Loud, Louder, Loudest

No, I'm not talking about my children.  Yes, at times they can be loud, but even they don't rival the noise we heard on Sunday afternoon.

We took a family excursion to the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park.  Talk about loud!  And fast!

Bet you didn't know that the state of Alabama is home to one of the premier indy racing tracks.  Often when Frank travels the topic of conversation turns to this venue.  In the past Frank could offer very little to the conversation because he had never been.

Well that has officially changed!  Not only has he been but he took us all.  His office had some tickets that weren't being used so we enjoyed a fun family outing on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.



It was pretty cool to be so close the the cars and actually see the pit.  The speed with which they trade tires during a pit stop is remarkable.



 And the winners are: Walker, Stephen, and Betsy!

 Pretty cool ~ who knew they took the old tires off of the rims right there at the race.

 We had some tired chickadees on the ride home...

Tired, but happy ~