Friday, May 24 Action picked up this morning as a full slate was scheduled at the track. . . but not before a pocket of thunderstorms came through and washed our parking lot! Nonetheless, the boys were on their way to the track by 10:00. I stayed at the parking lot and went for a stroll to take some pictures of the rigs that had filled in around us! Carb day involves some kind of (unknown to me) fine-tuning of the engines and free-for-all practice laps in the morning. There is the “Freedom 100” race early in the afternoon, and a concert late in the afternoon, before things begin to wind down at the track! Our trackies, (Tom, John, and Tim) were all back by 3:00 . . . hot and tired! Suzie and I had our own agenda! With the dogs in tow we drove over to visit Camp Bremer – an annual campout at Pat and Jennifer’s front yard – less than 2 miles from our parking lot and a mile from the track! Starting out with TAB campers 10 years ago, it is now one TAB, an Oasis, and two Airstreams! A few Bremer-Campers were hanging around the front yard, some weren’t in town yet, and some were off exploring at the track. Suzie, the dogs, and I visited for about 20 minutes. On the way back to our parking lot we hit the Kroger store again . . . hopefully for the last time! Supper was margarita shrimp on the grill, Armenian rice and corn on the cob. That was plenty, but then a neighbor brought over a big plate of wings and the eating got pretty fancy! Topping off our evening: Micah arrived at 7:00, and Caleb and Halie at 8:00. There was a flurry of activity as we set up the tent, hooked it up to the tailgate of the mini-van, blew up the mattress for sleeping quarters in the van, and organized everything else in the tent. . . pretty comfy digs for Caleb and Halie! Micah moved in with us in the Silvermine. We ended the evening sitting around and enjoying the cooler evening with the whole crew in place. As the sun went down in the west, jokes flew, and people stopped by to visit. All in all the parking lot was not nearly as noisy and alive as it has been in years past. Tom and I both ended the night with showers.
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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