quick to point out the shine !
There is nothing that I’m involved with in Carroll County that is more important to me than being the wingman to our Angel 😇 on Earth 🌎.
We have dialed it back on the number of things we are chasing and, in turn, having more energy for the folks that we know enjoy interacting with us !
Keep being awesome, Coach, and I will be back before you know it !
Fort Lauderdale Station 🚉 is the starting point for the trek. Being that I parked the rental car 🚗 there, the day will end there as well.
The No Plane reference is to the fact that I arrived ahead of my son and three granddaughters. So I have a day to fill and thus an adventure to create !
The first step was to purchase a $5.00 ticket 🎟 and head south towards Miami…
I will add to the post 📫 as the day plays out…
The Miami Marlins are hosting the San Francisco Giants today, and it’s 4 for $44 Day. Maybe that is stop ✋️ #1????
It would appear that the stop to take is the Metrorail Transfer, where you switch over ( same ticket still works) for the ride to downtown.
Yeah, that’s the ticket 🎟 !!!
Music 🎶 is our friend 🧡
Free Hat 👒 for all Father’s ! Need proof for Lin that I didn’t buy another hat.
Miami,
I love ❤️ what you’ve done with the place ! The Marlins were still playing at a football stadium when I made my stop ✋️ on the Poor Man’s MLB Loop.
So say this is a serious upgrade doesn’t due it justice. Just the retractable roof
Bottom 2nd, Kyle Stowers just launched a rocket 🚀, Marlins leading 1-0.
2:10 – end of 2nd inning, 1-0
They are getting ready out in Omaha for Game 2 between the Heels and the Sooners. UNC must win in order to keep playing ball.
Giants with a two out rally in the top of the third, tying the game.
Marlins scratch one out in the bottom of the 4th inning, lead 2-1
Stop ✋️ #2 – Baymont Park for the FIFA ⚽️ FANFESTIVAL!
There is no charge for admission
NO GOAL, Iran was offsides
UNC just tied OklahomaI at 2-2 !
1st half dehydration break – 3:30
UNC leads 3-2
First Final Score :
Marlins 2, Giants 1
Crowd 18, 749
4:30 pm – Iran 🇮🇷 Belgium 🇧🇪 still nil-nil in the 65th minute.
Carolina now leads 4-2, [Bottom 5th] looking to play again tomorrow !
7th inning stretch, Tar Heels 6-2 !!!
A metro 🚇 train 🚆, a connector train and now a free chartered Bus 🚌!
Heels now in the 8th….still 6-2.
The Bus 🚌 has stopped ✋️at some type of loud sporting event ???
Kevin just put the biscuit in the basket 🧺 and things got REAL up in here!
Hydration break on the Pitch…
Uruguay leads in shots in goal, 7-1 , yet trail 1-0.
43:05 of the first half, we have the equalizer for Uruguay 🇺🇾!
Direct kick from just outside the box 📦 was blocked 🚫 by a dedicated Uruguay 🇺🇾 player in the 59th minute.
Right after that, we have our second equalizer of the match !!! 2-2 with just under 30 to play ▶️
2nd half water 💧 break after a waved off goal, still 2-2 [7:39]
64,003 is the announced crowd for today.
Uruguay 🇺🇾 with a flurry as we enter the final 5:00 of regulation.
Game winning direct kick sails ⛵️ high over the net.
Marion Harris shares great news about the Women’s World 🌎 Cup in 2031. Some of those matches will be played on American soil.
8:00 have been added in stoppage time ⏲️.
Crunch Time !!!
Final minute……..8:03 pm
We have a 2-2 draw……
8:42 – back at the train 🚆 station 🚉 for the ride back to my car 🚗.
Just heard from Vickey Ritchie, and she has sent me the 411 on our Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 practice today ! That will be a self-standing post 📫 here in a bit…
Need to go North for four exits, then back to the Condo.
9:19 – All Aboard the Choo Choo !
12-3-7 for a stat line !
That concludes the 12 hour adventure !
Fathers Day is a different type of holiday that will mean different things to people.
The majority of people who are male will be fortunate enough to experience the day from both ends of the spectrum. I was one of five children who belonged to Charles Carter and then was blessed to play it forward with five children of my own.
Charles Taylor Carter is no longer with us here on earth, but we rest assured that he is in a better place and is back to doing what he did best, taking care of Mom.
Born and raised on US-58 over in Mecklenburg County on the shore of Buggs Island Lake, Dad was an awesome role model in regard to so many aspects of life. To start the list anywhere, but how he treated his bride, it would be an oversight.
My personal connection to Jeff and Tammy Tobler was the way Jeff treated Tammy because it took me back in time to the world 🌎 I grew up in. Getting to watch unconditional love ❤️ is a beautiful thing !
Mom and Dad had five children, and the easy punch line would be they kept trying until they got it right! Yes, they did the best they could with the first four, and then God rewarded them with a perfect child….
Dad was so, so many things across his nearly 90 years. He served our country for just shy of 30 years and was a deacon at more churches than I can remember. But the thing that he excelled at was being consistent. He was true to himself each and every day, which made life easier.
Believing in God, Country, Marriage, and family made a day for CWO4 Charles T Carter. When one job didn’t pay all of the bills, Dad would just go get a second one, and sometimes it required a third one. It was an easy example to follow as a child glowing up.
What does ” winning ” on Father’s Day look like ? Is it about who gets you the coolest gift 🎁? To some, it is, and there is nothing wrong with that. But for me, it is about slowing down long enough to show appreciation for the Father you have / had.
Here’s hoping that all of the Dad’s out there 🙏 will have a Blessed Day and that their children will all take the time to reflect on the one who raised them.
Travis Osborne will wake ⏰️ up shortly, and I will add his Bible verse below. I hope that the Osborne family enjoyed the birthday celebration for the Little One yesterday !
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The road less traveled ! 