Fontana Weekend
I just spent the last weekend down in Fontana, CA at the AMA Pro Racing event at the racetrack there.
There's been a big change in the way the American series is being run this year, and so far, it seems like a change in the wrong direction.
I still had a great time taking photos of bikes going around a racetrack, and links to those images will follow at the end of this post, but the most amazing part for me was a visit to a shop.
Not just any shop, but a Bass Pro Shop - I realize most reading this will not know what such a thing is, but it is a shop centered on the typical American "sports" of hunting and fishing. It is also the biggest shop I think I've ever been in, ever!
Below is a copy of my Yelp! review of the store, enjoy:
"In a word, Wow!
I'm fairly sure this is the biggest store I've ever been in. The printed "adventure guide" that you pick up as you enter indicates that is 190,000 square feet in size (their biggest store is apparently 300,000 sq ft).
That's 190,000 sq ft of parallel universe you've just ventured in to. Everywhere you turn, the cold glassy eyes of a stuffed animal are staring back at you. Animals of all sizes (even bear cubs!) litter the store, helping achieve the "breathtaking lodge decor". In fact the adventure guide suggests bringing your camera to capture these "real mount animal dioramas".
The store has one long massive wall full of guns, and then a separate, rather large "fine gun room" that was about the size of a regular store, and don't think for a minute that this store is aimed at guys - there are pink guns (and cross bows) for that special outdoorswoman in your life.
There are waterfalls, aquariums (which looked to be stocked with the type of fish that you'd typically eat), a massive boat showroom, camouflage clothing coming out of the wazoo, and a fudge shop.
It's like a great big amusement park - if you've never been, you owe it to yourself to go."
Needless to say, the press room at the track was soon being told about the fantastic entertainment opportunities that lay 5 miles down the road.
Here are the links to 6 pages of images - beware, they're pretty boring!
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There's been a big change in the way the American series is being run this year, and so far, it seems like a change in the wrong direction.
I still had a great time taking photos of bikes going around a racetrack, and links to those images will follow at the end of this post, but the most amazing part for me was a visit to a shop.
Not just any shop, but a Bass Pro Shop - I realize most reading this will not know what such a thing is, but it is a shop centered on the typical American "sports" of hunting and fishing. It is also the biggest shop I think I've ever been in, ever!
Below is a copy of my Yelp! review of the store, enjoy:
"In a word, Wow!
I'm fairly sure this is the biggest store I've ever been in. The printed "adventure guide" that you pick up as you enter indicates that is 190,000 square feet in size (their biggest store is apparently 300,000 sq ft).
That's 190,000 sq ft of parallel universe you've just ventured in to. Everywhere you turn, the cold glassy eyes of a stuffed animal are staring back at you. Animals of all sizes (even bear cubs!) litter the store, helping achieve the "breathtaking lodge decor". In fact the adventure guide suggests bringing your camera to capture these "real mount animal dioramas".
The store has one long massive wall full of guns, and then a separate, rather large "fine gun room" that was about the size of a regular store, and don't think for a minute that this store is aimed at guys - there are pink guns (and cross bows) for that special outdoorswoman in your life.
There are waterfalls, aquariums (which looked to be stocked with the type of fish that you'd typically eat), a massive boat showroom, camouflage clothing coming out of the wazoo, and a fudge shop.
It's like a great big amusement park - if you've never been, you owe it to yourself to go."
Needless to say, the press room at the track was soon being told about the fantastic entertainment opportunities that lay 5 miles down the road.
Here are the links to 6 pages of images - beware, they're pretty boring!
1 2 3 4 5 6
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