a mass weekend...

well i had a vacation... finally. definitely WAY overdue but i finally had one. went up to gloucester for the first race weekend in the usgp of cross series and what a time it was. friday i was gonna head up, meet up with spanky and his buds, crash at some inn and race saturday morning, but how often do things work out the way they get planned. i ended up rotting in traffic at the toll plaza to get on the mass pike (approx 1hr lost), spank is rotting in the same traffic and an hour or so behind so he decides to get a place near boston so he isn't driving til 1am. i then find out our room is double booked and i have no place to stay. but 'crossers are cool, they treat you like family even if they don't know you. so spank's friends sneak me into the inn in the owner's private room and i get so well needed rest.

saturday comes and i suffer. i start damn near the back of field at the start, get caught in some pile-ups and end up having to fight to finish 65th. sucky. but things get good, real good, as i see the woman of my dreams. melodie. i won't say much but she is such a babe. i watch the mens race as treefarm won after sneaking away from tj. leech and kraus both had good rides and everyone is looking forward to sunday.

sunday morning greets us with some sun and the wonderful smell of the ocean at 8 in the morning. it was beautiful. sleep was much better as we actually had a room... that was warm and clean. again i suffer in the race, starting closer to the front, but still not getting a good start and having to work my way up to 48th. some more races come and go and i watch melodie, and then she's gone. my guess is she tanked it somewhere near the barriers as she was bandaged up when i saw her later on. what a babe. i watch leech and kraus again, losing my voice from all the screaming. dieter struggled and ended up not finishing and kraus was up near top 20. we packed up all our crap and got ready for the ride home. i bid farewell to gloucester and will be anticipating my return next year.