So, this is the second year that my wife and I have escaped for 4 days without the kids......
We attended the MotoGP event at Laguna Seca last year as an anniversary gift....for her it was getting away... for me it was high octane race fuel and draggin' knees... She had such a good time that we decided to do it again this year....and next year is already being planned. It really is impressive to see riders pushing that hard and dragging knees and and doing stoppies from 150mph entering a corner and then doing a wheelie launching out. Ohhh and the noise...such a noise that I've never heard before...the exhaust notes from some sound like music while others literally feel like they are shredding your eardrum (Its so awesome..television doesn't do it justice.)
Thursday found us driving from my parents house in CA..(that's California for My readers to the north) and we see this guy on Hwy 101
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| I suppose that's one way tho carry a spare... |
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| Everything here is shades of brown. |
We checked into the hotel and made our way to Cannery Row. (Yes, The Cannery Row made famous by John Steinbeck). Had some dinner from a second story Mexican restaurant and took in the sites before the weekends craziness took place.
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| Evening on the Peninsula |
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| People watching while waiting for food. |
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| I thought Troubadour was headed for Hells Canyon |
Friday morning, we learned from last year that there was no reason to hurry to the track, so we slept in, ate some breakfast, and let the fog burn off.. Arriving at the track, they had opened up pit road to people with paddock passes, which we had... We got fairly close to the MotoGP garages.. Amazing, is all I can say. the way they lay it all out, break it all down and send it to the next venue, which could be halfway around the world.
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| Cal Crutchlow Tech3 Yamaha |
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| Ben Spies rides |
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| Andrea Doviziso Tech3 |
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| Jorge Lorenzo's team working their magic |
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| Nicky Hayden's Ducati |
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| Looks like Rossi needs a Doctor |
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| Front stretch and finish line |
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| SweetPea and Polarbear |
Then we made our way through the AMA Paddock and checked out all the racers there.
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| So, they're not Crocs...Can you name this stylish racer |
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| Its Ben Bostrom!! He is great on Cafe Racer.. Pretty good on a GSXR 1000 too.. |
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| Ya know Ben.. If this racing thing doesn't work out |
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| You should try male modelling.... Keep rocking it Ben!! |
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| Josh Hayes..Bad Fast!! |
Something for my Canadian Friends....
And all things animal
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| That Zebra doesn't stand a chance........ |
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| Troubadour..... ..I found your scooter.... |
That's all from Friday............. Saturday was qualifying, practice and the Supersport class race..
Went back to Cannery Row...They shut it down and only allowed two wheeled parking...It was like bikenight, but 1/4 mile long.... but I will get to that another day....
Driving though Salinas we saw a plastic bin factory on fire...that was pretty hot to see but snarled traffic worse than with just the race traffic.
