Blogs from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, North America - page 5

I was up and showered by 8 a.m. and set about packing my stuff so I could load it quickly after today's races. Rich and I rode to the track about noon and made our way to our seats (1 and 2, in Stand J, Section 9, Row JJ). The weather was sunny and clear with low humidity and a pleasant breeze. We got out of the track after the races with remarkable ease and were back at Rich's house in plenty of time for him to shower and make his 6 p.m. dinner engagement. I loaded the bike and, after getting a briefing on the closure of the I-74 westbound interchange on I-465, set out for Crawfordsville and Lauri and Jim's place. Rather than follow the recommended detour of exiting at 38th street and backtracking ... read more

I got up about 7 a.m., showered and rode to Shaprio's Delicatessen for breakfast with my Indianapolis BMW Club friends. Ordered turkey hash from the bizarre-looking cashier with the heavy blue eye shadowed raccoon eyes. Rich arrived from his triathlon about 10 a.m. and we headed for the track about an hour later. The traffic management this year was remarkably good and we got good parking spaces in the infield. We cruised the vendors and I picked up some accessories for the GoPro HD video camera - a spare battery, a 16GB SD card and a chest mounting strap. The bike events were fun, especially the H-D race at the end of the day. The bad news came when I pulled my Garmin Zumo 550 out of the tank bag, which had been stuffed into my ... read more

We had the best time at Ducati Island all day. Got to meet Nicky again and he signed a card for my friend. I also got a Nicky Haydon tshirt and unbrella and got to meet nickys mum and dad. Then we went for a drive around the track that was the best fun… ... read more

Indianapolis, the capitol of Indiana, has a sedate reputation. Many people, even those who live in the state, call it “Indiana-no-place”, meaning a city where the most exciting thing is a huge Civil War memorial downtown. This reputation has some basis in fact; the city is the very low key capitol of an even lower key farming state. The reputation is also unfortunate, because Indianapolis has things worth seeing. I spent the day at a few of them. Indianapolis Motor Speedway My first spot was the only reason most people know the city exists, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is one of the largest and oldest racetracks in existence. It was built in 19... read more

This is a test to see if I can do it. I plan to continue the blog that Keith started. we will be starting in san diego, and heading to austin, TX. we plan on leaving san diego on march 27th. Sam ... read more