On today's agenda:

Bristol Motorspeedway the most exiting track in NASCAR. Along the way we passed North Wilksboro Speedway, this was for many years my favorite track until nascar dumped them for the larger cookie cutter tracks. Enough of that. Bristol is a 2 1/2 hr drive from Charlotte, we left at 7:00am and arrived around 2:30 pm that's 7 1/2 hrs we took the scenic route through the Blue Ridge Mountains (428 turns and two Mountains ranges later). There really is a sign posted to that effect and they suggest you find an alternate route. However the sign is at the west end of the Highway and we started from the east. Along the route we passed through many small towns such as Boone where we stopped to check out this antique store ..... two hours later we continued on our journey. Bristol Speedway was under construction so we didn't get to tour the track by van. However they have left the track open so we could walk inside to inspect the ongoing work.

Matt

The scenery was gorgeous, we had some great home cooking and talked to some great people.

I got to enjoy the back seat while Matt drove. Only 2 more days till the race.

Maggie