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Sometimes I look through the “Hometown Mailer” that has coupons, etc.\u00a0 They recently added a calendar section which listed the World of Speed 2009 on the Salt Flats<\/a>.\u00a0 I thought that would be a really fun activity to do with the boys.\u00a0 Since it would take 3 hours to drive there, we decided to make it worth our while and make it a Friday activity (since Sat was a shortened day).\u00a0\u00a0 And yes, we did take the boys out of school, and Dave did his Friday workday on Saturday. \u00a0Fortunately we borrowed the Lewis truck so we could haul all the stuff needed to make it a fun day on\u00a0 the salt; Bikes, trailer, Sun Oven, coolers, shade tent, water.<\/p>\n

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Samuel and Jacob<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We wanted to leave at 5am to be there by the 8 am record races (those that had the highest from the previous day).\u00a0 But we didn’t get away until about 6:30am. We had so much fun talking and imagining what it would be like and telling stories.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We arrived right at 9:30am.\u00a0 The boys were so excited when we reached the entrance, they were hanging out the window like little puppy dogs.\u00a0 (We did bring Ruxpin with us, but he didn’t have as much fun as we did.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

We passed the pits and got set up 1\/4 mile away at the spectator parking.\u00a0 The boys got out of the truck and said, “This is salt?!?\u00a0 It looks like snow, but it’s hard!”\u00a0 Anthony even tasted it.\u00a0 He said that it was REALLY salty.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Streamliner - one of many that we saw. This picture is actually cropped, so it appears closer than it really was.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When we first arrived and watched the cars zooming out on the ‘track’, I had a big smile, excited to be there watching this fun event and sharing it with my boys.\u00a0 I started crying because I could tell that my dad was there too, smiling along with me!<\/div>\n
The boys immediately wanted to start riding their bikes around, but we still had to set up the shade so we didn’t fry.\u00a0 (Which wasn’t too bad, but that was because we were in the shade in the heat of the day!)\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Thanks to the Lewis' for use of their truck. And also thanks to the Leavitt communal property for the shade tent!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We brought quite a few chairs, but really only needed 1 out because the rest of the time kids were either biking, or just sitting in the truck bed.\u00a0 It was a pretty good set-up.\u00a0 A note on the hat Dave is wearing – it says, “Pushing 40 is exercise enough”.\u00a0 James really wanted his dad to wear it, so he did.\u00a0 What a good sport Dave is by driving 3 hours\u00a0to a really dirty, grimy place to please his wife and wow his children.\u00a0 3 cheers for Dave!<\/p>\n

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Anthony Anxiously awaiting the fix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anthony’s ‘new’ bike needed the back tire replaced, so today was a perfect day to work on that.\u00a0 Once Dave got the rusty bolt budged, it didn’t take too long to finish the job, and then Anthony was off!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Beautiful day for bike riding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dave getting his exercise in for the week \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Once we got the bikes fixed and the lasagna in the Sun Oven, Dave took the boys to the pits and the starting line to see the cars.\u00a0 Anthony said that he pumped up the tires in my (grown-up) bike, and in the kid trailer.\u00a0 So Dave took off with all the kids (and Ruxpin), while I stayed back to nurse Jacob, and get him to take a nap.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jacob napping in the trunk bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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When the\u00a0others got back,\u00a0Dave told me that the tires weren’t really pumped up.\u00a0 So he nearly passed out biking 1\/4 mile with 80 pounds of kids (plus his own weight) doubled by the weight of the flat tires!\u00a0 Poor guy!<\/div>\n
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Samuel liked playing in the salt while waiting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided I wanted to go check out what they just saw, and took Samuel with me. \u00a0Everyone we saw\u00a0was so friendly and loved to answer questions.\u00a0 Samuel mostly liked playing in the salt, especially while we were waiting for a launch to take place.\u00a0 There was at times some downtime while either course (there were 2 courses)\u00a0had to be cleared when vehicles leaked oil, or dropped something.\u00a0 When we were at the starting line waiting for an\u00a0Aston Healy\u00a0to take off, this was the case.\u00a0 We waited about 20 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was fun listening to the announcer – I heard one car, driven by a husband\/wife team, with their kids as the pit crew, that it was “sponsored by Mastercard and Social Security”.\u00a0 Dave and I chuckled over that one.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

While biking back to our camp spot, my cell phone rang twice in a row.\u00a0\u00a0 I didn’t answer since I was biking, and wondered what the big emergency was.\u00a0 Found out that James had chipped a tooth, and was in severe pain.\u00a0 I had brought a few of my oils, but didn’t bring Clove to help deaden the pain.\u00a0 I gave him the choice of trying Basil, which does take away ‘stinging’ pain, but he whimpered and whined instead, and begged (!) for a dentist. \u00a0We called Julles to see if she could look up a dentist inWendover, NV (just 5 miles away).\u00a0\u00a0 We found one that could see him.\u00a0 However, James decided after about 30 minutes that he was ok, and could wait until we saw our regular dentist.\u00a0 (Which is a good thing, for many reasons!)\u00a0\u00a0 I think he was also pretty hungry which made him even more whiny.\u00a0 So we ate our now finished lasagna, courtesy of the sun and the Sun Oven.\u00a0 Pretty yummy!\u00a0 (Though next time I will be sure to rotate the pan every 30 minutes or so.)\u00a0 \u00a0And we even cooked some Toll House cookies on it.\u00a0 Though not very many, as Dave was ready to go and wanted to pack up.<\/div>\n
We said good-bye to our next door neighbors, whom our boys became friends with their 5 year old boy named Hunter.\u00a0 He was pretty sad to see us go and take our bikes and scooters.\u00a0 (Benjamin did get some bike practice in.)\u00a0\u00a0 I also talked to his dad about his foot-glove shoes he was wearing.\u00a0 Very interesting!!!\u00a0 I might see if I can find a similar pair to help me with my sore\u00a0right foot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
We left around 4:30.\u00a0 Which it was a good thing we did leave earlier than expected, because by the time we got home and got everything unloaded, washed\/scrubbed off, and kids (and adults) showered, it was 10:00 pm, and we were exhausted<\/em>!!!\u00a0<\/div>\n
Though it was a really fun day and we are definitely making this a bi-annual event.\u00a0 Anyone want to join us?<\/div>\n
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