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After arriving at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday, we got settled and Jimmy promptly got on the roof of the bus to mess with the satellite dish because the tracking was off a little bit, then headed over to the suite to watch the truck race and the modifieds (type of race car) run, for the first time at the track, on pavement, instead of dirt. The clouds looked rather ominous, but the rain held off until later in the night. Thursday was a "chill" day and we just ran around visiting with friends, went into town for groceries and to eat. Friday was spent taking it easy (I had hurt my back on Monday and was living on Advil and the heating pad) until time for the 1st night race.....the Nationwide series. (kinda the bush league).

Went to the suite on our trusty "whitey" the Roadhog because it is waaaaayyyy too far to walk and we can get around like a golf cart, but it qualifies as a handicapped vehicle, since I have a bum right ankle.

Saturday morning, Ken and Chris ( our friends that own a bunch of "Sonic"s had breakfast for everyone......omelettes! I have never done it this way....but it was PERFECT. Take a baggie, put 3 eggs, cheese, mushrooms, bacon, tomatoes, ham or anything you please in it, seal it, moosh it all up really good, then put it in a pot of hot water for 5-10 minutes, depending on how much stuff you have in it. When it is done, just slide it out on a plate....and viola! perfectly shaped omelette! Really cool! and simple!

Then, by about 5:30, everyone headed over to the suite for the Cup Race. It was pretty exciting, several wrecks, it was Mark Martin's 1000th career start in a race and he had the pole position. He almost won, but that brat Kyle Busch won, instead. But the food, drink and company was good, anyway. Sunday morning, we all pulled out, it was a ghost town by noon...Got home Monday evening, good to sleep in a big bed and take a "real" shower! ha!ha!

We left town, Friday evening and met our friends from Oregon, as they were traveling west, on Saturday. We both decided to pull in and stay at Tom Sawyer's Rv park on the Mississippi, in West Memphis, Arkansas. It's great, very relaxing, watching the barges go by, while you sit and drink your morning coffee.....

It was their 40th anniversary, so we went and had dinner at Texas de Brazil, then took a carriage ride all around Memphis. Saw the cannons in the park, from the war in 1826...mud island, (where Tom cruise was being chased in "The Firm") and the downtown buildings, courthouse, etc. Where "The Firm" was filmed. Very enjoyable!

Going to hang here for a couple of days, then head on to Bristol, Tn. for the NASCAR race and meet with friends from Texas, Tenn. and Miss. for a weekend of fun.

Well, on further investigation.....Kalitta Motor Sports was not a race shop, like the ones in Carolina....so we decided to take off and drive towards home. Shadow was acting a little sick, like when he had Pancreatitus, so we decided to get home ASAP, in case he got sicker. The good news is, he got better the next day, maybe something he got into in all our travels, Jimmy drove all day Sunday. (about 13 hours!) So we made it to Arkansas for the night. Monday was just a matter of about 5 or so hours to drive home, so we made it in time for dinner and slept in our regular King Sized Bed.ahhhhhh! We are going to the lake, tomorrow, for the day, then plan to spend the weekend home, in the pool, before we leave for Bristol, Tn. for the NASCAR race!

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