Last night got a bit late people watching down on 6th street. So, this morning is short. We’re heading over to the Formula 1 to greet the masses. This isn’t so much for the car race watching experience as for the people watching experience. Watching the F1 race would be much better on TV than in person with general admission tickets. Okay, I have to get on my bike to ride over to the bike corral to take the shuttle to the track. It is going to be a long process today both directions. Part of the experience.

Bromont was getting a lot of attention downtown last night.

You don’t go to many places that give trees priority over the road.

These hipsters were stocking up up at Whole Foods.

You don’t see many of these around anymore. Greg Lemond would be proud.

I’m not sure what was going through this guys mind in the bathroom in Whole Foods.

The Formula 1 race in Austin yesterday was a big deal. It’s the first Formula 1 held in the US in 4 years. There were estimated 300,000 people that attended. Lots and lots of foreigners.

I was thinking about it last night and was thinking how strange it would be if that if what I looked forward to for the whole year of 2012. That was the case for lots of the people that attended. They had bought tickets nearly a year ago and it was the highlight of the year, by miles.

It wasn’t even close to that for me. If I go back and list the things I did and places I went in 2012, the F1 wouldn’t be in the top 30, maybe top 50. But, nearly all of those involve cycling somehow. I’m pretty much a cyclist. Not really a car race spectator. Maybe I’ll eventually become both, but now, I’m just a bike rider. It’s not that bad of a thing.

This is the start of the F1 from the GA “seats” up by the first turn.