April 28th - 30th

Will try to keep these short 'cause when I look at my notes...it all seems to be about EATING! We had a big sleep-in the first day here (Friday), before getting re-oriented with the race track, its workings and its staff. We've been made to feel so welcome here and everyone seems genuinely pleased to have us back.
Went shopping with the 'big guy', and he told us we had to eat the compulsery American hot dog 'cause they were only $1.20 for a HUGE one, complete with all the trimmings and a 20oz 'soda' as well. (All soft drinks are sodas here). Dinner consisted of the biggest Alaskan crab legs I've ever seen. They were as long as our forearms and one each stuffed us full...although it was probably the melted butter dip that did most of the damage. I took photos, but later found there was no chip in the camera DUH!!! I'd taken the chip to Sam's Club to get prints of the grandkids done and forgotten to put it back. Oh well...they assure me there are plenty more legs where they came from! The legs were accompanied by scallops and lots of other goodies, all prepared by chef Dave. I regret to say I haven't lost any weight yet!

I had another sleep in on Saturday, but as there were drags on, it was a bit of a noisy one! Colin of course was out there amongst it all. We took one of the trucks and went for a cruise up the road to check out Sacramento Vintage Ford www.vintageford.com as well as our old haunt...the California Car Corral. www.CaliforniaCarCorral. They are both literally 5 minutes up the road, so we're now on a first name basis due to our yearly visits!
The Corral is always a good place to start when looking for something old and interesting, as they have everything from vintage tractors to Cabovers...top street rods to classic restoration projects. There was even a junior dragster being wheeled in while we were there, along with a Ferrari.

Back at the strip, Colin joined the rest of the crew working on the race car, as we're taking it down to the Pomona Goodguys Nitro Nationals this weekend. www.good-guys.com
I decided to rest up a little more before tackling a real Mexican feast that night with all the team. Have started a new Dean Koontz book which keeps me off the streets most nights.

Sunday dawned to the sound of throbbing V8's (bugger!)...there was a Ford Swap Meet and car show on in the pits, as well as test and tune on the strip. We cruised the swap meet in Nancy's golf cart, and picked up a few treasures. Decided Dave should enter his '40 Ford in the show, so we screamed back to the shed where it's kept, gave it a quick lick and a promise and parked it among the other gleaming Ford masterpieces. I then went to the Mall with the girls and left Colin doing what he does best.
Came home to find he had not only bought many car bits, but also a large neon Millers sign which was shining brightly in the "Bar" (previously known as the Barn.) Dave's son-in-law Mark is restoring a Camaro in there, so the boys have hooked up nicely! Got caught up with a few Millers before indulging in an incredibly tender and tasty 3 inch high steak...it's TRUE! Boy...these Americans sure know how to breed good steaks! Spent the rest of the evening shootin' the breeze and getting Mark's truck and Elton's trailer ready for the trip down to Bakersfield in the morning. ww.pacwesttrailers.com
Will hopefully post some photos soon.