Summer of 19 - #8 - Jacksonville Alligator, Team Trailers & Travel Day

Saturday August 17th, 2019 

This VIDEO and the next two pictures are courtesy of my daughter-in-law Christina Stewart.  She saw this alligator on base in Jacksonville, Florida, and happened to be recording when it climbed over a fence.  It has gone VIRAL!!!!! Her post alone has got over 4,000 shares and nearly 2 million views!!!  It has made the news on numerous newspaper and tv channels, both here and overseas!!!!    She has been inundated with requests for interviews but has turned them down.  Watch the video linked above, it's amazing!!!!

Look at the detail in this picture

There is an alligator that Bryan & Ryan see whenever they play golf on base, and we wondered if this is the same one.

Anyway, that was our excitement for today, ha!!ha!!!

Sunday August 18th, 2019
A lot of the team trailers were preparing to leave today and Bryan went to get some pictures.

When he stopped at the Stewart-Haas trailer, he asked them if they had  any promotional posters and they gave him a set.  He stood and spoke to them for a while.  This made up a little bit for his disappointment earlier in the week when he visited Stewart-Haas, and the cars were all out.

I took this picture of Tilly, our car, waiting patiently for Bryan to finish talking.

That was a good finish to our stay here.  We leave tomorrow, heading West toward Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Monday August 19th, 2019
We got on the road quite early for us and headed west.  Once we got out of Charlotte, the scenery got prettier and prettier.

We arrived safely at Jaymar Travel Park in Hendersonville, North Carolina and got settled in.  Everything seems to work.  The local channel tv pictures are a bit erratic but the satellite worked after it had warmed up a bit!!!  Not sure what the problem is but it seems that after we stow the dish and then put it up again, it takes a while to work.  At least it is working eventually.

I watched Andy Murray in his singles match at Winston Salem, which is just 150 miles away from where we are.  Rain delayed play for a while but eventually he was on.  He lost but played better than his last match and I was encouraged by his performance.  He is going to focus on singles for a while, so we will wait and see when and where he decides to play next.  I am just so amazed he is playing again and of course, very happy.

We have plans for this week, so keep tuned. 

Summer of 19 - #7 - Racing at Z Max Dragway

Friday August 16th, 2019 - Part 2 of 2
Bryan decided to go to the dragster races tonight.  It was nice to be within walking distance.

He took these pictures on his walk over to the ticket booth.

Looking back at Lily

Practice - Lining up to go.

The next two pictures show both cars scores, not sure which one was which!!!

Bikes turn

and speed

Here's another pair

Fastest speed so far.

Ambulance crew ready to go, if needed.

Trucks

Dragster

and speed

Here's a picture I took from inside Lily, of Bryan sitting in the stands.

Next up were these two cars.

Here's my view of the stands and cars from Lily.  Bryans about four rows up, just to the left of the grey post.

Bryan taking a picture

The same car came around for another go, first was probably practice.  More smoke this time!!!

Here's a few other cars and trucks.

Lily's still there

Preparing for more cars

Starts with no smoke......

Get Ready, a little smoke......

Ready........

Steady..........

Go................

He's back............

The sky is clear and shows off the moon.  It was a full moon yesterday.

That's it for tonight.  This is just a sample of the cars Bryan saw.  He enjoyed his night, watching the races, and made it home just before midnight.