29th December 2013-Week 2 in Mount Barker SA

29th December 2013

It's been a busy week with Christmas and 2 speedway events.

Christmas was a quiet one for us (which was exactly how we wanted it!) it was seafood, sunshine and pavlova. Even though the caravan park had filled up in the days prior it was a ghost town on Christmas Day. I do love it when the park is full, it gives me a sense of being part of a happy group...and gives me lots of people to watch :) Walking into town keeps us fit and well, the first time we had driven the car this week was to take it to the car wash to remove a build up of leaves and grit.

The first round of World Series Sprint Cars commenced on Boxing Day. It was held at Speedway City, north of Adelaide about 55kms away. We headed off and got a great parking spot right near to exit gate for a quick escape. Trekked from the car to the entry gate loaded down with all of the necessities required for a comfortable evening and quickly found a great viewing spot and settled in for a big night of racing. I have to admit that this isn't one of the best facilities I have been to but I guess it does the job. Interestingly they still allow smoking in the crowd, pretty rare in WA. A great time was had by all....except maybe the guy who's bottle of coke exploded in his lap.....bwaaaaa haaa haaaa

The next night the World Series Sprint cars were south of us at Murray Bridge Speedway, I was all speedwayed out so Les headed off on his own and I had a girls night at home with Sam. Les made good friends with the gent that he was sitting next, it turns out that gent was also travelling around to see the speedway events and had been at Speedway City the previous night so they had plenty to talk about. Sammy and I had a quiet night that involved rather a lot of Pavlova-yummy!!

MURRAY BRIDGE SPEEDWAY

We had been to Murray Bridge Speedway 3 years previously and it was a great facility with a fantastic view of the Murray River in the background, and most importantly it has a great café which Les made to most of. It is very easy to get chips and gravy here...it's harder to find in WA.

The after Christmas sales were worth a look and we were at the opening of Spotlight on Boxing Day ready to buy new pillows at 40% off......who can resist a bargain like that!!!!

We are watching the weather and will be using a moderate temp day to go to Mount Lofty for a walk, and we also want to take the bus (to avoid any parking problems) into Adelaide for potentially more shopping. I LOVE catching the bus....what a treat!!!!

Highlight of the week: Christmas!!
Low Light of the week: Washing the car :(