Race's Annual Pumpkin Farm Picture

I've also included a picture of Cousin Aurora and a picture of Race harvesting the pumpkins that he grew in the front yard.

October 18-19

The weekend of the 18th and 19th was extremely busy. Dean and his second in command from the plant spent the week at Thunderhill raceway Park outside of Willows, CA. They had a great weekend of open track with no unpleasant surprises. Well, with the exception of the drive up, that is. Dean had electrical problems on the ramp truck. The taillights began flashing on and off at 5:00 am while driving through Fairfield. He was forced to cut the wires to the taillights and reroute them to the taillights on the race car. The rest of the weekend the race cars taillights served as the trucks taillights. Fortunately, the trucks turn signals and brake lights kept working fine. Of course this rewiring took place in the dark by flashlight in the parking lot of a gas station; what fun!


Race and Elizabeth had a busy weekend of their own. Saturday they took Grandpa Don on a trip to Castle Air Force Base with the Norcal Galaxie Club. They returned home late in the day, dropped off Grandpa Don, picked up Grandpa Mike and headed to Tahoe. After a night in a hotel, they were out on the lake before 6 am fishing for Mackinaw. They caught their limit, had breakfast in town and then headed back to the Bay Area beating Dean home by hours. Oh, I almost forgot, the fishing guide let Race drive the boat over 35 miles an hour on the way back to the dock!

1st Pack Meeting

Race and the boys had their first ever Pack meeting with their Cub Scout Troop. All three of the boys earned their Bobcat badges and another bead for learning about the weather. Here are pictures of Race, Jarod and Harley receiving their awards and playing the book return game.