Lawnmower Poker Run

Thurman and Dobbins teamed up last Sunday for the annual Faulkton Lawnmower Poker Run. I sat the afternoon out. The videos that the boys took tell it all; like so many harvest experiences, it is ridiculous but a lot of fun. As I looked through the videos tonight, I realised that they are also a perfect indication of why I needed an afternoon off.

Basically participants show up at the local bar with some form of miniature transport, preferably a ride-on lawnmower. Everyone sets off in a convoy and travels around a circuit participating in various challenges along the road, like the tractor pull. Jim who owns the bar follows the swarm around with his pick-up acting as a mobile bar.

The boys rented a golf cart for $50 and agreed to pay the owners for any damage on its return. The value of the cart is probably about $200, so the owners were getting a pretty good deal. Needless to say, there was a bit of damage, both to the cart and to the eight guys who piled on the four-person buggie. But as Lockie from the Dobbins crew said to me the other night, he's here for "a good time, not a long time".