Home For the Winter

Our month and a bit away from home was a pleasant respite from the cold dreary weather at home, at least that is what we thought. Apparently the weather over the last month or so, specially Thanksgiving was extraordinary. Regardless, I am now looking forward to those cold, blustery winter days when I am warm and snug, buried in my hobby room or in the garage. I especially like those cold winter Monday mornings when I can roll over in bed and give the world the finger.
Our last event at Road Atlanta was a great finale to our season end. The awards banquet was outstanding with Messrs Williams and Woerhle doing an outstanding job of co-emceeing the event.

Our longtime friends, Bob and Diane Harrington retired from their respective SVRA positions and now look forward to weekends camping in their new mobile home with Charlie and the grandchildren. Bob and Diane were both presented with parting gifts by Bob and Linda Williams.

One down side to the weekend was the injury to driver Rob Mocas. Rob sustained severe injuries to his right lower leg when a drive shaft coupling failed on his Alfa Romeo. Quick response by a lady corner worker saved the incident from turning into a tragedy. Rob will be undergoing months of surgery and rehabilitation. We wish Rob all the best for a speedy and successful recovery.

Later this week I intend to get back to the Banana. So much to do and so little time. In four months we will be back to Florida to start our 2009 season with SVRA. A new event has been added this year and along with Sebring, we will now be travelling to West Palm Beach Motorsort Park for an event. New track.....whoopee! We are now up to nine events so we will not be spending much time at home between March and October.

WHERE'S WALDO??????

Our peacful hotel has been overrun with college folk. See if you can find Waldo.

Hint: left click on the picture and it will enlarge

Sun Screen????

Help me out here. People who have to work or participate in outdoor activities use sun screen to protect them from the rays of the sun. Notice I didn't say "harmful" rays of the sun. They use it to protect themselves from sunburn, logical.
Since being here at the ocean, I have seen people lather themselves with sun screen with a rating of 50+, then go and lie in the full sun for 6 hours. At the end of the day they retire to their little caves as white as when they appeared in the morning. Where is the logic in that?

Much Ado About lunch

A 218 mile drive to Charleston and back, just to have lunch is dumb, dumb, dumb, but really good!

Life is Frought with Disappointments

Last year at this time, Linda and I were exploring every nook and cranny of the east coast from North Myrtle Beach to Savannah. This year we are back and looking to enjoy some of the treasures we discovered last year. One of those pleasures was a great restaurant at Pawley's Island....Louis Fish Camp.

We drove the 40 odd miles from North Myrtle to enjoy a late afternoon lunch. Our hopes were crushed when we found the place GONE! It closed on September 5th. We are devastated. To salvage what was left of the day, we drove down to Georgetown. We had a later lunch at The Old Fish House after a trip to the fish market. At the fish market we picked up 1lb of shucked oysters, 1lb of fresh scallops and a pound of large shrimp (oxymoron) plus a cooler and ice, all for the grand total of $28.00. Tomorrow we feast.

There Are Two People......

on this planet that have TOO MUCH TIME on their hands; The guy sculpting this sand model, and me for documenting it's progress from my balcony, 12 floors up.

It started out looking like a reasonable representation of a VW bug, but ended up as..........

a characture of an...I don't know what. The side toward me never did get finished so I had to walk down to the beach to photograph the side away from me.

Now I feel like I should spend all day tomorrow building a better sand sculpture. maybe a Ferrari F1 or a Lola T70 Coupe....NOT!

So, there you have it....two grown men wasting 14 man hours to build and document a sculpture that will disappear with high tide. TOO MUCH TIME and glad that it is all I have to do for the next two weeks.

It was a rainy day in Pizzaville.......

and Virginia International Raceway, to say the least. Seems we were on the edge of a tropical storm, verging on a hurricane. Three days of rain, wind and fog. Regardless, SVRA pulled off another successful event even in the face of adversity. On Friday night a great time was had at the Oak Tree Plantation House. Many dressed in the attire of the day as Southern gentlemen and ladies (pictures to be added).

Monday we left for a two week re and re at North Myrtle Beach. Once again, as last year, right in the middle of Bike Week. The sights are somewht interesting but the sound of unmuffled Harleys can soon get on your nerves.

On a more personal note, our son Ian, left for Ireland on the 29th of September to be reunited with his new bride and off to a honeymoon in Paris France. If you remember, Ian and Eileen were married on the 2nd of May and on the 4th she was on her way back to Ireland as per the conditions of her one year work visa. The immigration process is well underway and hopefully we will see her back in Canada shortly after the new year, permanently.







Ryanair from Ireland to Paris. Ian forwarded this photo but I am not sure whether it was taken by Ian or Eileen. Both are very proficient with a camera.

This is taken from their condo in Paris. If memory serves, it was about $500.00 Cdn per week and is in the heart of the city. Cool!!!!!
















Not very spacious by our standards but very acceptable by Euro standards.








Eileen at the window. Computer included I guess as I hardly believe that Ian or Eileen would have dragged theirs from home.

Anyway, we are here in North Myrtle for two weeks then it is off to Road Atlanta for our final race of the season. Next years schedule has been tentatively released and we have an additional event at Moroso. This brings us up to nine events......busy season coming up.