VACATION STARTS TODAY
Last night was Kart night. Unfortunutly I didn't do as well as I could have. We went to Eurokarting on De La Savane. We've been there before, infact it's the first place I've ever been go-karting. But the first time was awful becasue they had closed all the outside doors and the ventilation was crap and I almost barfed after becasue of the fumes. But last night, because it wa so nice and mild out, they had the two garage doors open as well as the fans so the air was acceptable. It was my brother Chris, eight of his "friends" from work and myself. I remembered a few of them from previous karting trips casue they all liked to smash into me and run me off the road, but most of them I didn't know, even Chris didn't seem to know all his "friends"....

We got there and suited up in out race gear and then the "kid" that runs the place gave us a 15 minute lecture on rules and made us walk throught the track, telling us when to let go of the gas, when to brake, what to do, what not to do.....too many rules if you ask me.

So the race got uner way and we were suposed to have a five minute warm up and then a fiveteen minute qualifying race, but since there were too many accidents during the warn up, they let us run twenty minutes non-stop. I got the black flag for suposedly going to fast up the ramp....They guy was going to hold me for a five minute penalty but I told him I didn't do it on purpose, I'm sorry blah,blah blah, lie,lie,lie.... So he let me go after like a minute. I finished 7th in the qualifying race, which totally sucked and I know I would have done better but since I crashed like a hundred times and got that dam black flag, I lost like 4 laps and tons of time.
*Top speed for qualifying race: 51.7 km/h
*Best lap time for qualifying race: 0:31:34

So it was on to the actual race and I had to start seventh.Things were going okay except for the fact that I didn't get the same kart as last time and now I had to get used to the new one. I really didn't like it at all, it skid all over and it took sooooo long to gain speed. And since thid kart didn't have a cushion on the seat like my other one did, my elbow got caught a few times between the seat and me which made it hard to turn at times. Things were going well, until I wiped out and got a three minute lecture from the kid about not pushing on the gas until I've completely exited the turns and slowing down so "I don't loose control".....Okay buddy, whatever you say...asshole. So I lost two laps from his lecture and then I lost whatever beat I had and I just kept spinning out and getting into accidents so the race basically went downhill from there. I ended up finishing 8th. I know that if that woman Sophie would have just let me by when she got the blue passing flag I could have maybe gone up to 6th place, but things din't work out that way. Chris came in a very close second. But he was a good sport about it. Didn't seem to mind really. I guess It's only when he looses to the German boy (Hans) that he gets upset...( check out Chris's stats here...scroll over to the right)
*Top speed for final race: 53.1 km/h
*Best lap time for final race: 0:30:50

All in all it was a ton of fun and I can't wait to go again. It cost $35 and we were racing for about 30-35 minutes total. But I think I prefer the In Kart place we went to the time before. They had cooler suits with sponsors on them and better ventilation.

And now today I'm left with the stench of exhasut pipe on all my clothes and myself. My lungs feel like I smoke a pack of cigarettes, my back aches, the palms of my hands burn and my feet hurt, but besides that I'm feeling good and if we could, I'd go back tonight.

More later