But we ran into a little problem right when we left... You see, we rented a movie from a Red Box on Thursday. We forgot to return it Friday, of course. So I had an idea to return it right away on the drive. We kind of forgot about it as we drove past a local Red Box in Wauconda. Then we had another brilliant idea to return it to one in a different city on the way.
-The first one: It was in a Jewel and the doors were locked since it was past 1 am.
-The second one: It was in a Wal-Mart and the doors were also locked.
-The third one: We visited a Walgreens, but there was no Red Box at that one!
-The fourth one: Finally, we found an outside Red Box next to a Walgreens. I made sure it returned correctly! I didn't want any more funny business with that. We had a drive to do.
I'm sure my dad saw plenty of red lights on the drive down. Lucky for me, I didn't. Sometime between 8-9 am we arrived at the Red Bull Moto GP! With our tickets, we were supposed to get infield parking. That ended up not working out very well... our van was too tall for the tunnel leading in. But this inconvenience didn't harm our days very much. We just had to walk an extra half mile to get in.
When we did get in it was like a different world in there. Tons of people and something going on all the time. It's crazy how much stuff was in there. Right away we checked into where our tickets took us. That was awesome! There was a big room with seating and tables everywhere. A bar was in the middle with free drinks all weekend. There were two lounging places, along with some motorcycle video game. Not to mention the free breakfast and lunch. And, of course, you could have as much Red Bull that you could possibly want. Yes, I can imagine it being difficult for some people to leave the place. But for my dad and I there were sights to see!
We visited the AGV/Dainese set up multiple times both days. It was one of many cool stores set up in there. We also visited Ducati Island. If you're wondering what that is, just imagine a Ducati factory spanning many years. There were so many red and white Ducati's in there! Ducati related stores were bountiful. It was definitely a heaven for Ducati lovers.
By the end of the first day my dad's forehead was pretty red! That is a product of not having hats or sunscreen. Great, huh? Somehow I didn't get sun burned. Yay! The day wasn't over yet, though, if that's what you were thinking. There was a big biker congregation to go to in downtown Indianapolis! My dad and I got out our bike and rumbled our way over. Ok, think about how I was talking about Ducati Island. Now multiply that by about a thousand. There was a sea of all kinds of different bikes including, yes, red ones! We walked a little bit to find somewhere cool to hand out. But that didn't take very long at all...
We found the Red Bull Energy Station! Free Red Bull, Geoff Aaron doing trials bike stuff, a flat track BMX guy, and three break dancers. That wasn't all, but that's mainly what I saw. All I can say is that Red Bull really takes care of their people! I don't understand how they can continue to pull off these unbelievable events.
The next day we continued our leisurely stay at the Moto GP. For some of the races we wanted to sit in the Turn 9 Stands. It didn't end up working in our favor. We needed red passes to get in. I didn't care very much. It was just a minor setback in our awesome weekend. The racing itself was pretty good, but I enjoyed the atmosphere there quite a bit more.
I'd like to thank Chris Favro for getting us those awesome tickets! We had a very rad time because of him!
Here's a picture of a bike that I liked a lot there. Can you say awesome?! I bet you couldn't before seeing this picture! Check that red out. ;)
As you can see, our weekend was exactly what the title of this blog says: Red. I used the word a total of 18 times in this text. I hope I didn't miscount...
That's it this week from your favorite blog writer (I hope), Greg Sassi. You stay classy, planet Earth.
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