Well, we decided to do Thanksgiving in Ruidoso, N.M., so my brothers and their wives drove up on Wednesday and we had a really nice time. Jimmy has pretty much enclosed our deck with insulation and plastic sheeting, so we can run the patio heaters and get it quite toasty..(70 to 75!). We went to the Inn of the Mountain Gods for Thanksgiving. A wonderful buffet of tons of incredible food, with a beautiful view of Sierra Blanca mountain. There has been no snow, so far, so the ski areas are pretty unhappy, but the weather has been beautiful! Ty and Sandie are looking around for a place to buy and possibly move here.

We went home after the Texas race for about 2 1/2 days and then took off driving for the Phoenix race, the next weekend. It was really nice weather the whole time, we parked in Marathon's parking area, about 500 yards from the gate....so it was really handy.The seats were great, so I got some good pictures of the pit stops. Senator John McCain was the Grand Marshall and he rode around the track in the 09 car before the race. There was a really nice "fly-over" and I had to take a picture of all the crazy people who had tents, etc. and set up camp on the mountain outside turns 3 and 4 to watch the race!
After the race....on Monday.... we had some workto do, so we sat at the track, on the internet, until about 2, then went and had lunch with my old college buddy, then went to our friend Bob's place in Apache Junction. It was reaaly a nice "compound" ha!ha! It had lemon, orange and grapefruit trees! (I loaded up) and a huge wall around 2 lots. It is set up for 8 buses to come visit! Lots of very interesting looking cactus, bouganvilla flowers and even a palo verde plant!
We will be headed to El Paso for a few days to see my brother and pick up my Lady Bushmaster, that was jamming and we had our friend Cheater fix it.( it was a screw that was too long, installed from the manufacturer, that was inhibiting the exhaust, so it wouldn't move the bolt correctly) I know you needed to know that!

The 5th through the 8th of November, brought the Texas Nascar race, one of the last three races of the season. It was really cool....a Sikorsky helicopter from Ft. Hood flew in and literally "delivered" the pace car! Then a B52 Bomber (I thnk) flew overhead after the national anthem. We were all in our friend's new RV spot in "Burnout Alley" above turn 2, where we could see all the wrecks that hit the wall, (right in front of us)..! It was lots of fun all weekend, then we head out to the Phoenix race for the next weekend! (next to last race) where we meet a bunch of "bus" friends from the west coast!