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Figure 8 Train Racing 8-6-11 RMR West Valley City, UT

Three cars chained together. The car in the front has a driver and an engine but no brakes. The car in the back has a driver and brakes but no engine. The car in the middle has no brakes, no engine, and no driver.

Racing in a figure ensures that once these things get going, the frontman and the brakeman need to agree whether to go or yield. You can imagine what comes next.

Keep your eye on the purple "Plum Crazy" train. They have a big wreck early in the first half knocking the rear wheel completely off the axle. A few laps later the brakeman is desperately trying to gain control and getting whipped around violently as they approach the crossroads.

Here is what the car looked like after the race:

If you haven't been to one of these races, I'd highly recommend it. Even if you don't like racing, who doesn't like car crashes?

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Night of Fire 2010 - Rocky Mountain Raceway

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Obon 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah

The annual Obon festival was last weekend at the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple. We try to go every year as a tradition. It's always fun to see all of the colorful kimonos and watch the dancing the we used to do when we were younger.

I'm trying to post these from my phone while I lay here sick in bed. Forgive me if the formatting is off, I'll fix it later.

Obon always starts with the Ogden Taiko Drum group doing their awesome demonstration. This video does no justice since you have to be there to feel the drums as they build momentum in the pieces.

After the drums, it's on to the dancing. Reverend Hirano leads the group into the circle to the Obon no Uta song. this year they had to do it three times because there were so many dancers. I might be wrong but I think they also made circle bigger this year extending further down 200 South St.

The last three songs are open for audience participation, which we always do. I have these songs and their dances memorized. It makes me happy to stand out there next to my Mom, my sister, my boys, and neices and nephews and pass down the Obon tradition to another generation.