Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater

Thu, 07 Aug 2008

I'm back! Again!

Didja miss me?

I just got back last night (minutes before sunset) from a motorcycle trip down the coast to Northern California, then back through Crater Lake and Bend where my aunt recently moved. It was a generally good trip, but had a melancholy tinge because I was doing it solo, and would have been happy to have had another person or two to share things with.

Anyway, this makes trip report #3 I want to get written up and posted -- good thing I've still got next week off!

In completely separate news, and news I wish I'd mentioned before I left (but you know how getting ready for a trip gets crazy): Come watch me race this weekend! Saturday is the event called Sounds of the Past, and is a huge vintage racing event that promises to be great fun. The 160 class (in which I race) will have a Le Mans start race, in which the racers have to run across the track and start their bikes (push-start in the case of most of us):

It looks mad, but I'm interested to try it. Also, (hint hint) I'll need someone to hold my bike for me!

Check out the schedule. You'll definitely want to be there by 1, but interesting things start at 10:48 (the qualifying practice, which will be as good as a race), and the last neat Vintage event is at 4:05. So, show up anywhere in that range, and you'll see some hilariously slow-paced racing.

The entrance fee is $10 per day (there's also racing on Sunday like normal, but Saturday is definitely the day to be there). Here are directions to the track, which is about 40 minutes away from Seattle.

I'd love to see you there. Look for me in the pits, right where the B mark is on this map. I'll be under a white shelter, and my bike number is 923. Come hang out.

Posted at 09:01 permanent link category: /motorcycle

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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