Great day … lots of highlights over at the other blog (www.mc1000blog.com) … too tired to write any personal comments… See you later!

Okay, first of all, there’s a good (but quick) description & pix of today on the Muscle Car 1000 blog…

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The coolest thing for me, though, was a very strange coincidence. As you may know, my dad passed away not too long ago. I haven’t been up to visit his house (and my stepmom Sofia, his wife) again except for the 1-year “anniversary” ceremony we did up here.

Anyway … long-story short … I fall asleep in the car, for the first time … and wake up as we are literally sputtering, about to run out of gas … we exit the freeway, and I realize we’re about 1-mile from my dad’s house. We call Sofia, and she says “come over!” She was just about to leave … we got really lucky. Anyway, I got to see her (and look at the house) for a quick 15 minutes. It was good to see her, but a little sad to walk through the house. When I walked back towards the bathroom, I somehow expected that my dad was going to come out and say HI … I could even hear his voice in my head. So it was impactful… but a good experience.

Apparently this was meant to happen, since the way things worked out we had perfect timing to pick up my good friend Doug Sakurai from the San Fran airport — again, total coincidence — on our way out of there. I’m too tired to tell the whole story, but it was quite interesting. Anyway, tomorrow is drag racing. I’m still incredible behind on video editing, but I’ve made some headway on the pix. Here’s my favorite from today:

I’m sitting at Pebble Beach right now … when I look to my right, I see a golf course and the ocean. It’s stunning. Rather than fully enjoying it all, I’m on my laptop updating the MC1000blog (www.mc1000blog.com) via wireless internet … and editing photos … more later!

Today was fun, but right now I’m kind of worried because I’m falling behind on pic editing and video editing, and it’s only our first full day. I -have- to have the video done by Saturday, and that means I have to be on schedule every day. Hmm… not good.

Anyway, the day started at Bacara in Santa Barbara … and after Read the rest of this entry »

Okay … so today the Muscle Car 1000 adventure has begun. In case you’re not aware, I’m lucky enough to be the official photographer/videographer on this trip from Santa Barbara up the California coast to Napa … and back. I’ll put a few thoughts here, but most updates will be listed on the “official” blog at

www.mc1000blog.com

Sorry to have it in 2 places, but it’s too much work to put it in both places. But I’ll make sure to let you know when there’s another post, and my private reflections will be here.

Today Mark O and I drove in his 1971 Roadrunner. The trip up to Santa Barbara was great … but when we got here we heard that Chris’ car was seriously broken down, as was Mike Belitz’s car. So, we jumped in the Roadrunner to go to Napa Auto parts … and of course, it too wouldn’t start!!

Anyway… the Roadrunner is now fine, but the other cars are dead-on-arrival. Before the start of the rally… too bad.

The rest of the night was nice … a perfect sunset … fantastic dinner … and 3 hours in my room downloading video and editing pix. I can tell this is going to be a difficult trip in that regard … but fun in the days. See below for a quick self-portrait … otherwise, more tomorrow … Read the rest of this entry »

More randomness, as always … I had a very interesting day at my consulting project … but I’m now under lock & key (voluntary) and unfortunately can’t discuss it. Later, though, I can … when the project come out. But I can say it was fun, and it will be good to know that I had a little influence on this specific project.

Also, I just got home (1:30 am) and found out that Madam Vice President of El Salvador has accepted BOTH of my offers for her upcoming trip out here: (1) for a VIP tour of Disneyland, and (2) for a private (unofficial) dinner with just her, me and a few other EOers that she knows (Chris & Alex)… very cool … that stuff always ends up so fun. I didn’t actually think she’d go for either, so the news was a very nice surprise.

In other news, one of my 3 subcribers — whom I always do favors for! — is using his video camera for the first time in like 3 years … during the same exact time that I was hoping to borrow it. What’s up with that!?!

Nothing interesting to report … flew in from Reno this AM … went to work on the consulting project … Read the rest of this entry »

So, I’m up in good old Reno, NV right now. I don’t know where to start, because Read the rest of this entry »

In a few hours I jump on a plane to Reno. My Read the rest of this entry »