Friday, June 01, 2007

Been a Few

Well, the week has been…

Friday, we went to the Civil War Sprint Car Races at Marysville Raceway. It was the show that was postponed from April when it rained. Lots of crashes. Track was really dry. A friend from work came too. She had a great time; not sure if her boyfriend did or not. It was his first sprint car event. I didn’t know many of the drivers, so I chose the cars I was routing for by their paint schemes. That didn’t help either.

Saturday, while some of my riding cohorts were at a show, I rode Luke. Joining me was Mel and her horse, Laddie. Laddie is a “baby”, being that he is six and only been off the track for a year or so. He has one speed, fast. It just wasn’t fast enough at the track. He also is very one-sided. He loves to go left, but not right. Like some NASCAR drivers I know. While Luke and I worked on the lessons we learned at Muriel’s, Mel and Laddie worked on going right without fussing and fighting. They did very well. We cantered some and jumped a fence a few times. Looking forward to progressing this summer so I can get back into jumping. It really is fun, once you keep your eyes up and open.

Then, we went to the USAC sprint car races at the All American Speedway in Roseville. They haven’t raced there in 30 years. The place was packed. We went to commemorate the 25th anniversary of our first date. Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, 1982, we went to the races at Roseville. All-in-All, my back held up well.

Sunday, that wretched thing called housework and laundry highlighted my day. Watched the Formula 1 race from Monaco, the Indy 500, and the Coca-Cola 600.

I didn’t have Monday off, but everyone else along my commuted did, so I made record time. 35 minutes door-to-door and YES, I went the speed limit. Left work a bit early so went to the barn and rode Luke. My good buddy, Bob, came and fixed the bequeathed tractor so I can finish my pasture clean up and put up my three stall shelter for Rufus, BJ and Luke. Not that I think they will use it.

Well, it is off to the airport to deposit the boss and then off to work.

TTFN

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