Aug 28th, 2018 by rallyadmin
Kirkland, WA – August 19, 2018
Yesterday, Sunday, is registration/tech/orientation day. The hotel parking lot is filled with the last arrivals and is buzzing with activity. Friends getting back together for the first time in years. Newbies introducing themselves. The tension is starting to rise.
Jerry gives a welcoming drivers’ meeting. Peter Schneider gives a novice class in the fundamentals of rally. Better late than never. Why would you get some experience before starting a 5,000 mile/10 day rally. I didn’t.
Finally everything is loaded, tightened, oiled, secured and packed. Munchies and snacks are bought at Whole Foods across the street. For the ones that refuse to be extorted by WF/Amazon, there’s an EarthFare next door.
The last parts and spares bought from the O’Reilly’s next to the Cafe. The parts and spares won’t be the ones that the teams will need. That’s not how the rally gods work. But there is an air of completion. Everyone is “prepared.”
Then the last dinner at Cafe Veloce. Tomorrow, the circus moves on.
Obi-wan