Silver Is Golden

Raining though it was on Thursday, one more day in PEI wasn't going to be hard to take, not when your gracious hosts decide to treat you to supper and horse racing, trotter style. It was a great spread with the race track right in front of our table.

I did the ususal, contributing steadily to the municipal tax base throughout the evening, that is until it was time to go. That's when I spotted Silver Streak. On his warmup run, he stood out with his silvery colour and right away I bonded with this horse. A silver horse and a silverback. A match that would not let me leave, at least not before I'd seen him whip those standardbreds around him. I looked at the odds and ol' Silver Streak evidently wasn't raising the same energy levels with the other bettors because he was paying out $28 on a $2 bet. I placed the $2 minimum on him to "show". Hey, I'd lost all night and let's face it, this was a sympathy bet.
The damn thing started off in 2nd last place, had moved up to 5th by 1/2 mile, took the lead at the final turn, and finally finished in 3rd place. I felt like like I'd won a million bucks. So I picked up my 70 cents winnings and went home feeling like a wealthy man. The Silver Streak can still deliver.

I had a great time visiting with Judy & Hans in Charlottetown. Good people, plain and simple. We talked some, we played some, we ate good, and we reminisced with old photos of Candace and the Jeffery family. You know, every one of these meetings makes her passing easier to take and moves me more towards being happy to have spent the time together we did. Right on!

This morning (Friday), I sailed out of PEI on the Confederation Ferry and landed in Pictou, NS. I'll spend the night in Sydney and take a ride around the Cabot Trail on Saturday.