We’re sitting in the lounge of the transporter watching the rain come down in Chicago and keeping an eye on the weather channel on T.V. The prediction is rain all day; however, I just heard the dryers on the racetrack. We may get a few runs in today. We’re currently qualified 5th, after the fastest Pro Stock Bike session took place last night at Route 66. The bump is a 7.13, and the No. 1 spot is a 7.01. I think we were all waiting for that next 6 second pass to take place, but it didn’t happen last night. They say Sunday is going to be nice again, so we may see it then.

Now, going back to the week before, Gary and I were able to go home for 10 days between events. We had time to catch up on everything back in Nevada and do some playing too. I think I may have told you in an earlier blog, that our nephew Ryan races quads. He was going to race his first night race near Las Vegas, and he wanted to get used to riding with headlights in that type of terrain. He came out to our house at night and ran laps in the mountains by us. Gary went with him.

The weekend of Ryan’s race, Gary and I did some riding of a different kind. We loaded up the camper and went to Sand Mountain. It was 90 degrees during the day so we left in the afternoon and played on the mountain in the evening. It was a great night to play. Of course, Gary was at competition hill all night.

We got up in the morning and headed out for some more beautiful weather riding. We spent some more time on competition hill, and then loaded up and headed back home by noon on Sunday. I have provided some pictures of us playing in the sand.

Ryan had some electrical problems and unfortunately had to stop the race after four laps. He was 3rd in expert class when his bike quite. There is another one in a couple weeks that he is preparing for.

Monday morning Gary and I were up at 4:00 a.m. to catch a flight back east and head for Chicago.

Well, that’s it for this one.