On Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 01:35 PM, The Weldons wrote:
> Welcome, Mike.
> Just go to Speedweek -- any way you can. If you have to do it by
> yourself and
> on the cheap, do like I did 1st time in 1984. Took 2 days off from
> work,
> drove out from San Jose, CA, on Friday night and back on Tuesday
> night. Slept
> in my van at the Road's End and bought daily showers at the KOA in
> town.
> Lived off what I brought with me in my cooler. You can still do that.
> The
> "Road's End" is a little closer to town, a little noisier than 20
> years ago
> and now has a healthy mosquito population. You can also sleep in the
> Casino
> parking lots, the KOA (a bit pricey the first weekend of the meet) or
> across
> from the Texaco truck stop at the Salt flats exit 4 east of town.
> Showers
> still can be bought at the KOA, the Texaco truck stop and maybe other
> truck
> stops. The big Smith's super market in town is a cheap food source.
> Get one
> of their member cards on your first visit -- good savings. Ice is
> readily
> available, cheapest at Smiths. Free drinking water may be a little
> hard to
> find. I carry a short garden hose with me and fill my water bottles
> at the
> KOA when I get my shower. Make sure you are always ready for
> "exciting"
> summer thunderstorms. 75 mph winds are not uncommon. There's a good
> DIY
> carwash on one of the back streets south of the Smith's market. And
> don't
> forget a hat, sunscreen and a collection of water bottles. Salt is
> like snow.
> Heats and burns from both sides.
> Ed Weldon
Ed
I think KoA is already sold out -- for sure their Kabins are all
booked, I think the RV spaces, too, and maybe even the tent spots (I
made our reservations 3 January and that's what they told me then).
Mike, come find us in the pits -- we'll pass along the "combination" to
the showers at KoA locked shower rooms.
For the last two years (at least) McDonald's has sold cubed/bagged ice
for 75 cents/ bag -- the new "cheapest" ice in town.
Sure look forward to getting back out there. . . Only 140 days 'til
SpeedWeek. Our season snowfall total now stands at 214.9" -- only two
feet or so left on the ground.
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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