Red Bull Soap Box Race in San Fran

So get this- everytime Kai saw the Red Bull soapbox race on TV- he begged to go there! So being good parents, we took him out there for a trip on the BART to the city.

We got off at our stop and started to head off in the direction of the Red Bull event and came across some interesting things...like that hamburger that could fall off on someone's head during an earthquake?

And saw some punk rockers- that I thought were long gone (in the 80's)...

There were also some really interesting graffiti on several building in the vicinity...

And even some eye-catching billboards way overhead...

As we got closer, I could see the crowd getting more dense.

And finally got close enough to see Barney Rubbles soapbox- but no Barney!

And I made the mistake of letting Greg take off with Kai while I got distracted with taking pictures...and lost them in the wave of spectators!

You couldn't even see the race! except through projection on the big screens!
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I was dissapointed with the event no doubt about that. At least when we attended the RebBull Flutag a few years ago- you could see the contestants and their creations from a tower off the marina. Oh well. Thank goodness for cell phones- as I tracked Kai and Greg and we jumped back on the Bart and spent the rest of outdoors in Orinda Community Park.