{"id":3913,"date":"2009-09-24T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/24\/let-the-race-begin\/"},"modified":"2009-09-24T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:28:35","slug":"let-the-race-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/24\/let-the-race-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Race Begin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1521_thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sunflower Derby race participants! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1494_thumb.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1519_thumb.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nancy and Dad with our horse, as well as Mary Decker, our family friend and co-chairman with Dad of the Friends of the Neches River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_1473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/WindowsLiveWriterLettheRaceBegin_D694IMG_1473_thumb.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The jockettes in Heat 1! 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&#160; Nancy and Dad with our horse, as well as Mary Decker, our family friend and co-chairman with Dad of the Friends of the Neches River. The jockettes in Heat 1! Let the race begin! The race winners whose dice rolled in their favor! 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