Happy birthday Daddy!

Ili's fathers day / birthday surprise - a day at the motor speedway experiencing the brutal force speed of a Nascar! 

 

We set off early Wednesday morning all prepped and excited for our 2 hour road trip to New Hampshire Motor speedway.  Thankfully both Jaime and Mateo slept so when we arrived they were bright and chirpy little car crazy munchkins.

 

 

The entrance gate. 

Driving through the runnels under the track to get to the infield...exciting!!!

The infield - Jaime's jaws dropped

The infield where the campers park...just like in Cars

Once we were all registered and Ili signed his life away, we went into the conference room so they could randomly teach you how to drive a Nascar safely....*silent giggle*

 

 

Of course Mr Mateo was so excited surrounded by cars and noises that he felt it was necessary to scream in delight every 2 seconds.  Needless to say Ili was very embarrassed and promptly kicked us out!

So Jaime, Mateo and myself went exploring, which was actually way more fun than sitting listening to car talk.

In the garage

Jaime was smiling from ear to ear - he got o touch a real McQueen car.  And really see up close what it looks like.  And just fyi every detail on the car is a sticker the front lights, grill, etc etc just stickers!  Just like in Cars ;-)

Sizing up the tires

 

Checking out the engine.  This guy crashed

See the detail in the front - the grill and lights.  Its a sticker!

So finally the lesson is over and Ili gets geared up:

Living the dream

There are no doors to the car so rivers have to climb in through the window.  Both Ili and the other guy are screaming at me cause I crossed the "don't cross the yellow line" line..oops ;-)

 And Ili is off, coincidentally in the Lowe's sponsored car:

"..walk like a man.."

 

So how was it I asked, his response "too slow". Ai credo this mans jusht like speed!

Tunnels out

And we stop off for lunch at a local restaurant down the road from the speedway.  I was the kinda place you see in the movies where everyone knows everyone and if someone new walks in the place goes silent.  Well it did, the restaurant went completely silent when we walked in and everyone in it stared us down.  Freaky!

 

 

And that was that, we started our trip home bound with another memory, tummies full and a smile on our face.

Once we got home Jaime wrote a letter and picture for his daddy
"Dear Daddy I hope you had a nice Nascar race, love Jaime.
I helped with spelling, the rest was all him.