Road Trip!! (Day 52)

Tomorrow we're off to the Kentucky 300!  This is our first race this year and I'm very excited! Kentucky Speedway is a short oval track, just 1.5 miles, which means we're in for some thrilling, wheel-to-wheel racing!

Below is my favorite driver, Dario Franchitti. He's in second place for the championship, with only three races to go! Dario's also married to actress Ashley Judd, and she often accompanies her husband to his races. Any fans out there who will be watching the race on Versus tomorrow night?

While I'm excited about the race, this weekend will present my first real food challenge. We'll be walking a lot at the track, and should be home in time on Sunday to do some riding, so I'm not concerned about the whole exercise thing.  But eating is another story. 

I'll bring some fruit and string cheese to have on hand, and hope that we'll be able to stop at places with some good choices on the menu.  My food journal spreadsheet has a sheet with calorie values for a whole bunch of menu items from a whole bunch of different places.  So as long as we run into some of them, I should be good.

So Stephanie (I'm My Favorite) gave me a blog award today. ;-)  (Thanks, Stephanie!)

I'm supposed to state 10 things that I like, and then pass this award on to 10 other blogs.  I'll do the first part now, but will probably not be able to do the second part until I get back Sunday evening.

So here are 10 things that I like (excluding God, family, and friends, which goes without saying!)

1. Alfred Hitchcock movies
2. Dunkin' Donuts coffee
3. Indy car racing
4. Family fun night
5. A good night's sleep
6. Traveling (anywhere, anytime)
7. The U.S. military
8. Thunderstorms
9. Watermelon with salt
10. Stephan King novels

So there you have it!  Well, I'm off to pack and do a few things before we leave in the morning. 

For those of you who are praying folk, I wonder if you'd keep my sister and her husband in your prayers tonight.  Bandit, their 11-year-old boxer, was hit by a car last night and died a short time later. My sister was there when it happened, and she's having a very difficult time getting the horror of it out of her mind.

I'm praying that God would grant them peace and comfort, and that He would fill their minds with fond memories of all the wonderful times with their loving pet.

Thanks, and God bless...