I agree with all of the previous posts. Bring your wife if you can. BUT, not all women think that hanging out at a muddy/dusty dirtbike race or ride is a fun thinkg to do. My wife happens to be one of them. She's been to about 6 of my races in the 10 years that we've known each other (6 of those we've been married).
Anyway, I made it to the Spodefest last year, a mere 6 months after my daughter was born. My wife spent the week at her parents house. You know Grandparents will take any opportunity to get their hands on the grandkids.
Here's what works for me:
You gotta give the time back. Usually, If I'm gone for a sunday race, the saturday before, I hang out and take care of my daughter all day so my wife and her friends can go shopping and go to the movies and so on. This gives her some free time and lets her get away from the baby since she's with her all week long.
My wife is a stay at home mom, so she needs time away, just like I need to ride/race in order to maintain my sanity.
It's a win win for everyone. I really enjoy the days that I spend with just my daughter, and usually since they are on days before races or rides, I take my daughter with me to the motorcycle shop. We buy parts and oil. Then, I work on my bike for 2-3 hours while she's taking a nap, then I finish getting all of my stuff ready later that night when she's gone to bed.
It's important to establish the need to "Guy's Only" type vacations. My wife is used to the fact that I go to Bike Week in Daytona and will be gone for a week. I didn't go to Bike week this year, So I'm taking the whole week off for the Spodefest and will go riding at different locations on the way up to Casey.
Good luck. You can close this deal, and we'll see you at the Spodefest. Tell your wife to get her friends and plan at trip to the beach or something. That always seems to work OK.
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Tim Roberts
99 KDX 200
http://sera.dirtrider.net