2009 Northwest National trip

Day 1 Thursday

We left on Thursday this year to go to Seattle to watch the NHRA Northwest Nationals. We haven't done that since 2002! But this way we won't miss any Friday qualifying sessions and will be able to get to the track early on Friday morning. Also being here a day ewarly means one more night at Meeker Street Bar & Grill!
Airport security is getting pretty carried away these days as they took away a bottle of mouthwash from us and a threw it in the garbage! Oh well. Another person had her hair clip taken away , is sad to see your stuff going in the garbeg but htese are the days we live in I guess. Anyway once arriving in Seattle we went to the car rental place and was talked into renting a Mustang instead of the economy car I had originally booked. But it was cool to go to the track in a Stang! Reminds me of the days when we used to take my Camaro down there. Once we checked into our hotel we went for a cruise to Lake Meridian and walked around a bit and then to Safeway to buy a little food and beer. $11.98 for a case of Budweiser, Bargain compared to Canadian prices.
Oh well Off to dinner at Meeker St. Bar and Grill.

NASCAR FInishes

Well how about the 2009 NASCAR season so far? Mark Martin has won 4 races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn't done anything and the other two Hendrick cars are up there as always. But it seems as though the new "car of tomorrow" (COT)has thrown some teams for a loop. And some of the racing at some tracks has been bad. Single file racing, that like F1!
So Introduce double file restarts in NASCAR, which is what they did and it makes the starts interesting but once a car is out front it is hard to catch. Those new cars seem to be great in clean air but noone can ever catch them it seems. BUt how about that finish at Dayton a few weeks ago? Now that was NASCAR at it's finest!

Northwest Nat's time again

Well it's that time again that the NHRA Northwest Nationals are in Seattle again and we are leaving in two day to go watch it. I can't wait! It's the most awesome sporting event I have ever seen.
Although looking thru the entry lists on NHRA.com there may be only 16 cars in each pro class, but given the so called recession it is understandable. BUt it will cut sown on some drama like who will be bumped out of the top 16 qualifiers, as if only 16 show up then they will all make the show.
But it is still awesome to go see.

Oh by the way this us down infront of driver introductions on raceday.
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The Worst Mistake I ever made

The wife and I just came back from a vacation to my home town in Victoria to see my parents and I realize now that moving away from there 7 years ago was probably the biggest mistake I have ever made. As these pictures show Victoria is on beautiful ocean backdrop and surrounded by green grassy yards and colorful spring blooming trees. Too walk away from this I must have been out of my mind. No to say that moving to Calgary was not beneficial to us, we are financially well off better than before but for piece of mind just look at those pics! And we went on a trip up to Nanaimo and I must say the trip up island was nice to not have rocks flying up at the windshield like there is in Calgary. In Calgary everyone has broken windshields from rocks lying on the road from the winter sanding trucks. BRUTAL! In my mind.

Walking along the breakwater I realized right away what we were missing. The blue of the ocean or the brown of Calgary. My mind is made up to go back home as soon as possible. Hopefully within a year.

It is pretty tough not be able go for a walk year round or play sports outside with an environment like this. It is just awe inspiring! And I had all this and walked away from it all. What was I thinking? Anyway I have made it my goal to get back as fast as I can to Victoria as I realize now how much I really miss it and how much of a mistake it was moving to Calgary.

And after having lunch with my old working buddies I used to work with I realize how much fun I used to have here. Plus one of my old friends brought his new car when we all went for lunch which is what you can do 10 months a year, drive a hot rod around town without getting it wrecked by salt or sand.

As you may have guessed I really miss my home town and am in a hurry to get back even though I may have to start my life over again.

Speedweeks 2009

Well I just finshed watching the Nationwise race at Daytona this afternoon and you got to love those cars. The car of tomorrow is a little "iffy" in my books in terms of whether I like them or not. But it still was an exciting race and congrats to the winner Tony Stewart