I've seen many useful posts how us Luddites can take advantage of the new info age. "Apps, texts, favorites, load, servers, tablets, cell phones, easily accessed . . .".
See -- I'm so dumb I can't even remember what they're saying, let alone do what they suggest.
But I was out there Saturday morning. And the water looked like it was breaking up the prepared courses. There were pot holes forming all over the place. Cook's course looked the best. But getting the water off and the salt drying to a race course condition are two separate issues.
Bill Lattin took a bunch of us "old folks" out there to see what we thought. My thought was, after about ten minutes, why even do this -- it's so apparent what the answer was, especially after Friday night's rain. No one I talked to thought there was a chance of having any course by the end of the week. Some thought by the end of the month. Yes, the conditions are not predictable. But no one that was out there was second-guessing the decision. We all urged him to make it now, not later in the day, so some could start home and save a day's rent -- which is what he did in concert with the board.
Even if the courses dry by Cook's event, the pot holes and such may be a real problem. This hasn't been a good year for the SCTA, but not due to the officials not giving their best.
I'd "Like" them if I had a clue what that meant and how to do it. (Please don't tell me -- It'll fall on deaf (and really dumb) ears.)
Stan