MY TRIP TO CALIFORNIA…..
OKAY…Im gonna try this one more time! I”ve been sooo aggravated w/ this whole posting getting lost, that I lost all interest in even attempting it again!
BTW: like I said ya’ll, thanks for the kind words…you guys ROCK!
THANK YOU CHRIS for yur cool post! It was very well written! It was a good account of the weekend, you done great! I really appreciate all the nice things you said about me. You are a true gentleman, and a lot of fun to be around. And that was the best way to see California…I have a whole new perspective of it now, and I have you to thank!
The trip to Ventura from LA was cool. Very nice drive. It was really hazy at first, but eventually it burned off. I thought it was cool to drive by places that have been on TV. Like where the did the filming to the opening to Three’s Company, the beach where they showed the skaters and the big building. That was really cool to see! The water is AWESOME!!! Its actually BLUE and not BROWN like here in Galveston!
We drove by Zuma Beach and thru Santa Monica, and Malibu. The views are so fine!!!! Or should I say, “GNARLY!” It was so cool to see Mountains around the water. Not something you see here in the flat lands. The only thing you see here around our beaches is tar, jellyfish and seaweed…We were really bummed out that we couldn’t get into the Borla Plant…but it was not open to the public…
The trip out to Ojai was equally as cool…What a view from that stopping place they had there! You could see the helicopters w/ the big water buckets for the fires that were going on. It was really AWESOME!!! And it had cleared up a lot!
And… SKYLER…I have still not got around to contacting my lawyer! LOL!!! My ankle is STILL swollen where I sprained it when I fell into Skyman’s PC shop! I tripped in the door on my 3 inch heeled sandles. It hurt like hell.
So much for my wonderful grand entrance, I made a total As$ of myself, but It was good for a laugh!! And the fact that we ran across that Car Show was tooo damn cool! There was a McLearan there that left as we were walking by it….it was frigin’ cool!!!!!!! And a few Stangs as well…I even taught him something about the A/C Cobra that he didn’t know. .(or he SAID he didn’t!)
We got to his place in Ventura…..VERY COOL! I couldn’t have decorated it any better myself! It was race car heaven! I can’t decide which room I liked best between the Mac Room and the Garage! They were both VERY COOL! Chris has parts of Bill Elliot’s Smashed race car that he worked on hanging all over his walls in his MAC Room( I keep wanting to say PC room!) Which is actually his basement. And talk about feeling weird! His mouse is not a mouse! It’s a thingy w/ a little ball you roll around! I kept trying to use it like a mouse and I felt like a total IDIOT! It was fun posting from there, although I know It was prolly confusing to everyone…
I got the Grand Tour of the Garage…..Ive NEVER seen so much Garage Art in my life! I thought I had a lot! And everything was Soooo organized! I have also NEVER seen so many carbourators in one place before either! I met all the cats including Rudy, who is the sick one. She seemed okay, and was very friendly to me. They were so funny…I’ve never seen one in heat before. What an interesting expierience! Ive never seen a cat meow so much!!!!!!
The races on Saturday were cool. I had a GREAT time working in the pits! I just wish I could’ve done more! I was impressed w/ the work that they did on the car. Chris is definitely one of the most knowledgeable people I have ever met when it comes to cars…and His friend Dave and his wife Patti and Jim Porter were GREAT!!! They were all VERY NICE, and a lot of fun to be around! I knew the way Jim ran, if he hadn’t been taken out by those other cars, he’d have won that race! He was running great! It was a disappointment that that happened, but it was still a lot of fun and a great expierience!
Sunday we just kinda hung out around the house and did some posting. It was fun looking at the year books…funny, seems like everyone said the same old stuff in yearbooks back then! I bored him to death w/ an old Ski Video of one of my many SnowSkiing trips…I think the funniest thing about that is I discovered that I don’t think he much cared for my ski attire for the week! LOL…Im into bright stuff, so when I’m face down in the snow, I’m easy to find!
The weather was great, and It cleared up really nice. The ride to the airport was nice. It had cleared enough to see more of the mountains. There was a few things that we didn’t get to do, but it went by pretty fast. I’ve got some pics I took as well from the races and some scenic stuff… I’ll post them too.
I had a really great time with Chris. He’s a super guy and one of the sweetest guys I’ve ever met! ( I know you guys hate hearing that kind of thing about yourselves) but Its true!! He was very gentlemanly and made me feel very welcome and took great care of me while I was there… He was genuinely interested in taking me around and showing me different things, and I thought that was really neat! He’s also very smart, and could tell me about a lot of the history stuff behind the things we saw. I was very impressed about all the different things he told me about and showed me. It was really neat to be around someone as equally into cars as myself, ( actually, more so as far as knowledge goes!) And, he has great hair! I hope he is enjoying his haircut!
And BTW Chris: the Texass Plates look GREAT in your garage!!!!!! Thanks again for everything… You’re the BEST!!!!!!!! TNT
Kell, Mr. 5.0 ,James(Old Guy)and Brad, thanks for your kind words! And James (SRV) the book was my pleasure, I STILL have the stuff I picked up for you from New Orleans. I’ll bring it to ya when I see you in Maryland for the MM Shootout!
I'm gonna rent me a Stang at the airport!!!!
Christine