The NASCAR Weekend
Wednesday, August 24, 2005So I said I would update you all on the nice long weekend I took, and so I shall! I'll do my best to keep it reasonably short!
Wednesday -
I worked till about 3, and then ran home and did some laundry so I would have shorts to pack. Got everything I thought I wanted to take together and loaded up the car. Stopped off and got gas and supplies (Jim Beam and Segrams 7, both 1.75s) and then headed out.
Got to my parents place at about 11, chatted with mom about everything going on with me up in The Cities till about midnight and then headed to bed.
Thursday -
Woke up really freakin early (That would be 6am, that's altogether to early.) and started packing up my Dad's Dakota. It's at this point I realized I was a total dumbass when i packed and forgot to pack a sleeping bag, a bed mat, and towels for showering. The night out with Orientation Girl was the night I had planned on using for packing...
We packed the bed of that thing (he's got the fiberglass bed cover deal) as full as it would get, after all of our stuff, like tent and coolers any little gaps we could fit firewood in we did. Got on the road by about 8.
We left Madison and drove down around Chicago, hit some construction, but for the most part it went smooth. Needed gas in Indiana and decided after passing a couple stops to get gas at the next one, of course that one was 8 cents higher than the rest. Bastards.
Got there, Unpacked, set up and chilled. I wandered and met some of the neighbors in the campsite and visited with people I met the year before.
Friday -
Got up and wished myself a Happy Birthday. We wandered over and checked out the vendors to see what kinda stuff they had to give out and what goodies we could buy. I picked up a DEI (Dale Earnhardt Inc) hat. I mooched as much free stuff off of the vendors as I could since it was my birthday. I got a couple towels (see, didn't need to pack em anyway) a small car, a t-shirt and a bunch of Ballpark Franks samples.
We went and watched the ARCA race, which Rusty Wallace's son won. Having the scanner and being able to listen to Rusty and his brother talk to the kid in the car was awesome. At one point Steven radioed in to talk to his dad and the crew chief told him he was taking a bathroom break because he was nervous.
Anyway, after the race I went back and partied with the Canadians (Four guys from the Toronto area we met last year) next to us for a while, they had put up a Happy 40th birthday Banner at our site. They said they didn't know my dad's and my age, so they figured that would about split the difference.
Later I wandered around and successfully mooched 6 beers and 3 shots from various campsites and had a pretty good night. Even hung out with this one chick that was phenomenally hot (tight jeans, corona string bikini top and a cowboy hat), but later found out she was married. What ever happened to WEARING RINGS! Or at least a damn Button! Sheesh.
Saturday -
I was happily hangover free. Good deal. The part that sucked was waking up at 6:30 because of rain, and then moving anything we wanted to stay dry into the truck. 30 minutes later we get woken up by the security truck driving around warning us that there's a chance of 3 inches of rain, high winds and hail. Joy freakin' joy. So we get up again and make sure everything is fastened down, put the extra canopy wall up and decide it's not worth it to go back to bed.
Later we went browsing more of the shops in Tent City (the non-official vendors) and I got a hat and a Dale Jr football jersey. It started raining later and rained out the Busch Series qualifying. They managed to get all but four cars of the Nextel Cup qualifying done before it started to rain again for a while, but they did get it all in and then the day started looking beautiful. We went down and ate some more free chunks of Ballpark Franks and came back later to watch the Busch Race. That one was definitely an exciting race.
After the arces we went pack, partied it up with the Canadians and other people around the campsite. Went to bed around 3 or so.
Sunday -
Got up and bummed around the campsite for a while, tossed around the good old Nerf Turbo football for a while with the Canadians, and hung out until the Nextel Cup race started.
The race was pretty good, though the ending kind sucked. They had a pit stop near the and and most people knew they couldn't make it to the end on gas, but some chanced it. Instead of having the fun, two best race it off for the win type of a thing, it ended up being a guy who got lucky and didn't run out of gas. He did however blow out his tires while he was doing his victory burnout. heh. My guy, Dale Jr, was doing good and made it up to 7th, but got screwed on the whole late pit stop thing. Oh well.
After the race we made some dinner, and then started up the annual last night bonfire. Last year we started it and this year we decided it would be tradition. We use up any wood we have left, and we also wander into the little forest by our site, scrounge up whatever we can find and pile it on. We had to try and finish off the alcohol as well of course and did a pretty good job. Stayed up till 3 yet again and added a layer to the fire ring as well since it's camping tradition to stack the empties around the fire. At some point there was a full moon, actually several full moons. heh. My dad even showed his tits. Scary! It was a good night.
Monday -
Packed up and headed back. I passed out in the truck for a good half hour, but had to stay awake for the rest since Dad kept trying to get our exits. If I had stayed sleeping I think we may have ended up going to Madison by way of Indianapolis and Iowa. We made it back safe and sound though.
I took a nap before dinner and then met up with my Best Friend and his new girlfriend for a couple drinks. I had very very briefly met her the same day The Best Friend met her, back during Rhythm and Booms in July. Come to find out he's already moved in with her and is planning to buy a truck in her name, but make the payments on it. All of this and his divorce still isn't final. Can anyone else say "Moving WAY to fast?" This kid has been in a hurry to be married since High School. He was engaged 3 times before he was 21 and married the third one when he was 21. They had a kid and then she turned 21 and wanted to party all of the time and things went downhill. He's already talking marriage with the new one and they've known each other 2 months and a few weeks. Crazy. She is pretty hot though, just a little something funny about her eyes but I couldn't pick it out.
I went to bed early and drove back up here the next morning and that's that. I got some fun pictures and I know the Canadians got some good ones as well. I'll post the good ones I have tomorrow and hopefully I get some from the Canadians soon as well.
posted by Chief Slacker @ 1:51 PM,
5 Comments:
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At Wed Aug 24, 04:30:00 PM,
Marie said...
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Hey! I'm glad you had a nice, long, birthday weekend!! The hot married chick didn't wear her ring? hehe
I look forward to seeing the pictures. :) I'm glad to see you back. -
At Wed Aug 24, 06:21:00 PM,
OzzyC said...
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Man, that was a weekend.
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At Wed Aug 24, 07:23:00 PM,
Kira said...
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There was nowhere for her to stick her button wihtout puncturing a boobie, hon! That's why! haha!
Sounds like a great trip! I always end up hung over when camping and drinking. Well, ok, I end up hung over a lot if I drink heavily period. I don't think my body processes alcohol well...which means that on Friday at Amanda's house, I shall be drunkety drunk drunk with a huge ass bottle of excedrin for the AM. Can you say, chick night out? LOL -
At Thu Aug 25, 10:43:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Marie - Yeah apprently not, she should have! I don't have many pictures since I forgot to bring batteries, but they're fun.
Diana - I need to figure out your scchedule or soemthing ;O) SO basically you would have enjkoyed it if you were just hanging out with me eh? No, no, Big Mike is a good friend I've known for like 6 years. The Best friend is a guy in Madison I've known since like fourth grade. Big mike is dating like 6, though one is starting to grow on him ;O)
Captain B - Some of you are, for sure!
OzzyC - Yeah, defintiely a good weekend. Wish i could do it again this weekend in Bristol!
Kira - I would have ben gladd to kiss it and make it better though! Drunkity drunk drunk sounsd fun! Can I join? hehe
S.C. - Unfortunately is really was. They're better off being divorced. -
At Fri Aug 26, 12:32:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Diana - Yeah, but you're fine with being a stay at home type and not really getting any anymore...