We're up!

We managed to stay up long enough to go get our first crewman Brian Beckett at the airport at 11:30 last night, and then we came back and crashed rather heavily at the beautiful Holiday Inn St. John's by midnight.

We decided to sleep in until 8:30 rather than try to be at the ReMax Centre at 7:30 this morning for registration and tech inspection. We found that last year there was a long line, situated in a narrow stairwell leading to registration, and since we have no other major activities for the day, we elected to sleep in and take care of registration a bit later in the morning.

So, we're catching some wet qualifying at Monza and drinking coffee before we head off to turn in our paperwork and get "official."

Other thoughts come to mind after the road trip, reflected in the mirror of a proper night's sleep. First, I can actually see without rubbing my eyes repeatedly and trying to stretch in the driver's seat. By the time the sun broke over Maine, my eyes sort of felt like some bully had been rubbing sand, or acid, or acid laced sand in them for a few hours. The sensation passed, but you get the idea. This full night of sleep thing is pretty sweet.

So, while savoring that, I'll leave you. More updates after tech!