Yesterday was our last day on the salt here at Bonneville. We watched the action on the courses from about the 2 mile marker of the long course, and had a great view. There were quite a few 300+ mph runs.

Ben seemed to get a lot of attention, which he liked of course, including having his picture taken, being coddled, petted, and OOOHHH'd over! Since Ben has now been to Speed Week, he is officially a "salty dog".

We walked through the pits one last time, and bought some tee shirts. Many of the competitors have left, if they have set a new record, or realized that they weren't going to this year. They'll head home and work on improving their cars for next year.

We are also heading for home today. We hope to be back in Edmonton on Friday afternoon. Hope we have no more mechanical trouble. Yesterday our convection microwave oven quit working, and our batteries are not taking a charge properly. One of the things we've decided is that before we hit the road in October for the winter, we will install 5 new batteries, and a solar panel. We are going to replace the convection/ microwave with a separate convection oven and microwave setup, so if one dies the other will still work.

If service is available, we'll log on from Idaho next. Stay tuned...