It's still a ritual with me. I'm trying to get my 7y.o. daughter to go this year which has been like pulling teeth. Apparently after her second place derby win last year she know's it all and it's beneath her now. LOL I always go with the same bunch of guys, hit the river early, get a fisherman's breakfast and then we all split a bottle of Blackberry brandy and have some laughs. Even when I lived out of state I would come back home to make it.