Ready for Race Weekend

Another Memorial Weekend has come and gone. Our thoughts and thanks were with the troops, the veterans and those at home celebrating with their high school reunions and Memorial Services. This is the first year in a long time that we have been away from Nebraska at this time. We had a relaxing weekend. Drag Race Girl and crew got here on Sunday. They got to park right next door with their 48' trailer and we had quite a few folks stop by and look at the car and visit with Christy. They had just finished up several showings of the Race Car at Ft. Sill Oklahoma and the Lawton area. She has family in Afghanistan and is a military widow herself so service and support of the troops is formost with her. They had the racecar rewrapped in a red white and blue/camo motif and when it moves it looks like the flag is waving. (They just stopped by, and she downloaded a picture of the new wrap! It's Awesome1) I can't wait to see it go down the track! They say once ya get a taste of this nitro in the morning and the power of burning the tires you get addicted, and I'm definitely addicted! I'm getting excited to watch the National events again....and see some of the people we've met. Glenn has a cousin that farms west of here, and we went out to his place and went fishing, and had a BBQ at their place. Christy has been sick for 3 weeks, so we spent some time at the E Room of a Topeka Hospital yesterday to get some Antibiotics...I told her there was no excuses --- I wanted some wins and she couldn't do that feeling bad....so now she can breathe! They left this morning to go get the trailer in line to park inside the track and we'll meet up later. DH's sister is stopping by to visit tomorrow so we're anything but bored. We're headed out to breakfast, so will sign off for now and add pics later! It has rained here all morning. I wanted to go to Lake Shawnee, which is just a few blocks south of here, but it's not a very nice day for that. I think it may be a good day to just curl up with a book! Stay tuned......................

Incredible weekend at the Drag Races!

I'm pretty exhausted after going to the races for the past 3 days. Up really early and on the road for about 45 minutes to Chandler. Dropped the fur kids at day care and then back to the track, which is directly across the interstate from where we bought our Coach. We are just fortunate to be here at the time when they have the Arizona Nationals. It the beginning of this year's racing season, so everyone is getting the bugs out and starting out pretty even. We started out in the pits. There aren't words to describe what it feels like to stand in front of a top fuel or funny car in it's tent in the morning, drinkin coffee, when they fire up for fuel test. It vibrates your very core...and the fumes of Nitro fuel burn your eyes! The force will raise ya right off the ground. Ear plugs are your best friend. We got a lot of autographs and pictures with the drivers. They kind of wander around Friday until after lunch because every car must go through Tech Inspection on Friday. I bought a Jacket and a shirt and got the shirt signed by all the drivers that I wanted to get. The weather was absolutely perfect all 3 days. I survived without a sunburn by using plenty of sunscreen and shielded my left side with a long sleeved shirt when we were sitting in the stands. I'm not a big fan of hats, but I have a lightweight lavender billed hat with a neck shield and I swear it was a real lifesaver. We made some new friends Friday night at supper at the Marie Callanders restaurant. Was visiting with some folks that we assumed had just attended the races too, and come to find out, She was a driver of a Sports Class Top fuel Car! Her name is Christy Lamica from Newport Beach California. They invited us out to see their cars and ofcourse, by the time we found where they were parked, they were done and cars were loaded. We had a nice visit, and she took us back behind the fence where all the drivers are interviewed after their races for TV. We missed seeing her drive this week, and she invited us back for this coming week, when they have Sports Class races for them. We will go and be able to get up close to the starting line and learn some more of the inner workings of the race car. She's been racing for 6 years. Her and her husband live in a beach house at Newport Beach, and they invited us to come out and hang out at their place on the beach. Now I have a plan on where to go from here. They will race again at Las Vegas and we will go there too. (I kinda had thought of going to Vegas next) Then head out to Newport beach CA. Watching these races from the stands and on TV is two completely different things! There's advantages and disadvantages to both! It's supposed to be in the 80s today. DH golfing today and I plan on hangin out at the pool this afternoon and we have a pot luck tonight. I have a lot of really good pictures. Will put them on Picasa. www.picasaweb.google.com/mskayndan is the address for the pics!