Thursday morning we woke to pouring rain. We had to get packed up and on the road early. We would be driving around Seattle all the way to Burlington, about 70 miles from Seattle and 70 miles in the other direction from Canada. It rained off and on all the way there. We discovered the hard way that there are no truck stops or rest areas on the route we took. After a 150 miles I was getting pretty desperate. I finally go Joe to take an off ramp that didn't have construction on it, hard to find as there was hwy construction everywhere. We managed to find a Fred Meyer's, what a relief for me. Joe stressed trying to drive our big rig in their small parking lot. He did a really good job. I now have a rest stop and truck finder app on my phone. Hopefully it will help when we need it.
Once we reach Burlington and the KOA and get set up we are starving. It is almost 2 pm. The office recommended Bob's Burger and Brews just down the road. She was right the food was very good and satisfying. Back to the park and I try to make an chiropractor appt, but my phone doesn't get good reception so we have to get back in the truck and drive down the road until I have reception. Finally I was able to get an appt. My back has really been hurting for the last week. Not bad since I haven't seen a chiropractor since April 25. I usually go two to three times a month. I think I am building by muscles up so it is holding better. Joe was also able to set up an appt. to have the oil changed on the truck. I took a short nap before heading to Skagit Speedway for the first of three nights of racing. The rain has stopped and there is actually some sunshine.
This track is a lot different than we are used to. The first thing we encounter is parking, they park you bumper to bumper, no way to get out if you need to leave early and you hope that that people around you don't decide to go into the pits and stay late. We have never been to any event that parks this way. The second thing is you have to go to the beer garden to drink beer. You are not allowed to take it out past a certain point. As it worked out the area we finally decided to sit in so we could drink our beer was the best place to see the whole track. This track is big, wide and fast. Not to mention dusty. I learned from the Medford track to keep a sheet of paper handy to cover my face. After the first couple of heat races I looked at my beer and it was full of dirt. It was almost gone anyway so I let Joe finish what he could without drinking the dirt. The racing itself was very good. A little long. The heat races were over by 8:45 but they didn't start the last Main until 10. So it was a really long intermission and the crowd was getting rowdy!
They race hard here and they crash hard!! Several cartwheels from several cars, thank goodness no one was hurt.
We actually got out of the parking lot pretty quick. The truck in front of us was one that the owner stayed later, but we were able to go around it once the cars next to us pulled out. They had an officer directing traffic so you could get out quickly and didn't have to wait on oncoming traffic. All in all a good night.
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