Winding down from a great weekend of racing up in Perris and gearing up for what is going to be an insane weekend of racing at Lake Elsinore. Rounds 5 and 6 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series take place this Saturday (27th) and Sunday (28th). If you've never been to a short course off road event before, I guarantee, if you stop by this weekend, you will not be disappointed. Here's a little taste of short course action at the Mickey Thompson / Kal-Gard SxS Stadium Series - Round 5.
A gorgeous San Diego Day just begging us to do a little ocean fishing
Note to self: When the wind is blowing, do not attempt to take the little boat into the ocean Plan B: Fishing in Mission Bay (Sea World Tower in the background)
Bootie-sniffin-dog-train. As we cruised past Fiesta Island, we found German Shorthair Pointer Heaven. Including Deefor, we counted 6 GSPs. And then...
...the perfect match-up came along (Ryan the Vizsla)
There are a handful of people in my life that mean the world to me. And losing one of those people means life is inevitably altered.
I've known Bill and Melissa for 20 years. The time is easy to calculate because their oldest son, Jacob, recently turned 20 and I've known him since he was born. His cousin, Shannon, and I have been dubbed, "Jacob's first babysitters." In actuality, Jacob had a lot of "first" babysitters. I can quite honestly say that I've never seen a child more surrounded by love. You see, Bill and Melissa's house was, "the place to be" in my teenage years. They quickly became like a second family to me and have remained so, to this day. He and his family have always been part of the important events in my life, like our wedding. Can I even tell you how much it meant to me to get a hug from this teenager on such a special day. Look at that smile on my face.
One of the reasons the family is so special to me is that they came along at a transition in my life. A transition from just accepting the religious values of my family to making a decision about those values on my own, and deciding to follow them on my own (with a little help from Ginger). And, as I understand, Jacob had recently gone through a similar transition (with a little help from Stevi, his girlfriend).
Jacob passed away on Tuesday, May 26th, just before midnight. I know without a shadow of a doubt he is in a much better place, and my heart rejoices. But the selfish part of me just wants to go boogie boarding with him again.
(Yep, that's me running into him on the boogie board-on purpose!)
Halibut larvae up close, Yellow Tail larvae in the forground. The good one float to the top.
Octopus guarding her babies
Arctic Fox, a little out of his element until his snow showed
Pennie the Penguin says "HELLO in there..."
We had the opportunity to attend Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's first annual WSB Tourney today. What a great place. 30-50# Yellow Tail right in our backyard, it looked like a huge above ground swimming pool with brood stock swimming in circles. Did you know Yellow Tail yawn... Yeh, me either. The tank was 15' deep, with one viewing window. The camera didn't take to well to the plexi glass. They don't get many visitors so one scratched up viewing hole is all they had.
Halibut tanks with larvae all the way up to fingerlings all in one facility. What a great behind the scenes peek.
We often get asked where else we post our pictures, besides our blog and on website. OK. Really, it's only one person asking us the same question over and over and I promised I would post the link today for my MIL. After every SxS Stadium Series Race we create a new banner for UTV Underground and post our "Best of the Best" photos on their forums. I just love hearing feedback from the racers we captured on "film."
Rodrigo Ampudia - We ALWAYS get some great shots from this truck!
Dixie-Chopper Pro 4WD. A big thanks to the Daugherty Racing Boys for letting me hide out in the shade of their truck in the pits.
OOPPS!
The part of this photo we failed to capture, is that he actually is giving the crowd a "thumbs up!"
Those of us along the sidelines, were calling this the "butterfly effect." The manly-men on the forums are referring to it as the "bird wing style hood."
Sean during the half time show. - HA! Just Kiddin'!
