November

Wow....It is November......Where did summer and fall go. We have had a great time this year. But now it is time to take some down time and get things finished so we can head to Arizona in January.

Got the new phone and module for the Internet in the motor home. Now to learn how to use the phone. We have always just had a simple cell phone. OK I need to learn more about technology. It has been fun playing with the new phone and having my kids and grand kids teach what to do and what not to do. 

On November 12, our son had back surgery and that was another reason to stay home in November. Happy to report everything went really well. 

Then my DH decided it was time to buy a new Polaris Razor. We have had ours for about 2 years. We have really enjoyed and it has been a great machine. Just wanted something newer.  

New machine

My dh has been busy transferring things from the old razor to the new one, like the roof, bags, seat (we had them custom made for the old machine), front grill, totes in the back, and a few other things. Now the old one is up for sale.

It was our daughter and her family's year to go to her in-laws for Thanksgiving. We switch every year, one year with us and the next with her in-laws. So it was just our son and his wife.  Our daughter-in-law is from Mexico and has never celebrated Thanksgiving so this would be her first. We did not have the traditional turkey dinner, instead it was Sarmas. Sarmas are a stuffed cabbage roll. Everyone really enjoyed the meal and it was fun to spend time with them. Next is the traditional turkey dinner. with the whole family.

Wow November has come and gone. December is knocking at the door and here comes Christmas. I was able to get all of my Christmas shopping done during the Thanksgiving weekend. Now to sit back and enjoy December and look forward to heading south in January for the winter. 

NHRA races in Las Vegas

Oct 24, 2013


The new power steering kit arrived about 4 days after we got home. Now to take the old one out and put the in one in. But don't have time right now, as we are getting ready to head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Our son and his wife met us at our house, as it was on their way back from Montana. The motor home was loaded and ready to go. The weather was perfect and we were off. We will meet up with my brother-in-law and his wife and travel together to LVMS.

The drive is long but it was a nice drive. NO WIND! Yeah. Usually when we go down for these races, we are fighting a head or side wind on the way down and on the way back. But not this year.

We will travel as far as Mesquite and then will head on to Las Vegas tomorrow.

Friday morning we are all up early and ready to get out of Mesquite and hit the track.

Arrive  at the EL Monte RV park, which is right next to the track. Set up camp, fix breakfast and we are off to the pits.

My daughter-in-law has never been to an event like this and we are all excited to watch her reaction. If you have ever been to this kind of event you know that in the pits their are working on and tuning the cars. They always have to test them out by running the engine and some of the drivers will pop the engine.  This always makes people jump, especially the first timers. And the overpowering smell of nitro is strong in the air.  It was great, yes she jumped and everyone around laughed and thought it was great. We all like to see the first timers.

The races were good this year. The weather perfect. Mid 80;s everyday.

Not only will you see a lot of fast cars, but you also find this in the stands

Now it was not Halloween.  We have been there for Halloween and that is a lot of fun.


Some of the Top Fuel cars

 

Just some of the top fuel cars. It is neat that some of the drivers change the colors on their cars to pink in support of breast cancer month.




Some of the Funny Cars

 

 

A few of the Pro Stock cars.

 

 

A few of the motorcycles....They are going close to 200 mile per hour........

 

We always have a great time at the races. We have had the same seats for the past 13 years and have gotten to know most the people around us as they too have been coming for 10 or more years. It is always great see everyone and catch up from last year. But this year was especially fun. Having our son and his wife with us make the trip even more special.