Texas is sooooo big!

Spent almost the whole day driving across TX and we are still in TX.   Tomorrow should leave TX and get close to AL.   We will be in AL on Wed.   It is warm in TX.   Loving it!

On the way

We left Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. and drove to Las Vegas.   Got up early and headed to Phoenix.   We arrived in warm Phoenix at 2 p.m.   Planning on getting some Mexican food with LaVerne Roberts.

Talladega we are coming!

The goal is to leave Friday morning for Talledega with a stop in Phoenix to see a friend. We should be in Alabama by next Tuesday. OHHHHHHH warm weather we are coming! Racing is coming. Go Earnhardt Jr. He is doing great this year so far!!!

Thurs-Sun in Phoenix

Thursday evening we had dinner at Ken and Jan Watson's. There were 11 of us there from McCall Church of Nazarene. Wow that was fun. Friday we went to the truck race, Saturday to the Nationwide Race with Chris's Dad and his wife Helen. Sunday was NASCAR race. Ended up being a fuel strategy race - interesting. This year's last race is in Homestead FL and NO we are not driving there. Monday we will head home for just a little while - drop off the RV and dogs. We are then headed to San Diego to help with Thanksgiving with Steve (Roy's brother-in-law who recently lost his wife - Roy's sister). After that we do plan to come home to Idaho for a good 3 months!

Phoenix and Sunshine

Wednesday we cleaned RV and did wash. LaVerne Roberts (a McCall-Phoenix snowbird) came over for Mexican dinner. Today we drove out to the racetrack. Tonight we are having dinner with Browns (from McCall, also snowbirds) and Laverne at Jan and Ken Watson's house (also from McCall, also snowbirds). Tomorrow racing starts with spring cup qualifying and truck race.

Driving through Texas

You never understand how big Texas is until you have to drive across it. It took one day to drive across to the middle of the state to get to Dallas. Now today we drove all day (9 a.m. until 7 pm.) just to get to El Paso. Wow is this a BIG state. It is nice though to be in wide open spaces. Eastern U.S. gets clostrophic after a while. It is nice to be able to see the horizon!!
We will be in Phoenix tomorrow late afternoon. Warm weather and sunshine! Sharon requested a picture of us and the dogs. Gotta to get someone to take one and then I will post it!

Wild racing in Texas

Wow what a day at the race track. We had VIP passes with a pit tour. We toured the Sprint Cup garage, watching the crews adjust their cars and go through inspection. Then we had lunch at the KSCS booth (they are a radio station in Dallas Ft. Worth that we won the tickets from!). Afterward, we crossed over to our seats and watched a wild and crazy race. We were surprised when Jeff Burton ran into the back of Jeff Gordon, totally wrecking both cars. Then both drivers got out and Jeff G. pushed Jeff B. and the pushing and shoving went on until the officials got them apart. Of course, this will be replayed over and over on TV now. The race was pretty good with Jimmie Johnson no longer being the point leader. Looks like him doing a 5-repeat is in question now. Will make our final race in Phoenix a good one I bet. We are currently driving (well Roy is driving) in the RV moving towards Phoenix. Should be there tomorrow night. Will be good to see some friends (LaVerne Roberts, Watsons and Browns) from McCall in Phoenix.