back home again

Well I'm back from vacation. Had a blast in so-cal as i usually do. Have to say my visit to the Griffith observatory might have been the highlight of my trip. If your ever in the Los Angeles area in highly recommend checking it out. Here is a link to the web site . It was a great night to view Los Angeles from the observatory. If your into learning or relearning things about our planet this is the place for you. If you want a great view of the Hollywood sign it's the place for you. I wanted to go for a hike to the top. The had a nice groomed trail that started probably a mile or so down the hill. It kind of steep. If your out of shape it's not for you. But as you can see from my first pic the view from the trail looking on downtown LA is pretty great. I also took a pic of the Hollywood sign. Kind of funny but of the many many many times I've been to LA i have never seen the sign. Of course i never really looked for it either.

Day two found myself at Disneyland/California Adventures. I can't ever say enough about those two places i just love going there. If i lived in SO-Cal i would be there all the time. I stayed till about 9:30pm then beat the crowd out as the fireworks were going off.

Day three went to the car races at Irwindale speedway. They had a great crowd that night. Probably the biggest crowd i have ever seen there. My guess 4000-5000 people. That's just a guess but the place was packed. I'll be back the in January for the Toyota all-star race.It'd the who's who's of short track racing across the country. I have only missed one year so far. I think this will be year 6 of the race.

Day four saw me getting up very early. I was driving down the PCH all the way to Del Mar for the horses. I had plans to stop in Laguna Beach for breakfast. So i was up at 4:30 am and on the road by 5am. The drive was very very nice and relaxing. I did stop a few times to take in the views of the ocean. Did take a quick pic of some surfers in Huntington Beach. I finally made it to Laguna Beach and the Coyote Grill about 8am. The food was great and also had a nice view of the Ocean as i was eating breakfast. So If your ever in Laguna Beach check out the coyote grill . Next it was a stop in Dana Point at the Dana Point doughnut shop. I did stop by here last year for the first time. It's a nice little shop just off the ocean but still on the PCH.

Finally i had made it down to the Del Mar Horse track. I was looking forward to a great day of horse racing. I was also looking forward to seeing one of the best race horses in the last 10 years or so.The horses name was Zenyatta. she was 11-0 before the race and she won to go to 12-0. It was very packed with lots of fans wanting too see this great horse. The picture you can see at the top is Zenyatta in the horse Paddock. I didn't make any money that day but i had fun sitting in the sun and soaking up the rays as it poured down rain back home.

Day 5 took me up to Magic Mountain for a day of crazy rides. Holy cow is all i can say. I thought i had been on cool rides before. Well this place blew everthing out of the water. If you want thrills this is the place for you.
Im running out of energy for this blog. i don't have much to say about my last day. it was filled with packing heading over to the mall for a movies and a very nice lunch.

thats it for now time to get back to work yahoo.