Pony Tales
by Sandra Murphy
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THE GRANDAUGHTER CHRONICLES: PART XII
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and off we went.
granddaughter has discovered the world
Right off the bat everything in my purse hit the
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of the golf cart and it seems visiting shows will
ground as it went flipping out of the cart at the first
never be the same. At least walking around show
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turn. Note #1 to self: Be sure your purse is behind
grounds will be different and at times a little more
you and not on the seat beside you! Next, lesson #2:
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exciting.
No matter how tightly the lid to a coffee thermos is,
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Our trip to Thermal for the horse show started
it will definitely come off when it hits the ground at
off like any other day we have gone to visit friends,
mach cart speed! Another, lesson #3: Don't expect
except that I realized just how big the show grounds
anyone else in a golf cart to give you any slack, it is
are out there and dreaded the walking. Thanks to the
every man for himself! And finally, lesson #4: No
people at Dever Cart rental on the show grounds, we
matter how fast you drive, it is never fast enough
have discovered the wild and crazy sport of 'carting'
for an eight year old who wants to get to the show
as she now calls it. They quickly found a 'special' cart
ring NOW!
for us with both a front and back seat so she could
As soon as she found out we were 'on wheels', she
choose to ride either place. Naturally she thought
had every reason in the world to 'go here-and go
she should drive it but that possibility was quickly
there'. Of course her friend forgot her crop and we
dashed by ALL of the concerning adults!!
immediately set off to the barn to get it, and had to
I crawled into the driver's seat, with her beside me
hurry fast to get back. Then she found that
the food stand was way over there and we
needed to make several trips there, as we
did with the restroom also.
Possibly the very best part of the cart
experience was loading six small children
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on it and heading to the indoor arena that
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evening for the World Cup class. Every-
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one of them had experienced a cart be-
fore in one way or another and my grand-
daughter was the only one with this first
time thing going. She rode in the front
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onto the back seat and off we went. We

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were like a traveling circus with laughter
galore and little girls being 'buddies' at
their best.

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returned the cart and headed back to Los
Angeles. Just as she fell asleep she said,
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music and headed out into the night, not
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