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Maui, 2016
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Bugs - loved the battery “milk crates”
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Roadtrip To SLO - Pt 1
My brother had been bugging me to come up for a visit, just because but also because he’d picked up a new toy for the stable…
Leaving LA http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635119.jpg About a nano-second after entering the freeway I felt like a minnow in a great big ocean… http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635170.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635170.jpg Blurry, but the only air-cooled car I saw http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635270.jpg Top-down, six cylinders flying, chilly outside, just a 52 year old engine fan but getting plenty of heat, I had to light a stogey. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635324.jpg A harbinger of things to come…? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635547.jpg First sight of the Pacific south of Ventura http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635596.jpg First stop along the 154 at a “Vista Point” showcasing the beautiful Santa Inez River Valley below. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701635749.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701636009.jpg |
SLO Trip - Pt 2
Gratuitous shot at the vista point
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701637932.jpg So satisfying to see Cachuma nearly full. The most water I’ve ever seen behind the dam. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701636242.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701636242.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701636242.jpg Fall on the Cemtral Coast http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701637751.jpg |
I hate you, I really do.:cool:
Targa, Central Coast, I have a brother, blah, blah... From cold and rainy Maryland: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638375.jpg I love the pictures...:) |
SLO Pt 3:
A 2002 BMW. Z8 w/ 24K on the clock. And very well maintained! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638090.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638090.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638090.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638090.jpg <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gBzTatUGhyg?si=oNefTZ4Og72CwvHp" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> We’re both Porsche guys, but I’m hard pressed to come up with any car more beautiful than this one. Designed by Mr Fisker, he just seemed to get every detail right. Am I wrong? I’m especially fond of this angle: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638436.jpg So many great details. This vent includes LED side marker lights http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701638526.jpg |
SLO Pt 4
Sorry Paul - I know these are your old (warm) hunting grounds… I made a fun, spirited drive to Morro Bay. The 400 hp V8 pulls like a locomotive, and it’s fairly svelte with the all aluminum body. And yes, a 6 speed manual! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701643745.jpg Dinner at Dockside with lots of local color and a stunning sunset. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701643930.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701643930.jpg As if on call from central casting, a mama sea otter swam by carrying her baby. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644051.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644051.jpg Finished the evening with a short drive up to Cayucos to see our sister http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644353.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644353.jpg |
SLO Pt 5
Those who live on other coasts next to other oceans may find this surprising, but along her 840 miles there is only one small stretch of sand you where it’s still legal to drive on California's sandy coast. (Ps. they’re always making noise/threatening to close it, so if you ever want to do it, don’t wait – I don’t.)
When’s the last time an early 911 drove on the Pacific sand? I'll say it did turn a few heads... And what.a.blast it was! That six cylinder over the rear wheels gies excellent traction, but I stayed on the hard-pack just to be sure. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644536.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644536.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644536.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701644536.jpg <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AW-JiTWohBA?si=dcE1cL4-HUlTdbvZ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> The last time I drove my car on Pismo - 16 years ago, with my then 11 year old son! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701645816.jpg |
SLO - Finis!
Headed for home, another cigar for the road, Santa Cruz Island and home!
5527 trouble-free miles, 27.4 gal of high-test gas, and around 18 mpg. Seems a little low to me (Skip?). Most of the driving was between 75-80 mph, with some spirited driving around SLO, but it seems to me in years past it was closer to 20-21. Anyone else know what mpg they’re MFI car normally averages? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701646002.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701646002.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701646002.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701646002.jpg |
The MV Palau Islander in the port of Colonia, Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia. June, 1966. In our passage out of Guam on the Palau Islander we passed right over the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench.
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Fantastic trip report David and great photos too!
SoCal has a lot of sunshine and great roads once you are off the 5. I understand Seahawk, gets dark here before 4:30... sometimes the clouds part for a bit http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.jpg Favorite cheap workout location included in a 5 mile loop right out my door- 240 steps through the trees named the Zimmerman Hill Climb. Northern orientation to ensure slippery steps in winter- I usually go counterclockwise so this is downhill first, good warm up then decide if a climb and decent effort is OK with the left knee- http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.jpg Time to head home, getting dark and scary soon! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701798828.jpg |
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Front end flipped it end over end off a 18' drop off. with a couple rolls for good measure.
thank god for 6 point harnesses! I was bruised but intact. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1701810338.jpg |
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