On Saturday morning we started the day with a pancake breakfast in the Recreation Hall. This was where we ate all of our meals. Saturday afternoon Marilyn and I walked to Old Town. We perused some of the shops as we walked through the area. While we were there the cars started coming in to register for the Cruise In to be held that evening. So we watched the cars come in.
Then we went next door to the Fun Spot. Here I made a bee line to the Nascar Simulators. We signed up for a race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte. There are six simulator cars and I got the number 2 car and Marilyn got the number 8 car. Charlotte was a tough track. I would really get going and passed a lot of cars but then would crash and lose all the places I had gained. I still ended up not doing bad against the other people driving at the time. I was 13th place overall . I was second out of the simulator racers though. The guy in the 12 car was really good because he came in 1st overall. Marilyn came in 25th place. Then we walked through the area checking out all the rides and vendors. We decided to go on one of the Go Cart rides. We chose the Chaos track. It was an okay track with multi-levels. The only problem was I got the slowest cart on the track. It would hardly make it up the hill to the upper level. It was real fast downhill though. I got bumped once going up the hill and it wouldn't even go up the hill. One of the attendants had to come over and push and manually advance the throttle past the standard setting. I told him to make it so it would go faster but it was the same. After the Fun Spot we headed back to Tropical Palms.
On the way we went down the street where the Cruise In cars were parked. So I perused the cars and took pictures. When we got back to the RV we just chilled out the rest of the afternoon until time for dinner.
Then we walked over to the rec hall for dinner. It was a great dinner being turkey and the trimmings as the theme for the weekend was Christmas in July. After dinner we walked over to Old Town for the Cruise In. By this time all the cars were parked in the staging area. So we walked through there and I took pictures and talked with some of the car owners. There were some really great cars. Check out my previous post with a slide show of the car pictures. Then we went over to the main street where they parade the cars. I watched the whole show and took lots of pictures.
Some of the Cruise In cars
After the Cruise In we walked back over to the Fun Spot where I did the Nascar Simulators again. I love these simulators and wish we had some closer to home. They give you a special lower price when you go back and do it again. You can also get an all evening pass to do it over and over again until they close. I just wanted one more time. This time I did the Atlanta track. It was a bit easier than Charlotte. I still crashed but it was because of other cars crashing in front of me and just like on the real races you get the smoke and can't see where to go. Once I had two cars spinning in front of me. I went high and missed one and the other one was going up the track so I went low and just like the real thing he bounced off the wall and came down right in front of me. So I hit the 24 car broadside. Once I got loose in the turns and spun out. When you go spinning down the track you really feel like you are going round and round when your car is really stationary except for the tilting and rocking it does to simulate the track and accidents. I came in 25th place overall. But I was 2nd in the simulator cars.
It was a great weekend. We packed up and came home around 11:30 Sunday morning. Check out the slide show of pictures for the weekend below.
After the Cruise In we walked back over to the Fun Spot where I did the Nascar Simulators again. I love these simulators and wish we had some closer to home. They give you a special lower price when you go back and do it again. You can also get an all evening pass to do it over and over again until they close. I just wanted one more time. This time I did the Atlanta track. It was a bit easier than Charlotte. I still crashed but it was because of other cars crashing in front of me and just like on the real races you get the smoke and can't see where to go. Once I had two cars spinning in front of me. I went high and missed one and the other one was going up the track so I went low and just like the real thing he bounced off the wall and came down right in front of me. So I hit the 24 car broadside. Once I got loose in the turns and spun out. When you go spinning down the track you really feel like you are going round and round when your car is really stationary except for the tilting and rocking it does to simulate the track and accidents. I came in 25th place overall. But I was 2nd in the simulator cars.
It was a great weekend. We packed up and came home around 11:30 Sunday morning. Check out the slide show of pictures for the weekend below.
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