I have to honestly say that even after my last post I wasn't convinced it was going to happen. The time has been ticking away and we had a lot of planning to do. Not because it would be hard to actually book the SRT Drive school. But because between the two off us we had to coordinate schedules that included work, family obligations and school. Sigh, yes, we considered our academic progress...or regress should we decide to take this trip.
The SRT Drive school has three more dates for 2008 available.
- Phoenix, AZ this coming weekend
- Willows, CA November 20-21
- Northern CA the 1st weekend of December
We would really like to go to Northern California, but not in December. Willows, CA was truly our first choice. We could fly into Ontario airport and go to Hollywood and be total star-struck tourists! But it just wasn't meant to be. Instead, it is off to Phoenix for this road-trip crazed duo.
NASCAR, Indy, Monster Truck Rallies - Aren't They All the Same?
It didn't dawn on me where this school would be held. A raceway of sorts I guess. I should probably let everyone know, I am not a NASCAR fan. The whole sport has never captured my attention. I may anger someone with this next statement, but I put NASCAR in the same bucket with golf. Watching cars go round and round in circles is about as exciting as someone trying to sink a hole-in-one.
As I was saying, I assumed we would be going to a a NASCAR track. When I investigated further (because we need to know how to get to the track after all), I discovered our day would be spent at the Firebird International Speedway. Like I said, I'm not up on racing, but I am pretty sure this is not a NASCAR speedway, but more of a drag racing, Indy-type raceway. Regardless of where it is, I am pretty stoked about what we will be doing. So I plan to have oodles of pictures and video next week!
Because we decided to go this weekend, we had to be creative in our planning of the trip. Rich has an exam Monday he cannot miss and I have a presentation on Tuesday, so we are doing a weekend, and that's it! The last minute nature did not make for cheap plane tickets either. However, I discovered if we took a red-eye flight back home Sunday/Monday, we would save $100 on each ticket. This extended our trip too!
The Itinerary: Operation...Test Drive
Initially, we would fly in on Friday...late, and do the drive school on Saturday (8 hours!!). then fly out late Sunday afternoon. But now that we are taking the red-eye, we have all day Saturday to be tourists and go to the driving school on Sunday.
I booked our stay at the The Boulders Resort and Golden Spa. I don't know about you, but I feel relaxed just looking at the pictures. And we will be renting a Jeep (well, duh) so we can explore on Saturday.
Let's just chalk this ridiculous weekend up as an early Christmas present.
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