Richmond Virginia

Thursday, April 29th

Today we went shopping to get Roy a swim suit (a new one every 10 years isn't too bad!). Afterward we headed downtown Richmond to the Edgar Allen Poe Museum. They have the largest collection of his memorabilia here (clothes, dishes, furnitures, and much of his writing). He was an editor of a literary journal published in the 1700s while he lived in Richmond. Afterward we came back to the RV and sat outside in the sunshine. We then headed to Bass Pro Shop where Jamie McMurray (winner of the 2010 Daytona 500) was signing autographs. As you can see, we both got his autograph. Races tomorrow night and Saturday night. We'll head to South Carolina on Monday or Tuesday.

Wild races and weekend

Today we left Talladega and a wild weekend. All evening Friday and all day Saturday we were on tornado watch. The winds blew and it rained and rained. We lucked out with a high spot while many others got out of their RVs to many inches of rain water. We watched a tent go flying in the air, hit a car and break the windshield. The Nationwide race was cancelled on Saturday due to "dangerous" weather. No kidding! Sunday was a beautiful day. We went to church at the Cornerstone campground church. After that, headed to both the Sprint Cup and National races at the 2.66 mile Talledega Superspeedway. It was a fabulous race. Our driver led off and on all day but got shiffled back to 13th at the end. (He's still 8th place in the points though!!). The weather couldn't have been more perfect. This morning we packed up and headed towards Richmond, Virginia. We drove about half way and will be north of Richmond tomorrow. Hope this finds you all well.

Talledega --We are here

We left Idaho on the 15th. Took 2 days to get to Phoenix where we visited some dear friends, LaVerne and Harold Roberts. We left on the 17th and arrived in Talledega Alabama on the 20th after 3 long days of hard driving. We are camped right outside Turn 1 and can see the track from our RV. The dogs were happy to be able to run around a little. Snoops barks at everything so we have some training to do! We will bel here until Monday. It was nice to sit in the sun and soak it up today after we spent a couple of hrs. "decorating" the RV outside with all of our Earnhardt Jr. stuff (gotta get in the racin' mood!)