The Team Relaxed:

Posted: Wed 11 Jun 2003

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Alright, so today was a good day.

Stu, John\'s chief mechanic, decided to go on an adventure so we went to a theme park today. He thought we\'d relieve some stress and go do something rather then sit around the hotel. So John and I decided that we were going to go at the last minute cause\' his neck was still pretty sore. We left at about 10:00am and drove an hour to this theme park called, Port Adventura, Universal theme park.

John and I haven\'t been to a theme park in a long time, apart from Suzuka Circuit, but that doesn\'t count cause\' it\'s built in one. Anyway, so we went to the theme park with Doug, Stu, Wilf, Bob-Kenny\'s crew chief, Garry, myself and John for a relaxing day. All from the team.

It was nice to get out and have a bit of fun. We rode a few rides and walked around the park. It\'s funny cause\' when we are home, we don\'t go to parks, I don\'t remember the last one we\'ve gone to or if we even gone to one together!!! But it was good.

We got alot of shots of us on rides, looking like total goof balls. You know how it is on rides when the camera catches you off guard. One ride, I hate to say it, but it was super fast and my top fell down!!!1 Oh boy, I\'m sure alot of people enjoyed that. John\'s neck is still abit stiff but he can move it around now. He says\' there still is a bit of pain, but it\'s coming along. He had to relieve some stress. We got confirmation that Kenny isn\'t seriously injured but maybe tore up a few ligaments and those can be lengthy to heal. At least the riders are alright and can continue on somewhat.

It was a long day, but it was nice to get out and have a bit of fun. Although the theme park was totally American, the rides were good, it was too crowded and the weather was good too. One ride, when you get to the top, you can see the ocean. Then after that we called it quits and headed back. On the way back, we drove past Mr. Colin Edwards. He took a ferry from Genova to Barcelona and we happened to see him on the motorway, so we flipped him off. :) Good guy.

I forgot to mention, in Mugello, we ran into someone. I won\'t tell you who exactly but I\'ll give you a hint. He\'s a FRIEND. Take a good look at the photo and you\'ll know who I\'m talking about. It was ironic but he was there and we had to get a pic with him. Another down to earth guy.

Speak later ya\'ll!!!
Des

PS: So who is the guy in the middle? Please E-mail: me with the name.