The Races
we left santa maria and headed toward salinas to bill warner's house. we arrived probably around noon. i don't really remember.
bill had a spot cleared for our bikes and table space for our gear and junk. it was very nice to have a central spot for all things. once we visited a bit and unloaded all of the travel stuff, we stuffed our tickets and necessaries in to our combo camelbacks/backpacks and bill led us to the track.
we were there two years ago and wow have things grown! the manufacturer tents were bigger, honda had their bikes and their cars there. hyosung also had a tent there. an amazing number of vendors, some new, some old and faithful.
friday was just practice, so we got our obligatory shopping done and out of the way. i did buy a ram mount for my camera that i have yet to install. . .
i had talked with brenda lewis (glomaggot in seaside) and she was working the track driving the handicap cart on friday. we met up with her, ye met and visited with some friends of his from another list.
i ran out of gas for the second day in a row. the first we knew was going to happen as we were pushing it to gorman. the second day, friday, was on the way out of the track. my fuel light had come on when we were just getting to salinas, in my excitement to get to the track, i let it run too low, and bang. i was stopped again. ye pulled up next to me, flipped up his visor and said, "Can you do me a favor? Can you *please* let me know when your fuel light comes on when it comes on? Because see, this is a hassle for me to keep running after gas for you." well, what do you say to such a civil request. . .i haven't run out again. ;-)
terry took my ticket for saturday so i could hang with brenda for the day. he had a good time, and so did i! can't beat that, win/win.
the weather was magnificent for all three days of the races, unlike the swelter temps of last year. laguna seca personnel have really made great strides in both traffic control and the entire layout of amenities. very nice to see. i believe they were expecting 140,000 on sunday, which was the biggest day.
the evenings were spent with our hosts, bill and sherry warner. honestly, two of the nicest people on the planet. although i'd met bill before, it was great to get to know him better and to spend time with his fabulous wife, sherry. having met several of the maggot wives, i'm here to tell you they are even more wonderful than their spouses. sorry guys, but the women behind the maggots are phenomenal people.
we discovered that we had many things in common with the warners and enjoyed sharing them. we were able to meet their beautiful grandchildren, serenity and jonah. what a great couple of kids. serenity is as her name implies, the quieter of the two, she is calm and sweet. jonah is very inquisitive and also is sweet. we enjoyed their company as well.
we spent our evenings laughing the whole time. brenda was able to join us and we just had a great time. all too soon it was time to move on.
more time on the road. i swear, ye is going to wear out the sides of his tires before the middle. we road twistie heaven all of monday. bill had recommended a route through san fran (no way around that) which worked out very well. once we cleared the city, we took the PCH all the way up. wow. just wow. mile after mile of wonderful, clean pavement and well banked turns.
summer traffic was quickly passed and we had many, many miles of great roads. . .
bill had a spot cleared for our bikes and table space for our gear and junk. it was very nice to have a central spot for all things. once we visited a bit and unloaded all of the travel stuff, we stuffed our tickets and necessaries in to our combo camelbacks/backpacks and bill led us to the track.
we were there two years ago and wow have things grown! the manufacturer tents were bigger, honda had their bikes and their cars there. hyosung also had a tent there. an amazing number of vendors, some new, some old and faithful.
friday was just practice, so we got our obligatory shopping done and out of the way. i did buy a ram mount for my camera that i have yet to install. . .
i had talked with brenda lewis (glomaggot in seaside) and she was working the track driving the handicap cart on friday. we met up with her, ye met and visited with some friends of his from another list.
i ran out of gas for the second day in a row. the first we knew was going to happen as we were pushing it to gorman. the second day, friday, was on the way out of the track. my fuel light had come on when we were just getting to salinas, in my excitement to get to the track, i let it run too low, and bang. i was stopped again. ye pulled up next to me, flipped up his visor and said, "Can you do me a favor? Can you *please* let me know when your fuel light comes on when it comes on? Because see, this is a hassle for me to keep running after gas for you." well, what do you say to such a civil request. . .i haven't run out again. ;-)
terry took my ticket for saturday so i could hang with brenda for the day. he had a good time, and so did i! can't beat that, win/win.
the weather was magnificent for all three days of the races, unlike the swelter temps of last year. laguna seca personnel have really made great strides in both traffic control and the entire layout of amenities. very nice to see. i believe they were expecting 140,000 on sunday, which was the biggest day.
the evenings were spent with our hosts, bill and sherry warner. honestly, two of the nicest people on the planet. although i'd met bill before, it was great to get to know him better and to spend time with his fabulous wife, sherry. having met several of the maggot wives, i'm here to tell you they are even more wonderful than their spouses. sorry guys, but the women behind the maggots are phenomenal people.
we discovered that we had many things in common with the warners and enjoyed sharing them. we were able to meet their beautiful grandchildren, serenity and jonah. what a great couple of kids. serenity is as her name implies, the quieter of the two, she is calm and sweet. jonah is very inquisitive and also is sweet. we enjoyed their company as well.
we spent our evenings laughing the whole time. brenda was able to join us and we just had a great time. all too soon it was time to move on.
more time on the road. i swear, ye is going to wear out the sides of his tires before the middle. we road twistie heaven all of monday. bill had recommended a route through san fran (no way around that) which worked out very well. once we cleared the city, we took the PCH all the way up. wow. just wow. mile after mile of wonderful, clean pavement and well banked turns.
summer traffic was quickly passed and we had many, many miles of great roads. . .
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