Hot Rod Dragster in Spokane

Anne-Marie and I have arrived in Spokane, Washington, and we have 215 miles to travel to Yakima today.  We seem to have regressed to being comfortable with less than 300 miles a day of moving the trailer, and 200 miles is quite comfortable.  We plan to stay in Yakima for a week, and then on to the Oregon Coast to visit Andrew, our oldest Son.

Yesterday early evening, I heard what sounded like a big and loud motorcycle start its engine, and move about the park, just outside of view from our trailer.  I walked as close as I needed, just to see that I needed to dash back to the van to get a camera.  The really tall trailer had a Hot Rod Dragster on the lower level, and the owner was getting ready to load their car on the upper level.  Apparently the dragster is heaver, and it gets the lower level for travel.  The owners are from Edmonton, Alberta, and are returning home from a racing event in Oregon.  The owner said that they travel to Drag Races as far south as Las Vegas, and up and down the west coast.  The owner is the primary driver, and a nephew fills in occasionally.  The car is 15 years old, has a 500+ cubic inch engine, and can do a 8 sec. quarter mile.  He was eager for all of the spectators to take pictures, and offered so much information, that we only had to ask a few questions.

Yesterdays moving of the trailer cost 47 cents per mile.  We had hills to climb, but we kept our speed down to around 60 mph, and I think that this really helps keep the cost under the 63 cent per mile cost when we were trying to travel at 70 mph all day.