Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
October Weekend - Fall in Florida
Friday, October 10, 2008
It has become a tradition for us to take our grand-daughter Elani to Celebration, FL for their Fall Festival/OctoberFest and to the Pumpkin Patch, so we headed that way this afternoon for the fourth year. He attitude to the Pumpkin Patch, Scarecrows and the falling leaves was so different from last year. She loved it all. She had so much fun running around through the pumpkins and picking out her very own. She definitely had her own idea of what kind of pumpkin she wanted, too. After some pictures there we walked to the Main Street and got a piece of pizza from a sidewalk vendor and listened to some german music. Elani played in the straw that was in the streets while we waited for the first "falling leaves". When they started to fall, she had a blast chasing them and collecting as many as she could in her bag. She laughed and giggled and was having such a great time.
We painted our pumpkins this year instead of carving (a lot less mess) the next day. What fun! She is quite the little artist.
It was a great weekend and I hated for it to end when we had to take her home on Sunday.
(Can't wait to scrapbook the pictures I took).
Until next time...... be safe and always keep smiling!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Talladega Race Day -Weekend
What a Race! What else can you say? It was a typical Talladega Super Speedway Race with mini-"big-ones" and the "Big One", wreck that is.... Of the twelve Chase Drivers, only three were in the final laps. The Standings got shook up a little, but Jimmie Johnson is still the # 1 leader after 4 of the last 10 races. This week they head to Charlotte. It should be interesting as well.
We had a great time! We camped in Family Camp D - spot # 46, (new to us) under a little shade tree. Our seats were in the Tri-Oval Tower, Row 60. Yep, it was a hike up there! But what a view!! We could see the whole track and all of the Pit Road action. We were straight across from Gatorade Victory Circle, too.
Rudy and I went to Practice on Friday at Noon and Cully arrived Friday night. We had a great time and have pictures to prove it.
The drive home was long. Road construction on I-75 was awful and there were several wrecks that had us stopping and slowing down a couple of times. Then it rained just as we crossed over the Florida state line so hard that you couldn't see the road in front of you. We arrived home around 7:30 p.m., set up, took showers and was in bed by 9:30 prepared for another work week.
We've got lots of stuff going on this month. Something every weekend with Falling Leaves at Celebration and the Pumpkin patch this weekend, BiketOberfest in Daytona next, Atlanta Race the third weekend and then we head to Myrtle Beach, SC for the Gaither FanFest at the end of the month.
We will see you on the road, I am sure! Have fun! More later.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
We arrived at the Track at 7:30 CT after spending the night in the Alabama Welcome Center rest area. It is a beautiful day with blue skies and temps to be in the low 80's and cool breeze. Just right for a day at the track.
We set up our campsite and headed over to the track to look around at the exhibits and watch Cup Practice. We decided not to stay for the Speed Stage or for final practice. As I look back, I wish we would have stayed now, as Jr. crashed his car big time when a right rear tire blew up and he has to go to a backup car along with a couple of other guys. Not a good day for the 88 team.
Oh well........
Got some great shots of the # 24 and others while they practiced and ran in the draft pack. And we got a couple pictures of us doing some fun stuff too.
We are back at the Campsite waiting on Cully to arrive and Rudy is starting to fix dinner.
I'm hungry and ready to relax.
Tomorrow is another day of fun and exciting times.
More to follow from Talladega Super Speedway.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 8:24 p.m.
We are on the Road Again - YES!!!
We left this afternoon at 3:30 pm heading north to Talladega, Alabama for the 3rd NASCAR RACE of the CHASE!! The last time we were on the road to a NASCAR race was in May - Far too long of a stretch between actually being at the track. I am definitely looking forward to being there in person, smelling the gas fumes as they start their engines and run this 2.66 mile super speedway. We crossed into Georgia at 6:30 p.m., stopped at the Welcome Center for a pit stop and a quick sandwich and then we were back on the road. There is a lot of road construction on I-75 with barricades and bumping roads, narrow lanes, and it is really dark too!
One good thing about going in this direction is that we gain an hour when we cross over the Alabama state line and move into Central Time Zone, so we will stop somewhere once we get on the north side of Atlanta and get few hours of shut-eye. I am sure I will be awake bright and early and we will be on the road again so that we can get to our specific camp spot and get all settled in before heading to the Track for Practice. We can sit anywhere we want to for Practice so I like to be at the starting point of Pit Road to watch and get pictures of the Cars coming on the Track.
