Rolex 24 at Daytona

only spot available - tent camping  - yikes!  at least it was a big tent :)

Thursday was mainly practice so we walked around and around and around

lots of vendors

we checked out the garages too

met up with Chris' friends

checked out some of the other competition

then watched Luca's car get teched

practice time

we watched some of the activity from the Fan Zone

then they had a Mazda race to finish the evening out

 and we went back to our tent and froze!!!  Morning couldn't come soon enough :)

Bristol Day #6

work day for Chris!  And I had a hair appointment  - but the Jeep needed a new battery.  So Chris drove my Jeep & I drove his Tahoe.

we had a lot of water overnight and then it was a snowy afternoon (again, not much accumulation)

my new 'do'

winter in New England - gray gray gray!  It gets old

we went downtown for a walk after dinner, but it was too wet, so we didn't last long

 

Bristol Day #5

relaxing Sunday - we met some friends for a hike in the Colt State Park woods

lots of deer out and about

and then we went to Warren for an early dinner

 

Bristol day #4

Another early morning - this one was a little wetter.  Fortunately, the snow didn't accumulate on the roads

it made the trees look pretty though.  We were driving to Watkins Glen, NY to look at a sailboat.  We drove through some cute towns along the way.

we arrived at the boatyard in the early afternoon and it was cold!

Sabre 36 - daysailer.  Cool boat, but poorly maintained

too bad, we liked the simple open design, and the boat had really good bones.  So with a good cleaning, it would be ok.  But such neglect makes you wonder if things won't work.   This poor boat owned by an extremely wealthy executive had not been cleaned in the 6 years it was owned by him.   It was priced high too - for all the cleaning it would need.

Water was left in the bilge causing the keel to push out once the water froze.  Too bad.

Maybe - if the price comes down.  One positive is that it was kept in fresh water.   But anyway - off to lunch we went

and we saw some cool waterfalls on the way back to the high way

we were going to stay with some friends from Saratoga Springs, NY, but they were fighting colds, so we (Chris) drove back to Bristol.  Long day in the car!