Racing and Running Around

Today is a down day. I need to stay home and rest!! The past few days have been so much fun. Even getting up at 5:30 a.m. and driving an hour both ways in mad I10 traffic. We would go a few miles past the race track and dump the fur kids at Petsmart Pet Hotel, then get back on 10 and go back down to the race track. We were lucky enough to get signed in as part of Christy Lamica's crew so we got wrist bands to hang with them and at race times we would go up and stand in the staging area at the starting line. She would come up by the entrance and pick us up on the 4 wheeler so we didn't have to walk all the way back to the trailer. We have learned a lot about racing in the last couple of weeks. DH helped detail her car and she gave him a 1/4 mph junkie T-Shirt. He got to sit in her car and experience being strapped in....NO....he didn't drive! Their label is Mallard Racing. It's awesome. Period. One would think that when you watch these drag races, that they line up, rev their engines, watch the light on the tree turn green and the first one over the finish line wins....wrong! There's so many more variables and conditions to watch and correct for. I had no idea!Those big tires go down the track with 4-6 lbs. of air....unbelievable, when these tires hold 100 lbs! Being there in person, you don't see every angle, but then TV doesn't do it justice. The ideal thing would be to attend in person and record the tv part to watch later! This past week was a Sportsman class Divisional race, and not on tv. We witnessed a rail car goin over on it's side and another minor accident. For the most part, the guys in the ambulance were pretty hot and bored. The next ones that we are looking forward to will be the Las Vegas Nationals. We are planning on leaving here and attending those also the first of April. We sat around the trailers a lot. Another racing family from Las Vegas invited us to share their lunch. We had Carne Asada....it's a thin sliced marinated beef, grilled and sliced thin and made into soft tacos...they were soooooo good! I'm gonna look for a marinade recipe for doin that. Christy, Glen, Glen's mom and another driver, and us, went out for mexican food Saturday night, then they had a 6 hour drive Sunday to go home to Newport Beach. They didn't end up in the finals....so were going home. It's kinda like camping with a little bit of racing. I'm a wuss however and they rough it a lot more than we do! We got up yesterday and took yet another road trip north to Mesa to Camping World. I needed some tank chemicals and got my new Good Sam Book and 09 RV Atlas. We stopped at the Superstition Rodeo Market and got some more veggies and fruit. A lot of the folks here at the campground are leaving. We lost about 6 rigs in the last few days. These people have been here a lot longer though. Some since October. Some Canadians had to go north even with it being really cold still, as they were gonna run out of their visa time...165 days. It's Monday and we have a potluck tonight. I'm gonna make a Chicken Alfredo Casserole. Will chill out for a few days. It's gonna be 90 again today. Should be sittin by the pool, but probably tomorrow. Getting ready for DH's big five eight on friday. Just an itty bitty get together with another couple and a Cold Stone treat. I'm in the process of planning a trip to Tucson and Tombstone. DH wants to go down there. So that's the next thing. I could get tickets to Bill Engvall and I'm looking into a concert with Fleetwood Mac. Just don't know if we'll get all this in before we go to Vegas. Then I'll be looking at show tickets. Could care less about the gambling....but I sure like Jimmy Buffetts Margaritavile on the strip. Posted more pics on Picasa.....until the next bout of rambling...have a great week!