Boxcar Racing and the Oceanarium

Earlier in the week I started to look into something that would be fun and different to do related to racecars or trains, since Evan loves anything that moves on wheels.    I came across the Race World Hawaii website.   I think it's the only place in the country where there are open track hours so that the public can come in and do boxcar racing.   On Sundays it is open from 9am-1pm.   We got there about 10am and Jon and Evan had a blast together.    

They spent a lot of time racing boxcars, but we also we all able to go check out several radio-controlled racecar tracks and one area specifically for off-roading with radio-controlled vehicles.    Plus Evan was able to rent a real remote controlled car for an hour and race on a small oval track with Jon's help.    We were all pretty worn out by the time we left at 12:30, so of course it was time to head back for a nap.

After naptime we headed down to the Pacific Beach Hotel to a restaurant called the Oceanarium.    The place has a really nice buffet dinner with a three-story fish tank.    When we arrived there was even a diver in the tank feeding the fish and manta rays.   When we walked in, Evan exclaimed, "Mommy, look, there's a diver in there!"


We finished off the weekend with a stop into the Ferrari Store and let Evan check out the computers at Jon's office before heading back to the condo for the night.

Some more photos from our exciting day: