go karting after qualifying

We left the track and had to find sustenance as we mainly snacked on fruit, nuts, and little snacks through the day.  We got some fast food because the kart racing place that everyone wanted to race at would be closing soon.  John has been dreaming about returning to this go kart place since he attended the Indy 500 last year.  He has found people racing with cameras on their helmets on youtube in order to get ready to improve his time.  We had to race in St. Louis in order to get ready for this return and this place did not

A very nice guard let John and I on the track and took our picture on the bricks.

disappoint.  Rachel and I were a little leery of this because of the speed and the track that had multiple levels and turns.  We got our racing suits on and helmets that felt like we were being choked and got our asses kicked by Paul (naturally), Dave, Kate, Nate, and John.  Mainly, Rachel and I were trying to stay out of the way, but we couldn’t seem to  accomplish this feat since there were multiple hits from our friends.  Rachel and I sat out the next race and we were totally out of sync with the others because it was all about analyzing their laps when they got done with the race.  We returned to the hotel and had some drinks, took turns in the showers, and made plans for the next day and sightseeing some in Indy.