The day had finally dawned… the final edition of F3 Dad’s 2021! Ball Joint & myself arrived early at Folsom to find the regular crowd being led by Ozark in what I heard turned out to be a pretty good beatdown. We gathered 3 buckets (the # is significant later on), a cooler, some cups, & rope & headed across the soccer field to set up the day’s activities. Ball Joint stopped at the first camping hose bib to fill 1 of the 3 buckets w/ water as I split w/ my cooler to another near the exercise pavilion. As I filled my cooler I noticed quickly that this water rivaled the lovely turd-brown hue of the South Fork on any given day following a heavy rain so I dumped & repeated… repeated… repeated… ok, so I finally gave up walked backed to Ball Joint & used that connection! For future reference if you ever decide to camp for Cotton Ginning Days steer clear the parking lot near the exercise pavilion. We set up at one end of the parking lot w/ cups, rope, & a full bucket of water, the other w/ 2 empty buckets. This exercise was going to be a version of the classic water haul race from one end to the other to fill your team’s bucket however, with a slight variation, a quick round of jump rope in the middle! Almost 7am so back to the start w/ my cooler & a few more larger cups for the grand finale: Duck, Duck, Splash!
Go Time… started w/ a welcome, mission of F3, & 5 core principles for 26 PAX/2.0s. Moved into a Westside approved warmup consisting of SSH, Gravelpickers, Merkins, DonQs, & probably something else I’m forgetting. Next, we did a family “Native American” (did you catch the PCness there) run up to the little triangle & back to the big triangle. We did a kid-sized Dora 1,2,3 (30, 60, 90) of Merkins, LBCs, & Air Presses (which btw get very heavy even though it’s just air!) around the big triangle. We then nured, karaoked, & skip mosied to the tennis courts for a quick round of Red Light / Green Light with Bear Crawls (Merkins if you don’t stop) across one court & then back with Crab Walks (Big Boys if you failed to stop again) back to the line. I will say, I think Ball Joint was likely a playground force to be reckoned with in his elementary days! Next was a slow mosey to the exercise pavilion parking lot. It is then we discover that 3 buckets were now 1! Yes, leave it to the Dallas local yocals to steal 2 of our buckets!!! Oh well, we just skipped the “fill the bucket” part & just let the kids & some pretty talented dad’s slosh water all over themselves jumping rope. Finally, we mosied back to the soccer field & gathered in a big circle round the water cooler for a slight twist to the classic Duck, Duck, Goose (Splash). Great fun was had by all as they doused a large cup of water on the unsuspecting head of someone gathered in the circle then raced back to their slot. Back to the parking lot for the pledge & Ball Joint prayed us out.
It was truly a pleasure to co-lead such a fun event! Til next year…
Excuse me while I kiss the sky!