Well here is the newest thoughts that we have been tossing around. We are for some scary reason, now thinking of NOT selling the boat at this time. Thinking about keeping it, racing next season in it, then when the new one is up and going, maybe selling it then. I know, this means having and working on two boats. But neither one of us wants to miss the race season, and the newbie is not going to be done this winter. So we will paint the "ghost", change some hardware, scour it from top to bottom, (making sure there aren't any cracks that we missed) and then have a grand finale race year in it. We were both a little depressed about selling it, and unless someone steps up and offers more than we have asked for, then we are keeping it. (for the time being) From the sounds of it, by the time our new shop is built, we will have three hydro's in it.......Three you ask? Well, a friend who has raced in the past has one also, and with his new home, has nowhere to put it. So, three! So I guess that means that building a shop for cars and what not is going to turn out being for boats. I'm thinking we need a new new shop now! Just joking! I can't (won't) think about what my beautiful land would look like with multiple shops on it. I don't really like the idea of how it is going to look like with just the new one. Well, on I go. I just thought that I would let you all know what the new plan is! Hope you all had a grand Thanksgiving! I don't know how much I will be on here between now and Christmas, honestly, with two kids under the age of 5, this is getting to be a HUGE holiday in our home. I remember the days of just the two of us, sleeping in in the morning, mosey-ing our way to whoevers when ever. Now, we stay up till midnight getting stockings stuffed, wrapping the Santa presents, then crash into bed only to be woke up at 6 am sharp by squeals of excitement. Not to mention our oldest, (who is 10 years older than us) coming in the house bright and early, in the same said excitement. (for presents, coffee or food I'm not sure) We also have the pleasure of a new kitten to keep out of the tree somehow. We used to hang bells on the bottom branches with our last cat. That way when he started up the tree, the bells would ring with the branch movement, and would almost always side track him. He would then attack the bells instead of climbing the tree. Maybe we will do that once again. So there you have it. I am once again going on and on and on. Sorta like the energizer bunny. (I wish)

Ok, so this is called planning ahead. Way ahead. Here is the tentative schedule for next summer.

April 12-13 Moses Lake
April 26-27 Lawrence Lake  (this is the fast one)

May 3-4 Entiat
*May 18 Spanaway
June 7-8 Issaquah (Tastin’ n’ Racin’)
June 14-15 Kennewick
July 12-13 Black Lake
July 19-20 Oroville
Aug. 16-17 Pateros 
*Sept. 6-7 Spanaway 
Sept. 26-27 Chelan
Oct. 4-5 Issaquah
*Trying to get the Pierce County Parks and the residents who live on Lake Spanaway to allow a two-day race in September (Sept. 6-7). If it does become a two-day race, there won’t be a race there on May 18. But if they can’t make it a two-day race, we’ll race there May 18 and Sept 7.

So for those of you who have been reading, and back-reading, the race at Lawrence is the one where we flipped the boat this year, blew a motor the year before, and put a hole in the bottom the year before that. Sooooo I wonder what can happen next time? Maybe because we just gradually got worse, and finished with a whopper, next year we might break the speed record for our class? Only if we have the new boat going, which at this point doesn't look like that is going to happen unless we have a big jump in help. I wonder if we could work out something with the high school for credits? Hmmm anyone know the answer to that? I guess that would mean that we would have to work on it during the day, and have a bunch a high school-ers at our shop....that could be interesting. Probably not the best of idea's. Well, anyways, one of these days I will get some pics of the newbie up on here. I see by looking at the stats on this page that we seem to have a large amount of daily traffic, which is way cool! But it also makes me realize that I need to keep it updated more than I had planned on for the winter. So we are now looking at a name for the new boat. It will have the same number, unless for some strange reason we decide to keep and race both. (glutton for punishment, I know) But it has come up in more that one conversation. Scary, Scary! If that happens, then we really do need more help on the boat(s). Not just in the shop, but during the summer for races. Ok, back to the name. Start posting me idea's for a name, or sending them in to our email K? goneracin@rockisland.com   Ok, gonna run now. Have to clean my house since I am home for once! Ta Ta!