Styling

Went out to capture the last of the fall colors today with the Stingray. It's all about the journey, and the 'vette gets you there with style. Not the North East, but still beautiful. Now to do some drawings and painting with the fall colors. Wish I could drive the 'vette more often, but really limited up here in snow country. Should sell it (been saying that for at least the last two years).

A Camping Icon

Actually, it still is possible to go into debt in these uncertain
times. We now have a 2007 Airstream Safari 27'. Great camper with lots
of bells and whistles, including a full-time queen size bed. Took
delivery on Friday morning at the Boomtown Casino near Reno, then
headed south to Walker River RV Resort for a shake down cruise. The
trailer had come up from Los Banos to Boomtown earlier that morning.
Taking possession in Nevada saves a lot of money.

Hoping to use it on a regular basis during winter by heading south.
Will schedule in a lot of vacation time since biz is slow anyway.
Looking to do Route 66 in the spring. Lots of plein aire painting and
drawing. Drives like a dream compared go the boxy trailers. The air
simply flows across the unit without building up a vacuum behind it to
drag on the tow vehicle

The Ocean

The last few times I've been down in San Diego, I did not see the
ocean, or it was dark. This time I made a concerted effort to get to
the ocean during the day. First was Ocean Beach, a small true beach
community that has not changed much since I first came there many,
many years ago while I was in the navy. Though they have fought the
fast food invasion over the years, there is a Starbucks on Newport
Avenue down by the beach. Afterwards, I met up with Scott in Pacific
Beach for lunch. The Crystal Pier (in the photo) has changed. For many
years the cottages were available for off season rental for very cheap
monthly rates. Guess some yuppies must have bought it, because now it
rents for $200 to over $300 per night year around. So much for the
"good old days". However, most of Pacific Beach has changed. It's
almost like the young people that I hung out with in the 70's never
left, though I know this is a new crop. The ones I hung out with now
are in Suburbia with subprime loans on the verge of foreclosure. Okay,
enough of reality. Back to the beautiful Pacific Ocean.