Life is a Race

As I have mentioned before, there isn't much to do in Leesville, LA. However, there are a few things that have intrigued us - one of them being the 171 Speedway. This is just down the road from us and we have seen LOTS of trucks parked there every Saturday night, so we figured we would try it out (with Bryan and Michelle joining us, of course!).

 I think we fit the profile just fine...Ok, maybe not, but we had our big truck! When we first got there all we saw was a large cloud of dust. Apparently they had been working on the track and we were told it wasn't always like that. I'm not sure that we could see for the first 15 minutes while the different divisions of cars did their heat laps.

Eventually it got so bad that the speedway owner people decided to wet the track to prevent all the dust. It took forever, but it really helped! We were actually able to see the races for the rest of the night! We all had a great time pulling for our individual cars during each race. We got to laugh, cry (dust in our eyes), and enjoy the redneck Louisiana racing! We might just have to try it again another Saturday night!