Most of you who know me know that one of my passions is Auto Racing, and we are fortunate enough to live near an amazing little racetrack in upstate Connecticut called Lime Rock Park. We started our Summer by going up there Memorial Day weekend for some great racing (the Pirelli World Challenge), we returned in the Fall to see a full day of Ferrari Challenge racing. In between we attended the Indycar Race in Toronto as part of a long road trip through Canada on our way to Michigan, that was so much fun we want to go back to Toronto again next summer. Now some of you might think "what's there for a 12 year old girl to do at a racetrack all day long?", well...she can't get enough of it. We had barely pulled out of our parking space after a long day in the sun at Lime Rock on Memorial Day, when she said "Daddy, when can we come back here?". I recently looked at who she follows on Instagram and there was a race team or two there, this dad is #SoProud. She even asked if she could get a used tire from one of the race cars, and after she got it she put it to good use, using it as a seat on the hill overlooking the track.
Our long road trip through Canada in July was to get us to the a Family Reunion at Crystal Mountain Resort in northern Michigan. My family has these reunions every 3 years or so, moving the location around so it's close enough for some family members to drive since we are spread out all over the country. This year we had a record number of attendees, around 85 people came to spend 5 days together, playing golf, exploring the mountain, playing cards and just enjoying each others company. The youngest attendee was a 2 week old baby, and my Mom was the oldest at 88 years young (anyone who knows my mom understands the "young" part).
In between there were trips to Rhode Island beaches, an amusement park, camping, and I also took Marissa out to teach her how to sail on the Long Island Sound.
We get so wrapped up in our day to day work and random stuff around the house that's it's easy to forget just how fun these little trips can be, and how much they mean to everyone involved. I don't ever want to miss an opportunity for a NEW adventure.
I saw a billboard for an insurance company in Grand Central as I left the city today that really summed it up nicely, it said "Be good at life".
