Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sea Otter Classic

Every little boy should have been in Monterey on Saturday.
We went to the Sea Otter Classic at Laguna Seca (which is just across the mountain from us and hosts lots of car races, bike races, and other events). I didn't realize what a big deal it was... It was a huge event. www.seaotterclassic.com
Addison was in heaven. There were bike races, crazy people doing crazy tricks on crazy courses, and LOTS AND LOTS of things for kids to do. There was a small bike course for kids that was so much fun. Addison could have spent the whole day there.
The whole area is really just an enormous dirt field. It was so windy that day. We left covered in dust. I'm still trying to get it out of my ears. The wind was super cold, too. I kept asking Addison if he was ready to leave as his dusty little body shivered in the cold. He wouldn't have it. I lost count of how many times he asked if we could come back next year!
Addison's ready to ride! Behind that big speaker that is in back of Addison, you can see a biker riding down off a ramp. Just beyond that there was a an obstacle course that these guys were doing unbelievable tricks on. Unfortunately, my batteries died just before I went to take pictures of them. They were selling batteries in one of the merchandise tents (which I actually got for free because the guy didn't have change - yay for large bills!). By the time we got back around to checking the course out again, everyone was done. But, I promise it was cool.
Addison did the EuroBungy. Quote: "I've never had that much fun in all of my entire whole life."

Addison sliding down the innocent looking blow up slide.
About 5 seconds after Addison got off this slide, it blew end-over-end and landed on its side. He was the last one to ride it before it went flying. There was a little girl in it at the time. I have never heard anyone scream like her mother (understandably). The little girl was fine and all of the kids games were taken down. While I love blow up jump houses and the like, I will never, ever put Addison in one again if there is the slightest breeze.
One handed!!

1 comment:

Amy said...

Eric would have loved to be there with Addison. And I'm very glad Addison wasn't in it when the slide blew away, I probably would have heard your scream here.