Off to the Races

WHERE ARE WE? Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite AZ

Susan finished putting together part of the bottom section of cupboards this morning, that she had painted yesterday.  They are looking pretty good. 

We also had to take Percy across the way to dump and take on water.  We are planning to move on on Monday but we were down to our last gallon of water so rather than use the water bladder in the jeep to fill the tank, we just took the whole rig. 

About 2 pm Deb K. picked us up in her truck and we headed to Yuma.  Riley offered to look after Archie which was great cause now we don't have to deal with him in the truck.  I climbed in the back seat and lay down to get my back under control.  I took a few pictures from my perch in the back as we travelled south on 95 highway, past the Proving Grounds and on into Yuma.  

A couple stops at Home Depot and Walmart for some things that were not readily available in Quartzsite.  Deb is what is known as a Farker!! (a Far Parker!)  She parks her vehicles as far away from the store as possible!!!  LOL  We almost had to catch a city bus to get to Home Depot from where she parked!!!  Just kidding Deb.  The walk didn't hurt us at all.

Then we slid over to Cracker Barrel for a yummy supper.  For any of our Canadian friends who don't frequent the USA, Cracker Barrel is a unique restaurant chain that has good food and a very unique interior.  Before you even enter they have rows of rocking chairs for sitting in and for sale on the outside.

Then you walk through the doors and they have a neat little store with all kinds of trinkets and knick knacks.  

Then on into the restaurant which features a fireplace that is always lit and lots of antiques and pictures on the walls.  Very rustic and fabulous food!!  Biscuits and gravy and grits and fried chicken and all sorts of southern stuff.

So the reason we came to Yuma was to go to the car races.  Yuma has a nice dirt track oval with some pretty good racing.  Today was the Turkey Classic and was the wind up of the year.   We saw lots of good racing from 6 pm till 10.  

Deb, Sue and I

Lots of fast action with very few wrecks

These cars reminded me of our friend Jeff Dickson back home. 

Kids class.  Probably 7 years old.  And ONLY the winner got a trophy.  The rest were shown the pits.

My favourites are still the old classic body style cars.

It was a cool but great evening of racing, but by 10 we were ready to hit the road home.  We did get to follow a cop for a while to keep us slowed down.

We were back home in the desert in about an hour and a half and managed to crawl into bed just before midnight.  Great day again!  My view out the window earlier today when I was laying in the back seat of the truck.