AtomFest Day -2
This morning I packed up all of my stuff and headed out to Freddie’s Lakeside and checked in. It’s an interesting place – they’ve taken what seems to be a pre-fab metal building and divided it into 3 cabins. I had the leftmost one, which has an extensive fishing theme. They used a variety of trims, including rough-sawn wood, beadboard, tile, etc. You can tell that it was a pre-fab building – the floor is concrete (with area rugs) and sloped toward the standard 4″ drain found in that type of building. There’s a combo entryway / kitchen, large bathroom, living / dining room, and a separate bedroom. Since I was using it mostly as a place to pass out when I got back from the track, it was a lot more than I actually needed. There’s at least one motel a little closer to the track, the Keystone Lake Motel with a big $39.99 sign out front. No idea what that place is like, though.
I brought the stuff I didn’t need at the track into the cabin and then headed off to the track. Various Atom folks had arrived and were in different stages of getting set up. The day was rainy off and on, so the event that was running over the weekend had a large number of their attendees leave due to the weather. By early afternoon, the weather had cleared somewhat, but because they had so few cars, they invited all of the Atom owners who had gotten set up out on the track. Eddie Hill took them up on the offer and ran a few laps. I’m not sure they knew who he was 😎
Randy got a bunch of us together and treated us to a great Italian dinner at a place called the Spaghetti Warehouse in Tulsa. By that time it had started to rain, so I asked Tim Webb to drop me off at my cabin and to collect me in the morning.
