Day at the Track

For Memorial Day (that's right, we're only current thru May), we went to a speedway in CT for an event called 'Eve of Destruction'. It consisted of FOUR different demolition derby's - compact cars, full size cars, school buses and trailer trash. We got our money's worth in a BIG way, as the event more than lived up to it's name.

The event was also featured a 'family fun' area, which despite having too many of Morgan's favorite things, he entered very timidly.

There was an inflatable slide that Morgan took a few turns down. With my eyes, but not the camera, I saw what Missy and her father did not...if you look at Morgan's heels here, you can see that they are digging in a little and the slide is showing crease lines. Well, they ended up digging in all the way and he went head over heels and smashed into the inflatable wall at the end. Of course, he immediately wanted to do it again.

Bounce House!! As usual Morgan had to be extracted from here :)

Get ready for the loud vehicles!

This was some in between derby entertainment. 4 wheelers and motorcycles zipping up and down the track. Here they are riding on only 2 wheels and the person waving a hand is sitting backwards in front of the handlebars. (Morgan and I practiced that last week)







There were some jet powered vehicles that were a little too loud for Morgan's taste, even with the ear muffs on.







The monster trucks were also used as in between derby entertainment. Oh that motorhome is going to regret his parking spot.

The place was packed, here's our cast of characters, loving the excitement.

As part of other intermission activites, they have a pink gorilla riding around on a 4 wheeler launching t-shirts out of air guns. Morgan's Grandma actually caught one!

You have to cheer the loudest if you want the gorilla to fire in your direction, therefore, I attribute Grandma's prize to Morgan's efforts.

Can you believe that we have zero pictures of any of the derby's? Well, it's one of those things that you kind of have to be there for. The show closed with fireworks and Morgan couldn't make it home before his upper eyelid smashed into his lower eyelid and the demolition derby was over. (Bonus: if you didn't notice, I hyperlinked 'trailer trash' up above and you can watch that derby on youtube. It's well worth it!)