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Originally Posted by jpnovak
Looks like a very fun trip. Glad you were able to get away and share.
Makes me want to take a road trip.
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Thanks Jamie, it was an awesome trip. Reading back through my posts makes me want to do it again. Thankfully I have another road trip planned back to the Midwest in August and I'm also doing the Overcrest rally in Utah with the Avocado so I'll get my fill.
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Originally Posted by chrisbalich
Luft by car would be nice.
September is pretty nice in central IN...
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Hopefully, Megan and I will be there!
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Originally Posted by lateapex911
Cool travelog!
So, slight tangent. I used to live in Newport Beach, and I've driven my 911 up to SF to visit friends a number of times. I also rode my Ninja up the PCH one day, a day that set heat records, unforgettable....buuuutttt....
So, the tangent: So Gabe, you just did what I didn't do enough of when I lived in LA. USE California. Now, I was rebooting my career...30 yrs old, getting into the automotive design and prototyping industry....it's an "art field" of sorts in that everyone thinks it's 'cool' and fun so jobs are a bit sketchy for a guy just getting started. I loved my job but the pay, and the sometimes long (100 hr weeks sometimes) sucked.
I wanted to do more "CA things" , but the normal evils of time and money conspired to put a damper on it. Then my mother, in CT, got elderly and sick and I had to move back to care for her, and got stuck..
I'm dying to move back, but it's NOT simple, nor easy.
Soooooo....
To those of you living in CA: I know it's expensive, and can be a crush of work and freeways, and it's easy to get consumed in the day to day as Gabe said....but the state is a treasure. Yosemite is a reasonable drive from LA, the coast is loaded with cool destinations, some off the beaten path, so MANY options. Do weekend trips. Take a Friday off or a Monday (or both!) and get out and enjoy the state. Be a tourist in your own backyard. It's one of my life's regrets that I didn't take advantage of what was so close.
And Gabe, thanks for chronicling the trip, WAY cool.
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Love it Jake!
The "using California" is something I've been increasingly aware of throughout the pandemic. It's too easy to stick in your bubble and with my wife having a "regular" job, even if it is currently remote, has stopped us from taking the time to explore like we really should. With a regular workweek, weekends seem like the only time to get out which makes exploring difficult because it's the same time everyone else is out. I really want to share the travel experiences with my wife but I can't let it stop me from not leaving LA when it's stressing me out.
I've lived in Los Angeles for a little over 9 years and at some point may move elsewhere but before that happens I really want to use it for the jumping-off point that it is. Still need to go to the Grand Canyon, Zion, Anza Borreaga, back to Yosemite (last time I went was in high school), up to the PNW, Idaho, Alaska, and likely so many other places I haven't yet heard of before we take that plunge.
Thank you for reminding me how lucky I am.