Just got back from Seattle 2 days ago. The first thing I have to mention was the weather. It was beautiful for the 7 days we were there!! Mid 70's and sunny every day. We stayed in an Airbnb in west Seattle for 3 days. We were a 3-minute drive from the beach and spent some time there. It's a great neighborhood. Had a great day taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island and exploring it. Sunday morning, we drove to the track [ a 35 min drive]. We arrived around 830 and had no trouble getting into the parking lot. I really like the smaller tracks [ and I think Pacific might be smaller than Epping]. Easier to get into and walk the pits. As some have commented here the crowd was small. That made the pits easily walkable, but I was surprised considering Saturday looked packed form the TV coverage. It was quite cool in the morning, and I was expecting fast runs. That was happening first round until Capps blew it up and the cleanup was over an hour. Then it decided to rain. It was barely raining but they stopped the race and eventually dried the track. Then another long delay when Richards hit the wall. Then the sun came out and it got pretty warm. So, it was one of those days where the race gods were being finicky
After first round things went pretty smoothly. One of the negatives of NHRA doing such a good job keeping the races moving these days is that there is very limited time between rounds to walk the pits so the delays gave me ample time in the pits.
To answer Chris' question - two things that stood out about the food at the track. There was a large Mexican food area that had good food and fruit drinks. And near the pro stock pits there was a stand that had Poke bowls. It was an interesting comment on the food habits of us race fans that the 'Healthy' Poke stand had a very short line and the ones that sold the 'artery clogging' fries and burgers had long lines.
All in all, it was another great day at the races
We then drove to another Airbnb in Boston Harbor about 1 hr from the track and a few miles from the city of Olympia. The next 3 days we spent exploring the area. The highlight was Olympic National Park. Awesome is an overused word these days but the park is awesome!!
Unlike Robin we only had a 3 hr time difference when we got back home to the Hudson Valley in NY.
To answer Curtis' question-- YES we had fun. I always say, any day at the races is a good day and this was no exception. It was our first time in the Northwest, and we got a good introduction to the area. We certainly would like to come back to the area and see more of the National Parks and of course come back to the track.
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