[gmracket]

We did get off to a slow start. The Villages paid for the buses but Valspar was in charge of the whole event. They changed the time of departure from the tournament not The Villages nor the bus companies. I was in the lead bus also and when the driver got to the end of Rainey Trail he was surprised at the no left turn onto 301. This was recently changed for what reason and it has to be a stupid one. He had no choice as to where he turned around. Try turning a bus on a dime with 56 people on board! He was upset as everyone else. Valspar didn't do their job. Joe was the only person trying to herd 400 people on 8 buses. It was Valspar's fault all the way. We did finally leave at 4 and we had 5 hours there. Any bus trip is long no matter what tour you go on. It was a beautiful day and maybe a bit frustrating but we did get a "Free Bus Ride" so you got your money' worth. I give credit to Joe because he took the brunt of all the disruption so "don't shoot the messenger" he was doing his job to the best of his ability. Next year maybe they'll have it down or maybe they won't even do it again....I enjoyed the day, the golf, the hot dogs and my friends.