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No field trip today

Alex Williams and a few of the cats from St. Johns and I were talking about taking a field trip up to St. Johns, but then we forgot this week was Gnomedex. So, we’re just going to get together and drink beer! I know I need some help with a Wordpress MU install I’m trying to get rolling. What kind of help do you need today? If you post it as a comment, someone could see it and come up to you to offer help. How effin’ sweet would that be?!!

Here it is on Upcoming.

Beer and Blog field trip narrowly misses disaster and a good time was had by all

Beer and Blog Racers are neck and neck in the final straight away at SyKart

Our field trip to SyKart was a blast! @samgrover captured several pics of the Beer and Blog Racers laying down some rubber. We had a great time and plan to have another field trip in a few weeks. We talked about going to Glowing Greens, Ground Kontrol, and Grand Central Bowl as some next options. If you have any requests, drop them in the comments below.

As a wild side story, originally we were going to take our field trip to Pat’s Acres, but we couldn’t because they were closed to the public due to a race they were hosting. Well, during that race a racer’s kart caught air flipping end over end! Miraculously the driver was unharmed and lived to tell his theory about why. The whole incident was caught on tape and can be seen on the KPTV website.

Screen cap of racer flying through the air from the kart crash video

Go Speedracer, go go Speedracer

speedracer.jpg

You may or may not know, but this Sunday is field trip day!!!! Instead of our traditional meet up, we’re going to take it to the track and see who is the fastest blogger of them all. Sure to be a good time had by all, this trip will be a good bonding activity. We’ll practice falling backwards into each others arms as a trust builder. Well, maybe we’ll just stick to the karting. ;)

We’re going to hit up SyKart on Sunday at 1pm. If you haven’t seen my review of the place, you can read about karting in Portland on the Portland is Awesome blog.

The SyKart lowdown is:

  • Driving Requirements - Drivers must have a valid license or take the driving school. Must buy a SyKart license, which is $5. Must have a helmet liner ($2 to buy one).
  • Price - $15/driver/session. Sessions are 10 mins.
  • Location - 8205 SW Hunziker St., Tigard, OR 97223
  • Hours - 11am–11pm Mon–Fri, 11:30am–11pm Sat, 11:30am–10pm Sun
  • Contact - 503-684-5060

Looking forward to whipping your asses seeing you all there! Please RSVP on Upcoming if you’re going to be there. :)