Gigi and Grandpa Tom's 50th Anniversary Party
Gainesville and WPB
A quick stop in Gainsville where we visited with Tim and Dr. Caton. Then on to West Palm Beach, pictures of Abby and Grandma JoAnne the Palm Beach Zoo.
Georgia Aquarium
We have been traveling a lot lately. Our first stop was Atlanta on 11/6. While Greg was learning to be an arbitrator, I took the girls to the Georgia Aquarium.
Video from my in-car camera
Its been a while since I posted anything relating to my race car, so I thought I would share a couple of videos from the track. I filmed these last Sunday at Virginia International Raceway ("VIR").
My car is a 1989 BMW 325i (E-30). It still has the original un-modified engine with about 250,000 miles on the odometer. The rest of the car is purpose built for the track - it has a roll bar, racing seats, 5-point harnesses, a racing suspension, racing brakes, racing wheels, racing tires, and a stripped interior. I bought it about 4 years ago and slowly have been building it to compete in the SPEC E-30 racing series, which is a racing series for 3-series BMWs built between 1983 and 1991.
1) In the first video I pass a 1990's era BMW 3-series (E-36) and then get passed by a couple of corvettes. I spend the rest of the video chasing the Vettes. As you might expect, I have a hard time keeping up with the Vettes in the straights because they have 8 cylinders and somewhere between 300 and 500 horsepower, which is more than twice my car, which only has 6 cylinders and 168hp. Despite the lack of power, I was able to keep up with one of the Vettes.
2) In the second video, I pass the red Vette and then spend the rest of the time chasing a Porsche 911 Carrera 2, which again has substantially more power than my car.
At the end of the two longest straight-aways I was going between 115-120 mph. The silver Vette easily hit 140 mph. For some reason, I wasn't filming on Saturday - a day on which I had separate incidents where I (1) spun out and (2) skidded off track.
The videos may not be too exciting (nobody crashes, spins, or runs off track), but they give you some sense of my hobby.
My car is a 1989 BMW 325i (E-30). It still has the original un-modified engine with about 250,000 miles on the odometer. The rest of the car is purpose built for the track - it has a roll bar, racing seats, 5-point harnesses, a racing suspension, racing brakes, racing wheels, racing tires, and a stripped interior. I bought it about 4 years ago and slowly have been building it to compete in the SPEC E-30 racing series, which is a racing series for 3-series BMWs built between 1983 and 1991.
1) In the first video I pass a 1990's era BMW 3-series (E-36) and then get passed by a couple of corvettes. I spend the rest of the video chasing the Vettes. As you might expect, I have a hard time keeping up with the Vettes in the straights because they have 8 cylinders and somewhere between 300 and 500 horsepower, which is more than twice my car, which only has 6 cylinders and 168hp. Despite the lack of power, I was able to keep up with one of the Vettes.
2) In the second video, I pass the red Vette and then spend the rest of the time chasing a Porsche 911 Carrera 2, which again has substantially more power than my car.
At the end of the two longest straight-aways I was going between 115-120 mph. The silver Vette easily hit 140 mph. For some reason, I wasn't filming on Saturday - a day on which I had separate incidents where I (1) spun out and (2) skidded off track.
The videos may not be too exciting (nobody crashes, spins, or runs off track), but they give you some sense of my hobby.
Maize Maze and Pumpkin Patch
We spent a day at the Corn maze with the Cantrells a few weeks ago. We had lots of fun in the maze. The corn was nice and high, and still in good condition. There was also a big jumping pillow that the kids enjoyed, gem mining, a corn box, and then the pumpkin patch of course.
Flower Girl
Abby was a flower girl recently for Brian and Caroline's wedding. She did a great job! Quiet throughout, and not too fidgety. She shared her duties with Emma, who also did a great job. At the reception she boogied down on the dance floor with her dad, and we let her stay out until 10:30 because she was having so much fun.
Flea Market Anyone?
Greg had the idea to go up to Hillsville, Va for what is apparently one of the biggest flea markets anywhere. I have to admit it was pretty big. It kind of fills up the whole town. But for all that, we didn't buy much. Abby somehow got lots of stuff for free. Evie thankfully slept through the whole thing. Greg and I did have a little goal to find something strange, and well...you just don't see a baby stroller full of rifles everyday.
Took these the other day in Evie's room.
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