Well, Thursday morning arrived.
Two weeks had flown by at a massive rate.
Admittedly, I had been quite busy and not slept much inbetween.
So we got up, got ready and Debbie made us a serious breakfast with a load of extra bacon thrown in as a final farewell to me.
Once packed in the car the three of us set off to a couple of stops.
I had more parcels to post out to the world and typically the closest post office was shut so we drove all the way back to Wright City and got them sorted.
Then off to the race car shop as Dennis had to pick up some bits to paint.
Remember this mangled truck we saw less than two weeks before after it had hit the wall very hard and needed a serious rebuild?
It was getting a lot of attention and a lot of new parts.
Can you see the difference??
Dennis magic again.
Left and right spindles. Different on each truck. Different for each track.
New for the rebuilt truck.
Lightweight and again custom made.
Money Money Money. Possibly destroyed the next time the truck gets out on the track. Seems its the name of the game.
Once we were done at the race shop it was off to O'Fallon where Dennis has his shop.
He had saved the best for last.
Ethyls Restaurant has been an eatery for as long as most people can recall.
The last change of decor saw Dennis do a lot of the work and there are pieces of his own history in there. As well as a lot of his personal hours making furniture and decor items.
Have a menu for now.
Dennis and Debbie outside before we went in.
The rest should be a treat when I get back to posting up.
Back in a while.
Git work to do now.
Later.
Two weeks had flown by at a massive rate.
Admittedly, I had been quite busy and not slept much inbetween.
So we got up, got ready and Debbie made us a serious breakfast with a load of extra bacon thrown in as a final farewell to me.
Once packed in the car the three of us set off to a couple of stops.
I had more parcels to post out to the world and typically the closest post office was shut so we drove all the way back to Wright City and got them sorted.
Then off to the race car shop as Dennis had to pick up some bits to paint.
Remember this mangled truck we saw less than two weeks before after it had hit the wall very hard and needed a serious rebuild?
It was getting a lot of attention and a lot of new parts.
Can you see the difference??
Dennis magic again.
Left and right spindles. Different on each truck. Different for each track.
New for the rebuilt truck.
Lightweight and again custom made.
Money Money Money. Possibly destroyed the next time the truck gets out on the track. Seems its the name of the game.
Once we were done at the race shop it was off to O'Fallon where Dennis has his shop.
He had saved the best for last.
Ethyls Restaurant has been an eatery for as long as most people can recall.
The last change of decor saw Dennis do a lot of the work and there are pieces of his own history in there. As well as a lot of his personal hours making furniture and decor items.
Have a menu for now.
Dennis and Debbie outside before we went in.
The rest should be a treat when I get back to posting up.
Back in a while.
Git work to do now.
Later.