Yesterday and today are a mixed bag of sights. Yesterday was lying around the house and my parents showing me things I’m going to inherit. ha. In a light-hearted way. So just a day of relaxing. Today though was a trip into San Diego. Mom and I started out by stopping by her local drive-through […]
Once upon a time… We used to own this insanely great cabin that is right at the base of Snow Summit. I learned to ski there and spent summers boating on the lake. I can’t even explain how much we used it and I miss it terribly to this day. I used to leave L.A. […]
In a long run on sentence we went to; Old Town Temecula, the Promenade Temecula Mall, the biggest old school arcade I’ve ever seen with half of it being claw machines, a bowling alley and then finally the cinema. Not that you want to watch a 4 minute walk through of an arcade, but damn […]
I thought it would be fun to ride my bike around with dad and get some footage of him out and about in the neighbourhood. It all came out rather nice and after we got back he said you know Sixthreezero bikes has offered to pay me $500 to do a video promoting the bike. […]
Not much to report today. After being on the road for so long today is my day of rest. I got the car washed and I think it’s the first time I’ve had a full service wash since buying it. Nowadays it’s just run it through the car wash and maybe I do a quick […]
Oh hey, I got a lens for Black Belle! I think I might have just named her. So good morning… Magic Mountain!! It’s been ages since I’ve seen your intestine twirling rollercoasters. Every Mother’s Day my friends and I used to go to Magic Mountain. Why would you leave momma hangin’ on her special day? […]
Awww hello former house in San Francisco. Today will be full of nostalgia. It’s also Canada Day. Sorry suckers I’m in ‘Merica. It’s he start of a hell month of nothing but traffic and crowds in Vancouver because of events. Canada Day, cruise ships, the fireworks shows, a couple of marathons blocking all roads out, […]
Big day today. I’ve got about 6 hours of driving with stops along the way so I’m up early. This might be a little less verbose today. I needed to do some laundry first so I got that started and the motel provides breakfast. Nothing like motel pancakes! Nothing. Absolutely nothing like them. Especially machine […]
Ahhh back in the redwoods. It’s been too long. Good Morning California! I’m in you! This morning’s Ask ChatGPT, “What’s the best breakfast burrito in Crescent City?” Aztec Grill, eh? That’s across the street inside that Jacksons Market?! Jacksons Market being like a 7-Eleven. Weird, but awesome! No burrito photo but chose your soda size. […]
Oooo look, one of the survivors from the XPan rolls! I’m glad one of these came out actually. This is a log processing area in Coos Bay, Oregon. More on that later. Today’s drive was not fun. I was tired of not being south of Portland yet so I said I’d try to get across […]
Good morning! First things first. Breakfast. “Ask ChatGPT. What’s the best breakfast burrito in Astoria, Oregon that is currently open?” Turns out ChatGPT is a life changer on a road trip. It was at this point I discovered I could be in the absolute middle of nowhere and ask ChatGPT what sights there are to […]
After a wonderful night of sleep in the upstairs Air BNB guest room, Sean and I walked to get some breakfast. Fantastic food and I actually didn’t want to leave Portland today to be honest. Next time will be a few nights to explore more. At least it’s in a days drive. I brought my […]
Current time line interjection… See that? I brought my XPan along on my trip and shot 13 rolls of film! 13! One of the main points of this trip was for it to be a photo adventure to take loads of film pictures. I went out of my way so many times to get panoramic […]
It’s been about five years since I’ve had time off so it’s my turn to change that. Since I’ve set aside a whole month to do this my thought was if I saw something that piqued my interest, just stop, take a picture, and just enjoy. You have plenty of time. Turn that car around […]
3000+ miles later. As The Proclaimers didn’t once say.I would drive five hundred milesAnd then I would drive five hundred moreThen I would even drive five hundred miles againAnd then I would again drive five hundred moreThen again tag on another five hundred milesThen I would have to drive five hundred+ moreJust to be the […]
Fifa is arriving next month and it’s already madness in the city. They wrapped Science World up as a football. It’s done now and looks great. All sorts of construction and people are crawling all over the place. I so can’t be bothered with it all so I’m on the verge of a road trip […]
Of course I took the photo, I’m also not in it. Of course. Not everyone is there for our weekly lunch but this is the largest lighting team assembled in a long time. In other news, this summer a new concert venue is opening just in time for FIFA. It’s also the new venue for […]
Every Olympics they fire up Vancouver’s Olympic Cauldron at the start of the Opening Ceremony. It costs so much to burn they only run it for two hours. A full two weeks would cost $200K. Ain’t nobody laying down the Benjamin’s for that. So every two years we get to see the flames. It is […]
We’ve had the most insane and beautiful fog recently. Walking the streets with streetlights and cars headlights glowing through fog has been amazing. Late in the day I went to the rooftop terrace. I work in a verrrrry tall building. The views were gorgeous. Off in the distance I could see the new Oakridge Centre […]
Not a bad year really. Some crap things but mostly got to tie up some loose ends that had been hanging around for a bit. Didn’t get to travel at all as I had to wait for some paperwork to get sorted but that finally happened. You can’t leave the country while that’s going on. […]