Jefferson County Kennel Club or JCKC

The Jefferson County Kennel Club (JCKC) is located in a quaint little city called Monticello, FL.  The ride to Monticello along the canopy road was beautiful even at night, which I'm looking forward to seeing in daylight.   A canopy road is a road with trees overhanging on both sides which gives the illusion of driving through a tunnel of trees.

We arrived close to our scheduled time of 7:30 for our dinner reservations.   At one point we went into panic mode; afraid we might lose our table.  In the dead of winter - it was not that big a deal.

The third race was starting just as we arrived.  The house lights went down and the dogs were off.  It's always very exciting watching them chasing that fake rabbit, even if you haven't placed a bet.  The race itself takes less than a minute and everybody is staring out onto the track with bated breath, hoping their dog will win.

Everyone got into the habit of telling what number they'd bet on.  The second time I went to place my bet, I decided not to tell anybody, just keep it to my myself.  The first bet I won was on the number seven dog which was chosen because  the program read, "it did great in the home stretch" or something to that effect.  I thought to myself - why not?   And, it won.  Needless to say, I was thrilled out of my shoes. 

The next dog I bet on was because it had the fastest time out of all the dogs listed in the tenth race.  Again, I thought "why not?"  And, I had two wins for the night.  I don't believe in pushing my luck so I wasn't doing no "all or nothing bets" not that night. 

By the time we left, I'd won enough money to cover the cost of my diner which was all I needed to make me happy because that meant I wouldn't have to go home broke and  feeling defeated. 

Before we left the owner of the club comped us on a round of drinks and we all posed for a "photo-op" with him.  A nice elderly man who looked like he's owned the club forever.  We thanked him and promised to return because we are some wannabe gamblers who wanna win big.