goofing around...

at Party City...

Friday brunch.

at the Avocado House.

so cal at it's best.

absolutely amazing spring day...

thursday stat meets.

sometimes I miss being the network techie... working on problems with
no known solutions... fun times.

hoping for an easy day today.

positive attitude. let's make this day be like peanuts....easy. ika
nga sa tagalog, maniin natin 'to.

put your feet up. literally.

what a rough morning. really just had to put my feet up. don't worry,
I closed my office door. I'm not taking any visitors for the next
hour...

it's Tuesday.

project status meetings.

got front row seat...

... for the Daryl Gates funeral. heard a really awesome singer do a
sound check, gun fire???... and a whole bunch if cops arriving.

traffic mess...

traffic will be screwy downtown today due to the funeral. although we
still are greatful for Chief Gates, thank for the SWAT...I'm pretty
sure they saved lives..

healthy living.

prepping for the week, shopping for chow supplies.

1st Degree.

waiting for it's rightful owner.

all color belt ceremony.

black belt ceremony.

finally.

bus stop billboard.

accidental self-portrait?

mid-day bus stop.

on Hope & 1st St. the express buses don't start running until 2:30pm..

will work for food.

the office ref is loaded good for the day. you are what you eat. u can
totally match the lunch with the person in the office... let's see,
brought the frozen pastries...?

tuesday project stat meetings.

Keens.

best trail shoes. enough said. get one!

videographer for a day.

hmmm, I don't know anything about videography other than taking videos
of the kiddos... hope this comes out ok. HD video cam + a tripod =
video gig?

Earth Day Story Time...

earth day at Claremont...

at the packing house children's story time...

Saturday breakfast nook.

the usual please...

breakfast....

guess where???....

happy camper.

breakfast done. next stop Cal Poly...

home made...

at the Avocado House. food was awesome, found out that the pancake
syrup is home made, they bake their own bread... veggies can't get any
fresher...

avocado house.

breakfast at the avocado house, nice mom & pop family ran breakfast
place. very fresh and relaxing...

Crazy 8.

at Crazy 8 in Santa Anita Mall... shopping for gifts for the pinsans...

prepping for the week.

looking for low fat, low sodium and low cholesterol alternatives....
hahaha... tough in this culture...

the ultimate driving...

... you know the rest. it's a really nice 5-day trip. we got rained
on, snowed on and baked in the hot sun. long open highways for high
speed driving to twisty mountain roads for fun car handling testing.
we got up over 7000 ft to -4 ft in elevation... had hours of non-stop
driving to sitting in traffic. the snow warning in the bim lit up at
23 degrees, at during the desert drive we hit 92 degrees.

the kiddos tested the electronics by having DVD players plugged in the
whole time... performance is a sure thing, fun to drive a guaranteed
bonus. mpg was excellent even an average of 80+ mph got 30mpg.
mountain driving at an average of 65+ got 26mpg. with a total of 1,250
miles, the bim ate 3 tanks full of premium petrol.

can't really say much anymore until you get to drive one hard,
shifting at redlines and turning at hairpin mountain roads.... can't
wait to get an M3.

now back in S. Cal for a car wash to get ready for next adventure

the ultimate bug killer.

it's incredible how much bugs we murdered on the way to phoenix....

back in Cali...

trafffffiiiiiiixcccccc.......,

lunch break from the long drive.

@ Ruby's for a lunch break....

dinner time.

it was a bit of a long drive on the I-17. but we are already checked-
in at the hotel for the evening. rest up for the trip back to
California. we already drove 850+ miles in the last 4 days...

5 & Diner.

a 50's Diner style place for dinner in Phoenix, Az.

ice cream break...

.... enjoying an awesome afternoon in Sedona, Arizona. sights are
great, temps can't be any better, crowd is absolutely ideal.

get your kicks...

...on route 66.

corvettes at the parking lot.

coffee anyone?

S's new Sedonian friend.

goofing around at lunch time.

lunch in Sedona.

chow. drive. explore. last day touring. back to Cali tomorrow via
I-10. I will surely miss the I-40 drive. the drive through the
Sedona Red Rocks was fun...

Sedona Az

driving to Old Town Sedona. just came from Sliding Rock, on the way to
Chapel of the Holy Cross... awesome drive through Hwy 89.

good morning flagstaff, good bye flagstaff.

getting ready for a drive and exploring Sedona.... then on the way to
Phoenix.

Grand Canyon South Rim

most tourists see the North Rim being it's closer to Las Vegas. the
South Rim is actually less crowded and has awesome long pathways next
to the rim. u can actually spend the whole day on a decent leisure
stroll by the rim with a lot of photo ops...

we will also visit the Grandview Point and the Grand Canyon Village b4
heading back to Flagstaff about 80 miles away...

native american dream catcher.

the gift shop inside the Desert View Watchtower found along the Grand
Canyon South Rim, just about a mile from the East Entrance..

Grand Canyon , Az

at the East Rim Dr. entrance on the way to the South Rim. Desert
Watchtower next stop...

BWW. Blazin...

not approved for underarm use. dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings, got my
usual fav mango habanero but decided to try blazin... it was surely
blazingly too hot! flavor lost, burning face and lips. imho the mango
habanero is the best if you like hot, hot, hot...

directions, directions....

cruising on Route 66 on the way to Lowell Observatory. we passed by
Flagstaff's Historic District and ran across the collection of freeway
signs... if you were lost and looking for directions, you better be
able to read fast across this intersection....

the mother road.

on route 66, Arizona. still cruising around old town Flagstaff on
Route 66. I just observed 3 cowboys exit a Chinese Szechuan
Restaurant... funny sight...

walnut canyon national monument

iPhone photo. i used the Camera Genius app timer. can't even see what i was shooting since i had to put the iphone down on the stairs. hahaha nice try...