Homeward Bound!

I'm homeward bound! I had a chance this afternoon to cram all of my stuff into the race car in the trailer, and will be leaving for Virginia tomorrow morning. The event at the Lyndsay McCandless Gallery was a lot of fun. There was fairly steady traffic through the gallery all night and I had a chance to share some stories and pictures from our Mexican rally race adventure. I also had a chance to speak with Sandy Shuptrine from the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Air Coalition, which is working to spread the word about a broad range of bio-fuels, and alternative energy education. Her organization is also offering scholarships for the 2009 Bio-Diesel Conference in San Francisco. This would be a great opportunity for anybody interested in bio-diesel in the greater Teton area. Check out their website, http://www.yellowstonetetoncleanenergy.org. We look forward to working with them soon!


The last couple of days have of course been filled with more fun problems. Friday morning when I went to start up the race car so we could bring it to the gallery, I realized that we had been using water instead of antifreeze as coolant in Mexico. The entire coolant system in the car was frozen solid! Fortunately with the help Carter, Ryan, Pat, and a rented forced air heater we were able to defrost the car without damaging it before the event that night.


It's been snowing in the mountains everyday since I arrived in Jackson. Winter has certainly arrived. I had a chance to hike around in the snow with my friend Chris the other day, but no real skiing yet. 2,000 miles to go, and plenty of stories to come, so Stay Tuned!