Great South Georgia Weekend

Nothing says a a great time in South Georgia than football and race cars!

This past weekend we had a double dose of good time.

It started off with the Spring Scrimage for Valdosta State University, between the Black Team and the White Team. It was a beautiful day and was only better because VSU won.





Following the football game, we headed to Cecil, Georgia to the South Georgia Motor Sports Park for the Hooters 250.

To our surprise, when we arrived, there was a second event going on and that was drag racing.



There were an amazing variety of vehicles racing, from a jeep, to top-fuel racers. If you brought it, you could race it.




There was even a scaled-down version for 10-12 year olds.



Sounded like they were using lawn-mower engines.

Can you believe it? There was even a Pinto. (The only thing Pinto was the body).
Here's a ca. 1958 Corvette and a Roadster.
They even let you drag Mom's car.Here is the dragstrip version of the Zamboni!

We then headed over to the 0.5 mile track for the Hooters Series racing. I think Mom found a new friend. (17 years old). I was required to cheer for him. He came in 3rd.
I found some friends too. (It was the Hooters 250!)
Here are a couple of videos to give you some of the action, a top fuel dragster, funny cars, and the start of the race.

The Operation Was a Success

I would like to express the my personal thanks and the thanks of our family for all of the support that we have received during this most difficult past two weeks. Your cards and letters and flowers were greatly appreciated.

For those who didn't send anything, you truly don't appreciate what a close family member Beautee is.

For those of you who might not be aware of the near tragedy that struck our family, on Wednesday, March 19th, while on my way to work that morning Ms. Beautee suffered what could have been a fatal heart attack.

She began having trouble breathing, and was belching white smoke at an alarming rate. I knew from my years of training that this was not good and imemdiately called the doctor (Brumos Porche, Jacksonville, FL). He recommended that I call an ambulance and have Ms. Beautee trasported immediately. Lifeflight helicopters were not available, so I opted for ground trasportation.

As the ambulance left (tow truck), I had a very bad feeling about the prognosis.

Later that afternoon I received a call from Dr. Craig, Chief of Medicine at Brumos Porsche Hospital and he confirmed my worst fears. Beautee had suffered a massive heart attack! The only thing that would save her at this point was a heart transplant. Fortunately there was a donor available.

To make along story short, the operation was successful and Beautee was released from the hospital on Friday, after 10 days in intensive care.

One should never take the life of a vehicle for granted because you never know when, even in the prime of their life, they may be struck down.

I would like to thank those skilled care givers at Brumos Porsche for the job they did in restoring life back to Beautee, and for Porsche and Brumos for the warrantee.

South Georgia Bluegrass Festival

This past weekend we attended our first Bluegrass festival in South Georgia.

It was different to say the least. Some of the groups were really "blue" and others more mainstream. A couple of the groups were actually Grammy winner. Here is a little sample of what we saw for 6 hours. The whole thing lasted two and a half days.

A little something for everyone. Life in South Georgia. The fun just never stops!