 2010 National Championship (NOC) Callbacks Photos NOC Home Page Placements |
November 19, 3:00 pm PST - Today is cloudy, misty and cooler (55 degrees). The workers had to clean up the grounds today and are hopefully on their way home. I took the opportunity and drove to the Golden Gate Bridge (45 minutes north) then south on Highway 1 again.
I have many photos left to post. I will start with the water series and work my way back to the beginning. My flight leaves Saturday morning at 6:00 am PST and will get me home by noon CST. Drive careful travelers!
November 18, Thursday - Placements!
CM - #28 Royal O: Dick Krueger H: Dick Vermazen
Guns Award - #69 Whitey O/H: Pam Miller
Best Amateur Handler - Pam Miller
4th - #69 Whitey O/H: Pam Miller
3rd - #77 Daisy O: Steve and Phyllis Beyer H: Marty Knibbs
2nd - #3 Fergie O: Jim Cowan H: Mike Wallace
1st - #29 Scout O: Dave Morse H: Gary Wilson
Nov 18, 5:40 pm PST - Ooops, I was wrong. 5:30 to 7:00 pm is social hour and placements are at 7:00 pm.
Nov 18, 4:00 pm PST - The water is complete! Placements at 5:30 tonight.
Nov 18, 1:30 pm PST- We have finished the fifth and are going to caravan to the water! We walk the course, 17 flags, and then walk back on the road to the beginning of the course.
Nov 18, 9:45 am - Seventeen dogs back to the fifth series! They will begin shortly.
Nov 18, 9:30 am PST We have finished the fourth series and expect callbacks soon. We will run the fifth series and then go to the water.
Nov 18, 7:30 am PST - It is 46 degrees according to my car. The sun is shining, we have breeze off the ocean and the fog is not a factor. I have reception at base camp. We'll see what happens on the way up to the field.
Nov 18, 6:40 am PST - Forecast is for mid forties to mid sixties. We will see if it is still foggy. Dog number 84 will be
the first dog to run. More later!
November 17, Wednesday 5:30 PST - The fog rolled in and we stopped running about 5 pm. Casey finished all the dogs on his side.
The last dog to run under Brooks was number 79. We will start in the morning with dog number 84.
Monday night the Purina awards were given out at the banquet at Sam's Chowder House. I was under the weather with a
cold I brought from Minnesota so I missed the awards. Tuesday Sam's Chowder House came to the field with all the clam
chowder and lobster rolls we wanted. Tonight it was very erie after the fog rolled in and it got dark.
Nov 17 - 2:15 PST - They are all headed to the third and fourth series course to begin the fourth series at flag number 8.
The course is about 17 flags on two courses. We finished the third series about 1:15. The judges gave the fourth series callbacks at 2:00.
36 dogs back to the fourth!
Nov 17- 10:30am PST (12:30 CST) Mary called from the field. She is blocked in and unable to get a strong enough signal to post an update.
Dogs #43 and #44 are down. This is a shorter course than Series 1 and 2 and so far they have completed 2 laps. The
Weather is warm and sunny with variable winds, a nice change from the windy conditions of yesterday.
November 17, Wednesday, 6:30 am PST - Todays forecast is 45 to 65. It took a shower to get all the flying dirt off from yesterdays windy conditions. I will let you know when the 3rd series in done and get the 4th series callbacks to you as soon as possible. Have a great day!
November 16, Tuesday, 9:00 pm PST - Third series callbacks have just been posted. 53 dogs back to the third!
Nov 16, 4:30 PST - I was unable to get reception today from the field. Sorry. We finished the 2nd series about 3:30. Tomorrow we will
start the third series at 8:00 am. Callbacks to come. The day was a little cooler and a little windier than yesterday.
Nov 16, 6:30 am PST - Forecast 47 to 67 degrees (more sunscreen). Second series today and President's reception 4 - 6.
Will we get into the third series? Time will tell.
November 15, Monday 10:30 pm PST Callbacks!
Nov 15, 4:20 PST - The last two dogs in the first series are running now.
Nov 15, 3:00 pm PST - Dogs 84 and 85 are running. The plan is to finish the 1st series today. Then the banquet, awards and callbacks.
Nov 15, Noon - They have completed the second loop of the horseshoe course. I believe dogs 49 and 51 were down at the end of the course.
A short break for lunch and then we will be back in the field.
Nov 15, 10:30 am - We finished the first big horseshoe by just after 10:00 am and dog number 24 and 25 were running. We moved over to the beginning of the course with trailers and ATVs. We have a nice breeze off the ocean, which is good, as it it warming up quickly.
Nov 15, 6:30 am PST - The forecast is for 48 to 72 degrees, mostly sunny and winds NW at 9 mph. More later.
November 14, Sunday 5:30 PST - The delegates meeting is over. Link to the delegates meeting. We will start at 8:00 am tomorrow and run until 4:00 pm.
Only one scratch - #96. 55 flags on the course in a horseshoe shape for 1st and 2nd series - shuttle in by wagon and ATVs. Start at 8:00 and end at 4:00. Rattlesnake grass and coyote bush is part of the cover (only in CA!)
Nov 14, 1:30 PST - We drove about 17 miles down Highway 1 to the training grounds. It was the most beautiful drive to training that I have ever seen with the ocean almost always visible on the right. We can see the ocean from the training grounds and the trial grounds. It is a warm 65 here with a great breeze off the ocean. Many travelers drove through a snow/ice storm in Wyoming to get here. Thank goodness all of us made it. Now I am sitting on my patio looking out over a part of a golf course. It is tough all over ;-)
Novebmer 13, Saturday 7:00 pm PST - It snowed during the night in Minneapolis. There was about four inches on the ground by 8:00 am CST and
my power went out. The curling iron and the garage door opener don't work well without electricity. The flight was delayed but San Francisco and
Half Moon Bay are warm and sunny. Half Moon Bay Lodge is beautiful. I just discovered a small patio outside my patio door. Awesome!
November 11, Thursday - Many dogs and handlers are traveling to California now to compete in Donny Mock's NOC to start on Monday.
Feel the excitement building? One of the dogs I am dog sitting chewed up my modem this morning. The modem allows me to upload website
information right from the field. Back to Verizon before my flight out on Saturday. I wonder what the rest of the traveler are dealing with.
Mary Kemper