Cully will be coming to meet and stay with us too. He will arrive sometime Friday evening, flying in from Oklahoma City into Birmingham and then driving to the Track.
It is a great day/evening for traveling. We can feel a cool breeze, the skies are clear and the promise of sunshine for the entire weekend is just what we wanted to here.
I'll have pictures to post after we arrive and get set up.
Have a great evening - More tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sept. 17, 2008
I can't believe it has been over 30 days since I last gave you an update of the happenings in our lives. I am really going to have to pull deep to remember way back to the first or second week of August. We spent one weekend with family to help my aunt and uncle celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was great having all the family together and of course I took pictures of us all weekend and then put together a scrapbook for my aunt and uncle of the pictures.
We passed up tickets to the Bristol Fall Night Race and going to Richmond this year for the NASCAR races to opt instead to take a 7-day Cruise of the Hawaiian Islands to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary! We had friends that went to the Bristol Race and had a great time. And from what I hear, it is a good thing (due to traffic issues) that we weren't in Richmond this year!!
Which leads me to our Cruise and the details........ Words cannot express how good the time was that we had. My pictures will not do the beauty of the Islands justice as we look at them today, but they do bring back fond memories of an excellent time aboard the NCL Price of America. We had such a good time, it was hard to come home. I took over 1400 pictures that week and just got my prints back (340 of them), so I can now begin putting them in choronological order in my scrapbook. Some of the high points of the trip were the exotic tropical garden excursion, the Maui Ocean Center, the Poi'Pu Beach trip in Kuaui, the majestic mountain ranges, the clear blue waters and beautiful sunrises and sunsets every day. Each morning I found myself on the balcony of our stateroom watching the sunrise over the horizon as we pulled into another port at another exotic island for more adventures and pleasures.
On our Anniversary (Sept. 3) we attended a special Cake and Champayne Celebration for all couples celebrating an Anniversary or on their honeymoon, then we had a fantastic dinner which included for dessert, chocolate fondue for two and then a special Anniversary Cake. From there we had formal pictures taken and went to a Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony (Hawaiian Style) and exchanged Hawaiian shell leis and vows and traditions of the Hawaiian people. It was so meaningful and special and appropriate. Earlier we made real orchid leis that we wore to an authentic Luau which included a great meal and the depiction of a traditional luau telling the story of how the early Hawaiian people came from Polynesia to settled on the islands of Hawaii. It was exceptional.
The whole trip was totally amazing and a trip of a lifetime that we will cherish for a long time to come.
(Hopefully, I will get pictures posted for you all to see, real soon!)
Until then,
We will see you on the road. We've got some trips planned in the RV for October and November!!
We passed up tickets to the Bristol Fall Night Race and going to Richmond this year for the NASCAR races to opt instead to take a 7-day Cruise of the Hawaiian Islands to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary! We had friends that went to the Bristol Race and had a great time. And from what I hear, it is a good thing (due to traffic issues) that we weren't in Richmond this year!!
Which leads me to our Cruise and the details........ Words cannot express how good the time was that we had. My pictures will not do the beauty of the Islands justice as we look at them today, but they do bring back fond memories of an excellent time aboard the NCL Price of America. We had such a good time, it was hard to come home. I took over 1400 pictures that week and just got my prints back (340 of them), so I can now begin putting them in choronological order in my scrapbook. Some of the high points of the trip were the exotic tropical garden excursion, the Maui Ocean Center, the Poi'Pu Beach trip in Kuaui, the majestic mountain ranges, the clear blue waters and beautiful sunrises and sunsets every day. Each morning I found myself on the balcony of our stateroom watching the sunrise over the horizon as we pulled into another port at another exotic island for more adventures and pleasures.
On our Anniversary (Sept. 3) we attended a special Cake and Champayne Celebration for all couples celebrating an Anniversary or on their honeymoon, then we had a fantastic dinner which included for dessert, chocolate fondue for two and then a special Anniversary Cake. From there we had formal pictures taken and went to a Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony (Hawaiian Style) and exchanged Hawaiian shell leis and vows and traditions of the Hawaiian people. It was so meaningful and special and appropriate. Earlier we made real orchid leis that we wore to an authentic Luau which included a great meal and the depiction of a traditional luau telling the story of how the early Hawaiian people came from Polynesia to settled on the islands of Hawaii. It was exceptional.
The whole trip was totally amazing and a trip of a lifetime that we will cherish for a long time to come.
(Hopefully, I will get pictures posted for you all to see, real soon!)
Until then,
We will see you on the road. We've got some trips planned in the RV for October and November!!
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