X Games 13

This past weekend, the Home Depot Center, located across the street from us, hosted X Games 13. I was perusing their website earlier last week and discovered they were going to feature rally (off-road car) racing as one of their events featuring the Subaru Impreza WRX. Some friends and I in the past have drooled over the Imprezas All Wheel Drive (AWD) capabilities and its tremendous ability to propel itself off-road at high speeds and with great agility. This seemed like a great opportunity to watch the car in action.

Allison and I began the day by watching the Skateboard Vert Ramp competition and the amazing abilities of many talented skateboarders like Shaun White, Bob Burnquist, and Andy MacDonald. It was incredible to see these guys flying off the edges of the ramp and pulling extraordinary tricks in mid-air. We definitely have a new found respect for these guys.

After the skateboard competition, we went inside the stadium to watch the off-road portion of the rally car race. After the first few races, the excitement began to build with some really close finishing races coupled with some dramatic collisions.

Inserted into the race was a 70 foot cross-over jump where one car had to jump over the lane of the other car. It was awesome to see one car jump right over another one at 40 mph!

















It was super fun to attend such a big event filled with some exciting sports. I'd recommend attending the X Games, just to gain a greater appreciation for extreme sports. You won't be disappointed.

Garden update

Thus far, we've experienced some hit-and-miss on our plants. Our zucchini wasn't producing as prodigiously as everyone around us said, only producing about one out of four pieces successfully. The rest of them would wither, shrivel and die. We thought it had become diseased so we decided to toss it. Recently, we were told that zucchinis need a lot of space because its roots go out, which a pot definitely does not allow. Whoops. We'll remember that one next time around.

When we bought our strawberry plants, we thought we bought the Sequoia species but it turned out we got one Sequoia and two Quinaults. Not having any experience with the Quinaults, we decided to give it a chance. It didn't so well. It didn't produce much and when it did, the fruit did not look very appealing. At the same time, the single Sequoia was growing very well, in fact, it was sending out runners to plant more of itself. We decided it was time to get rid of the Quinault and give the Sequoia more room to grow.

The tomato has been growing and producing very well. Right now we're on our third harvest. What's been surprising is the small size of the Romas. They're the size of cherry tomatoes, not at all the same size as store bought Romas. Despite the size, they taste good! The Romas have fresh and juicy taste to them store bought tomatoes don't have.