Since I last sat down to write a blog, we have spent time in Nashville, Mexico, and Virginia Beach. I was fortunate enough to have a NHRA fan and blog reader from Las Vegas email me and assist in the repair of my malfunctioning car before all our travel. Thanks to his patience while negotiating me through the removal of my console, I can now keep my car. Gary has wanted me to get a new one but I am trying to hold off for a while. I have to drive through the mountains to get to and from work and I would hate to put a brand new car through the pesky flying debris from snowplows and trucks. A new car wouldn’t look new for very long.
Our first stop was the Mac tools fair in Nashville. We had a great time in Opryland signing autographs for all the distributors and meeting their families. Mac schedules activities all day long, and dining evening events planned for each night. When we returned we opened the Geiger Counter to see the “Starsky, Hutch and Huggie Bear” picture of Brandon, Morgan and J.R. We caught a plane back to Reno the morning of that party, so we did not attend that celebration; however, there was a lot of talk about it the night before. I was glad that we were able to see how the costumes turned out.
Many of the teams had to catch a flight to the West Coast to make the test session in Las Vegas. We weren’t leaving to test. With our bike being on the East Coast, our testing is done there. We did, however, have to leave to go to Mexico.
We flew back on Saturday evening, took the winter clothes from Nashville out of our suitcases, re-packed our summer clothes for Mexico and left for the airport at 3:30 a.m. Monday morning. We were ready for some Mexico sunshine. When we arrived it was warm and partly cloudy. Tuesday and Wednesday, the sun barely came out, and in fact it was cold enough to wear jackets. We would normally spend a significant time on the beach, but with the weather not really cooperating, we spent time at the zoo and spa. Here are some pictures of the animals.
hursday, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day. We planned a whale-watching trip with some snorkeling. We pulled out about 8:30 a.m. and were quickly amazed at how many whale and dolphin sightings we had. Many times they were very playful. (At least we presumed they were being playful). I think we spent about four hours in Banderas Bay watching for the eruption of spray that preceded the whale twisting above the ocean. Our next stop was for lunch on the beach. We were there for about two hours soaking up the sun and watching the parasailing. We’ve done that before, so this time we remained spectators.
We had an afternoon of snorkeling and a beautiful ride back to the resort. The rest of the week was spent relaxing and taking in the sights. We headed for home on Saturday.
Just like last time we came home, removed our Mexico clothes from the suitcase and packed for Virginia Beach.
We go to Virginia Beach every year to celebrate with GEICO Motorcycle. We always leave with high spirits and very motivated. I’ll write more about that in the next blog, because I do not have my pictures here yet. (They are on Debbie’s camera). For now, that’s all.