TeamD Adventures

Of the infinite lines of latitude that circle this globe some hav more impact than others when you step over them. South of Houston St, north of the Mason Dixon line, across the Darian Gap, the North / South Korean DMZ, part of the wine store you really shouldn’t be shopping in; these lines hav some ummmphh to them. Another set are the borders of the north and south realms that see 24 hours of day and night; the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Today we crossed that line to the north into a land big and bold enough to not be scared of the dark and willing to embrace the insomnia of seemingly endless day.

It’s good to be north, it’s good to find the lines and cross them. It’s good to know where you stand. Just like golf has been called ‘a nice walk ruined’, touring rallies are ‘a nice drive, ruined’.

Day 5 has come and gone. .

ORCA hosted the fifth running of the touring rally Sno-Git last Saturday. As you might guess from the name, it started at Marysville, in Snohomish County, and wound its way up through Warm Beach, Lakewood, Sylvania, Stanwood, Bryant, La Conner, Mount Vernon, and Oak Harbor before winding up in Anacortes, at the tip of Skagit County. Good thing I registered us in March.

We counted zeroes: 5 for us, 5 for them. Counted ones: we had one more. However, the last 2 passage control scores had not been posted. We waited anxiously. The last two controls came in — and we still matched scores with car 11 exactly. Now our scores were 26.

Today in Whitehorse, the Alcan Winter Rally held the first ice slalom of the event. However, ignoring this scoring policy, his slalom masterhood comes from having thrown his 22 year old Saab 900 Turbo around the course in 1:24.7, just a handful of seconds off the top contenders in their all wheel drive machines. That is a feat, and shows his TeamD machismo.

Marinus, Renee, Marvin and Hans also turned in some respectable single lap times holding their own in the pack and setting their own personal bars to jump for.

Alcan Rally day 4 provisional scores are posted.

We had one odd timed section first thing in the morning today. Dan and Hans are sixth overall,