World Superbike at Laguna Seca Raceway

It took a bit of finagling, but I got Friday off from work. The bossmen were glad to give it -- it was a slow day, and they knew I had a birthday weekend goin' on. I'd gotten the bike packed and ready to fly on Thursday night, with the idea that we'd run down to Laguna Seca in the morning with Dusty. reality_fox and I were to meet him at his office at 9am and head to the track from there; a short 60 miles or so.

As it turned out, Reality_Fox couldn't get off of work; The Man stapled him to his desk for the day. Well, okay... plan 2: he gets out of work early, and we leave about 4pm or so, just in time to make it to the Embassy Suites next to the track to pick up our camping passes for Friday night. Work kept him late enough that it wasn't going to happen, so we're now on plan 3: leave early Saturday morning. Friday night was spent instead with Frang and revar, watching the heck-of-a-lotta-fun cheesefest movie known as "Reign of Fire". I highly approve, on the grounds that I really needed a cheesy action/fantasy film that night.

At 6am, my phone rang, Reality_Fox hollering at me to get up. We were on the road before seven and due to the utter lack of morning traffic, made it to the track by 8am.

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