DAY TWO - Early Arrival Fireball Run

Hello Rally Fans!

Today we caught a few Z's--truly very few Z's. We got the room reservation issues straightened out and don't have to sleep on a hide-a-bed tonight. We are quite happy about that! We got into bed so late (early, I should say) that we did not get an early start, as we had hoped we would.

The main goal of the day was to get the 'vette show ready! We had to travel half-way across Baton Rouge, but finally located a car wash and gave her a good bath. She was spit-shined to perfection. Here is a chance to put in a plug for one of our sponsors. Cassandra uses products from Adam's Polishes. She has tried just about every car care product on the market and these are truly her favorites. Thanks, Adam, for your support and for helping our 'Dream Car' shine!

Considering the long trip down, the clean-up took quite a while. When we got back to the hotel, it was really fun to run into other Fireballers and their cars. We rushed to our room to get ready for the early arrival banquet. Boy, did we destroy this room.

The food at the banquet was quite good, and a welcome change from grab-and-go. We met the Mayor of Baton Rouge and the Secretary of State. The organizer of the Rally, JJ Sanchez, addressed the group, as did Jeff Greisemer, the President/CEO of the Child Rescue Network. Getting ready for the Rally has been a lot of work and taken a lot of effort, but the speeches we heard tonight brought the whole experience into focus to a degree we had not previously known. We are here to find those missing children and we can't wait to get started!

The GPS Locator in our car should now be active, so you can track our progress if you like. The website is www.skyguard.com/fireballrun/ . Remember we are team 33. Don't get concerned when you see us not making much progress tomorrow. Cassandra will be out there running in circles kicking butt racing the Louisiana State Police around their road training course.

So you are all off the hook tomorrow. Remember though, Saturday morning when the Rally really gets underway you all go on the bubble! If we get stuck on our clues, we consider any of your brains fair game for picking!

Susie & Cassandra