well...23 years!

Jeez! I didn't think we'd make 2 years....... March 30th was our anniversary so we had a great brunch a Mac's Grill, then just goofed off all day until dinner....Lobster from Steak and Ale, YUM!

Monday, back to work until Thursday, then we will go out to the track in the bus, and park. All our buddies are supposed to be coming in on Thursday.

This is a movie.....click on it to play.

Well, on our way home, Jimmy has made arrangements to stop in Ruston, Louisiana to look at some 2007 Volvos. They are repo trucks from some poor company that went broke. We have a couple of brand new ones on order, but they won't be delivered until July. If these will do, we would save about $25,000 each and buy them.

After looking at them, Jimmy decided to buy one of them to try out the mileage, etc. So, when we got home, he arranged for us to go back down, next weekend and pick one up.

In the meantime, Hector, our friend and former driver, who owns his own trucks, now.....one of his drivers and trucks had a wreck in Houston. The driver was fine, but the truck was totalled. So we drove down on Thursday to retrieve the satellite equipment and some other stuff. Friday afternoon, we drove to Louisiana to pick up the truck.

Really nice track.

Parking is really close. And the seats were right at the top of the stairs!

After we got parked, we went over to the garages and watched race practice and got to see a lot of the drivers....this is Denny Hamlin, .......he drives the FEDEX car in the Cup series....this is the Nationwide series race... a sort of minor league to the big boys...but a lot of the Cup drivers like to drive in the lower league too, for practice.

Saturday was the actual race, and it had turned windy and VERY cold. The sun came out and it felt okay, but once it went behind the stadium seats we froze! So, about halfway through the race, we went back to the bus and watched it on TV...in the warmth.

Well, I haven't kept up, so here's what has been going on!
After Bristol....we headed home, but Larry and Linda, our friends from Tn., talked us into going to the race in Nashville, on Easter weekend, so we stopped at the Jellystone Park campground, near the Grand Ol Opry, for the week. Jimmy flew home from there, to take care of some business...it was cheaper than driving and coming back! (never thought I'd say that!) and I stayed there, with the critters. It was a nice vacation....I just cleaned, went to the store, did some computer work and relaxed.
Jimmy came back on Thursday and we met our friends at the racetrack campground on Friday.

The rain stopped temporarily...just long enough for all of "our gang" to get together and eat. We met under Larry and Linda's awning, at their bus, and had salad, brisket, potatoes, onions, and wonderful corn bread! Good food, good friends, lots of fun. Then Jimmy brought "Buster" our cockatoo, out for a visit and everyone just loved him!

Then, David Stremme, The driver of the Coors Light car, came by to eat, and fell in love with Buster. Turned in early (10:30) because I had some laundry to do....more tomorrow.

Well, here we are at Bristol....got here yesterday morning. Today is practice and qualifying and it's starting to sprinkle....it looks like rain will be the plan for the weekend. Yesterday was really nice out, so we really were out enjoying it, I'm afraid it's getting damp out and they had to stop practice. We are going to find a mailbox and take the dogs for a ride... it's starting to get cold out....have to get the jackets out. More later...

This will be a short note.....I have been down for about two weeks with a bad inner ear infection. I guess it started with sinusitis, since the wind has been blowing 50 mph for several days! At any rate, it has knocked me for a loop and I have been dizzy and lightheaded so bad that I couldn't even drive. It started getting really bad on the day we drove out to meet the architect. I was walking into the restaurant and got hit with such a wave of dizziness that I had to stop and lean against the wall and a waiter came to help me walk to the table. After a while, I felt fine, then when we got home that evening, I got so nauseous, I tossed my cookies.....right in the driveway...ugh! Anyway.....I am feeling better now...! We are going to Bristol, Tn. for the NASCAR race in about 10 days, I'll post some pictures and stuff, then!

Bye!