This past weekend did not start on a very good note.  It all began with three small, but dreaded words from the mouth of my son - "My belly hurts."  Not the words any parent wants to hear, especially right before going on a two hour car ride.  I had hoped that the belly ache was just a result of the school bus being too hot.  For some unknown reason, the bus driver insists on keeping all the windows shut and the heat on, even on eighty degree days.  Just thinking about it makes my stomach hurt.  Unfortunately, about halfway through our drive to the arenacross race, my son lost his lunch all over the truck.  He did literally lose his lunch.  On the menu for Friday was chicken and noodles.  And by the looks of it, my son cleaned his tray that day.  Lucky us.  Thankfully, my daughters are not the queasy type who feel the need to vomit when they see someone else vomit.  In fact, Kallie, who was sitting next to Cael (poor child), barely glanced at her puking brother before gleefully returning to eating her second Arby's roast beef sandwich.  Cael felt much better after emptying the entire contents of his stomach and we continued on our way.

Compared to the beginning of our trip, the rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful.  Cael felt well enough to race on Saturday.  He raced pretty well and didn't have any major crashes.  However, one of his motorcycles did not cooperate and decided that one race was enough for it.  Of course, it would have to be an expensive part that needs replaced.  Why is it never a ten dollar cable that causes the problem?  It has to be a $200 part that breaks this close to Christmas.  Thanks a lot Murphy and your stupid "law"!  Oh well.  No one ever said that motocross was a cheap sport to get into.  It's a good thing it is so much fun!  Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Beating the winter blues...

Once again, the time has come to put the motorcycles away for the winter and go into hibernation mode.  Yeah, right!  It's time for arenacross, baby!  My husband spent his day off cleaning out the trailer and getting the motorcycles race ready.  I have some work to do before Friday rolls around, but we will be ready.

Cael racing arenacross at Hot Rod's.  Photo by Mike Davis.

 I never feel quite ready to go back to racing in the cold after sweating my butt off at Loretta's.  The first race is usually quite pleasant though, as far as the weather goes.  The forecast for Saturday is sunny and 65 degrees.  Great racing weather!  I must say that I am looking forward to hearing the roar of the engines vibrate off the walls of the arena, seeing some good racing, and having something to do on the weekends.  It sure beats the usual conversation my husband and I have on non-race weekends - "What do you want to do this weekend?  I don't know.  What do you want to do?"

Photo by Mike Davis

With my son moving up to the ultra-competitive 50cc 7-8 class, it should be an interesting winter.  But with the Hot Rod's Racing crew, it is always an interesting winter!  Keep an eye out for pictures and videos from the arenacross series.  I hope to see you there, but you better bundle up!