Matt Kenseth Museum
Sunday we got up early and I made a quick breakfast. Nothing special this week since we were in a hurry. Just cereal with some strawberries in it and Noelle had microwaved eggs and slices of tomato. I did not even have time to make a pot of coffee.
We took a country highway instead of the interstate to get to Racine and visit James' dad. It was a really nice drive and the weather was great. James' dad had planned to take us out to lunch but when we got there we found out that he had gotten hurt. He said that he did yard work Saturday and all of a sudden woke up in pain that morning.
He was on the couch with his feet up in a lot of pain so we asked him if he wanted to get carryout. There is a restaurant in Racine named Infusino's that makes great pizza and everyone that moves away makes sure they get it when they come to visit. So James went and picked up some pizzas while the girls and I took his dogs outside for some exercise.
Then we headed back home. Then as we got to Cambridge the girls decided that I needed to see the Matt Kenseth museum there. He grew up in Cambridge and his relatives all still live there. Everyone in the family but me has been there before so they wanted me to see.
We found out that we should have come the day before. I guess Matt goes there to sign autographs a lot and he was their Saturday. It was still a neat little museum. They have about 6 of his cars inside plus 2 sets of tires that are shredded and covered in confetti from when he has won and burned them out doing doughnuts. The outer most wall is all the collectible mini cars that have been put out and an inner wall has a case of jumpsuits.
This is the big display. The car that he won the 2003 Championship in. It is still all sticky and covered in confetti. It is a small museum but it is really nice and it is free. They also have a store on one side so we of course had to buy something. LOL
They had a big sale going on but I did not realise how good of a deal we got until just now when I checked the online store to get pictures. They have the same sale online but they show the original prices online. The store did not show the original price.
James got this autographed travel cup. For $9.99 and it was originally $19.99.
When we first saw the backpack all you saw was the outside and it was labeled picnic backpack for $19.99. We figured that at that price it must just be a backpack that has that insulated plastic stuff like a cooler lunch bag.
When we opened it up we found all of kinds of stuff in it. It has actual metal flatware, the left is salt and pepper, and the bottom left are four plastic wine glasses. The thing of the side of the outside holds a wine bottle. There is another zipper that opens the back up and that is the plastic insulated lined area for food.
It was such a great price for all of that we had to buy it. I just looked online and the price was originally $49.00 and it is on sale for $19.99. So we got a good deal on it and I am sure we will get good use out of it since we love hiking.
Abrianna took a bunch of pictures at the museum but they used their new camera. Now that I looked at the camera I found that the USB port is teeny tiny and I do not know where James put everything for the camera or if we even got a cord for it. Hopefully I will be able to upload them soon.
When we got home we quick raked some more leaves and started a fire. It was such a nice day that we put our camping chairs around the fire and sat for awhile. It was really nice just sitting and relaxing all together around the fire. It felt like we were camping in our own yard. We did not want to go inside on such a nice day so we just made pasta salad and grilled some brats.
We took a country highway instead of the interstate to get to Racine and visit James' dad. It was a really nice drive and the weather was great. James' dad had planned to take us out to lunch but when we got there we found out that he had gotten hurt. He said that he did yard work Saturday and all of a sudden woke up in pain that morning.
He was on the couch with his feet up in a lot of pain so we asked him if he wanted to get carryout. There is a restaurant in Racine named Infusino's that makes great pizza and everyone that moves away makes sure they get it when they come to visit. So James went and picked up some pizzas while the girls and I took his dogs outside for some exercise.
Then we headed back home. Then as we got to Cambridge the girls decided that I needed to see the Matt Kenseth museum there. He grew up in Cambridge and his relatives all still live there. Everyone in the family but me has been there before so they wanted me to see.
We found out that we should have come the day before. I guess Matt goes there to sign autographs a lot and he was their Saturday. It was still a neat little museum. They have about 6 of his cars inside plus 2 sets of tires that are shredded and covered in confetti from when he has won and burned them out doing doughnuts. The outer most wall is all the collectible mini cars that have been put out and an inner wall has a case of jumpsuits.
This is the big display. The car that he won the 2003 Championship in. It is still all sticky and covered in confetti. It is a small museum but it is really nice and it is free. They also have a store on one side so we of course had to buy something. LOL
They had a big sale going on but I did not realise how good of a deal we got until just now when I checked the online store to get pictures. They have the same sale online but they show the original prices online. The store did not show the original price.
James got this autographed travel cup. For $9.99 and it was originally $19.99.
When we first saw the backpack all you saw was the outside and it was labeled picnic backpack for $19.99. We figured that at that price it must just be a backpack that has that insulated plastic stuff like a cooler lunch bag.
When we opened it up we found all of kinds of stuff in it. It has actual metal flatware, the left is salt and pepper, and the bottom left are four plastic wine glasses. The thing of the side of the outside holds a wine bottle. There is another zipper that opens the back up and that is the plastic insulated lined area for food.
It was such a great price for all of that we had to buy it. I just looked online and the price was originally $49.00 and it is on sale for $19.99. So we got a good deal on it and I am sure we will get good use out of it since we love hiking.
Abrianna took a bunch of pictures at the museum but they used their new camera. Now that I looked at the camera I found that the USB port is teeny tiny and I do not know where James put everything for the camera or if we even got a cord for it. Hopefully I will be able to upload them soon.
When we got home we quick raked some more leaves and started a fire. It was such a nice day that we put our camping chairs around the fire and sat for awhile. It was really nice just sitting and relaxing all together around the fire. It felt like we were camping in our own yard. We did not want to go inside on such a nice day so we just made pasta salad and grilled some brats.
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