Top 10 Pics, Part I

If I may be so bold, below is a "retrospective" of my Top 10 favorite pics. I've listed the place and event, where able, with each image... though some hopefully speak for themselves. And with at least one caveat, for me to include it here I had to take the pic myself. I didn't grab someone else's amazing photo, and I have received many over the years. This goes back to about 2014/2015.

Let's see if a theme emerges…             

                     

Water Tower at night, Chicago, IL

Golden Gate Bridge from a catamaran below, San Francisco, CA

Garden of the Gods National Park, Colorado Springs, CO

"SkyFlyer" Ride at the MN State Fair, St. Paul, MN

(Pretty sure)... Apostle Island Chain, Madeline Island Sunset, La Pointe, WI

A dry summer ride somewhere in MN ( I miss riding pretty bad)

Puerto Vallarta Boardwalk, Puerto Vallarta, MX

Sunrise over the pasture, prit' near Waterloo, WI

Puerto Vallarta sunset

The newly wed couple, Manitowish Waters, WI

Summer Burnouts, way west of Minneapolis, MN

Themes? I'm def noticing these are some pretty picturesque places in North America. And, I'm noticing I got through 10 images really fast. I'm going to post another 10 choices soon... stay tuned.

Monster Energy AMA Supercross Round #4 (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum), Oakland CA

What. A. Day. And for sure, this is a whole day. You can arrive to the Fan Fair (team pits) at noon, spending the afternoon watching all the goings-on, checking out vendors, trying out stuff... and then head into the stadium about 6pm for the start of the racing, which itself goes for 3-4 hours. That's a whole day folks. You can cram in 6-8 hours of supercross action, no problemo.

I started in the fan area, where I find the pits to be the most interesting, especially scoping out the vintage bikes and watching the mechanics work on their riders' bike(s).

Then head into the stadium proper (this is where the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders and Oakland A's play their home games) for refreshments and finding the seats...

No...

Warmer...

Yes!

Although it was clear, being in the 2nd row has it's advantages, but one of them is not being able to see the whole race/track. Advantages include being able to really see the riders fly over the jumps, smell the fumes (very unique smell) and see things at a more close-up level in general.

Lights down for Star Spangled Banner and rider intros...

"Fans, please turn on your phone's flashlight to light up the stadium..."

Watch out, flamethrowers!

Now, let's get to the racing...

Great product here. Well-done event. The only thing that could top it off is a hot-fudge sundae - I don't suppose you have one of those too? What, you do?!