Weekend away . . .

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Justin and I took a little road trip for the weekend to watch the first Atlanta Motor Speedway Race under the lights!  We had a great time!  (The previous blog entry had a picture of Justin that I had taken of him at the race with my phone, but apparently it did not load correctly.)  So here are a few pictures of the track from our great seats!

View to the left . . .

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View in front of us. . .

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View to the right. . .

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The pictures may not show how well we could see everything!

This is the crew bringing out Dale Jr.’s car to get in line.

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This is Dale Jr. during driver introductions.

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This is a picture of the cars as they are moving which shows 2 things.  1 – the cars are moving FAST!  2 – My camera isn’t fancy enough to capture the speed of light.

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(There are 3 cars on the track in this picture.  They are between the pole and the right edge of the picture.  Dale Jr.  is the 3rd car just passed the start/finish line)

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This is Dale Jr’s pit stop.  These are also very fast.  About 15 seconds tops!

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And lastly, Kasey Kahn won the race and this is the burn out!

During our short weekend trip, our sweet puppy TY spent his first weekend away from home with Mamaw ‘Nita (This is Justin’s mom.) and Papaw Jimmy.  I’m sure he was spoiled by his visit with Grandma.  We stopped by to get Ty on the way home and ate supper with Mrs. Anita and Mr. Jimmy.  Supper was delicious!  We had grilled chicken seasoned with who-knows-what (Jimmy is an excellent griller!), along with homemade mashed potatoes, green beans, fried okra, tomatoes from the garden, and fudge brownie cake.  All of it was awesome!!  Thanks to Mrs. Anita and Mr. Jimmy for taking care of Ty and spoiling us with great food!

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