NASCAR fun!

2.13.10

Alice’s brother Tom and his wife Linda and their friends David and Linda arrived last night around 8. (They were supposed to arrive at 4 like I said, but they had some airport delays… followed by some rental car issues.) We had dinner at the Charthouse right here at the marina- oh em gee, was it good food. Oh, and the restaurant has huge windows that overlook the marina and we could see a bunch of yachts- one of which, Wheels, belongs to Hendricks Motorsports. Pretty cool.

Today, we went over to the track to watch the Race for COPD- one of the Nationwide series races. Holy cannoli, it was so cool. I’ve watched enough NASCAR with dad to know I enjoy it enough… but after today I understand so much more! There’s actual strategy! Haha



It was cold, but not ridiculously so… had it not been for the wind, it would have been pleasant.

I was very excited about #38- Kasey Kahne. He’s cute. Seriously, that’s the only thing I knew about him. Turns out, he’s a pretty serious racecar driver as well… AND our seats were almost directly in front of his pit crew. How fortunate for us!



It seems that the 6 of us were the only ones in the stands not jumping-out-of-our-seats excited about Danica Patrick. We’re so over her. but here she is anyway... the pictures are pretty neat.





Here's one really cool one- 5 pit stops at once... then the traffic jam that ensued.





There was a huge wreck.


Danica's crew tried to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.


Alas, here they are, pushing her off the track, to find a new radiator.


wrecked car on a wrecker #1:


wrecked car on a wrecker #2:


...drum roll, please...
The WINNER! Tony Stewart!




We had delicious hamburgers on the boat for supper- here's a great picture of the Captain grillin them up!


Titusville tomorrow! Fingers crossed for warm weather!!

Ew. Gross.

Today was a layover day in Charleston. Woke up a little later than usual... and by that, I of course mean 3 hours... had some breakfast, vacuumed, dusted, etc, the Captain got the part to fix the thrusters (HALLELUJAH!), the "cable" guy came and fixed the satellite TV, and then we went exploring!!! A shuttle took us from the marina into downtown Charleston, where we meandered through the straw market, went in some really fun stores, and then we took a carriage ride through the city! ...and I learned a very important lesson. I do NOT want to work with horses. ever. When the horses come back to the stable, they are hosed off and then this guy has to take their temperature! ew!

anyway, enough about that... on to more exciting things... I can cross a picture off the scavenger hunt list! Sea gulls on pilings... sort of... this one is a couple of pigeons on pilings...



and here's a sea gull... on a cleat.



oh, one last thing: we figured it would be a good idea to post pictures of the boat! duh!
here you go!





Tomorrow mornin, we're headed to Georgetown, SC, where they will hopefully have pralines... I passed up about a dozen chances to get some today... rookie mistake.