Annually, my girlfriend and her closest group of friends take a long weekend to Vegas. While we were already here in May for EDC, it is a nice short drive from SoCal, so it can be a good, quick getaway. For the most part, the trip consisted of walking the strip, enjoying a night club, and lots of fun food and drink. A new experience for me on this trip was to take a...
A Road Trip South – USA Pacific Coast – 2019 I’ve done part of the West Coast drive of the USA, typically between San Francisco and San Diego, however, I have longed to go as far as Washington and back. My guess is that there is some really good stuff to experience in Oregon too. Since this post has too much to talk about I’ll let my YouTube...
When my girlfriend said “I wish we could do a road trip and see the Group Therapy Weekender” I knew I had to make it happen. I did not realize the fun we would have. For the most part, it was a nice camping weekend along the Columbia River. The days were hot and the nights cool. More importantly, the music was amazing!
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Greetings from Sugar Pine Point State Park on the California side of Lake Tahoe. Dee and I are on our way to the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington to see the Above and Beyond Group Therapy Weekender camping/music event. From Southern California, this is about 19 hours of driving. In order to break up the trip into more manageable chunks, we are stopping at a few...
For about the last 10 years I have been trying to get tickets to one of the most famous conventions in the world. I’ve been to BlizzCon. I’ve been to QuakeCon too. I’ve even enjoyed Anime Los Angeles. But this event has always sold out and made getting tickets super difficult. Now I only managed to get a Thursday and Sunday ticket before they all...
Waking up early, we packed up our camp and headed to Temecula for some breakfast. Before heading down to Lake Elsinore we enjoyed one more view of the mountains. I didn’t really have much of a plan for the day. I figured we would pay a visit to Palomar mountain and the 200ft observatory there and then figure out the next step from that point. The initial view...
This year I kind of skipped out on the 4th of July. I’d already gotten my firework fix back in may at EDC. Something I have been wanting to do more frequently is to go Car Camping. It is a halfway point between backpacking and full-on RV camping. I still prefer to camp in a tent or hammock but I love the convenience of having a car to carry heavier gear and a...
My work trips this year have been rather limited so I was super excited to finally get to hit the road again. This week has me in the general area of Denver. It seemed like I got an amazing sunrise every day. I enjoyed Cherry Creek Lake park for some running. There were a lot of prairie dogs. Later on, in the week, I took a trip to Downtown Boulder to visit a really...
The girlfriend had some expiring tickets from her previous career. We reached out to a few friends and made a day of enjoying the parks. No, we did not get to go to Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, but we went everywhere else. We started with California Adventure because there was a special this month. The ride named “Soarin'” was reverted to a California...
I’ve been told the original Rock and Roll race was started in San Diego. Last September I purchased a spot for this year’s event. Not sure why I didn’t look at my calendar and realize a week earlier I would be doing the Laguna Hills event. We started at Balboa Park. It was cloudy for most of the race and I enjoyed the resulting temperature. The...