posted by Caleb on Jun 22
This is what I miss about California.
The panoramic setting did something weird with the light, which ended up kind of cool looking.
Click it to see the fullsize version.
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posted by Caleb on Jun 22
I might have mentioned over the past couple of days that I took a bit of a trip to Cali. Well, because I have nothing but love, I am going to treat you guys with pictures of my trip, mostly because I can. That and I’m killing time waiting for the Heller decision to be announced.
My wife and I flew into LAX, which sucked as usual. Once we escaped the hell-hole that is Los Angeles, we proceeded up the California coast to our eventual destination of Morro Bay. Morro Bay is famous for Morro Rock, which is, well, a big sierra foxtrot rock right in the middle of the damn ocean.
I love Morro Bay, it’s one of my favorite places in the country; and I was most pleasantly surprised to find that Harbor Gun Shop was still there, and still doing business. On the 3rd or 4th day that we were there I finally managed to track down their location, and took a picture of their sign. I mentioned to Tam that I had found her “perfect gunshop” and I wasn’t kidding.
The inside lives up to the outside.
On the trip, we also went wine tasting, were attacked by a platoon of assault squirrels, and visted Hearst Castle, and generally had a good time. I’ll actually do a few different posts on the trip since I took a lot of pictures and don’t want to make things too image intense all at once. The last picture I’ll leave you with is one of the car we rented, a Dodge Charger which I drove recklessly up and down the coast at high speeds with no regard for my carbon footprint.
And yeah, I was having as much as I look like I was having.
I can has fast car?
posted by Caleb on Jun 21
Because I’m going to be complaining about the TSA.
Now, I fly a lot for work, and as a result of that I’m a pretty savvy traveler, by the time I get to security I’m practically naked and ready to submit myself to the tender ministrations of the Security Theatre. Now, I understand that not everyone is an efficient traveler - in fact most people are pretty damn stupid about flying, and just aren’t organized at all. I expect that, especially at a big tourist airport like LAX.
And that is what makes the security situation at LAX so completely ridiculous. Unlike the Seattle and Las Vegas TSA set-ups which prepare and assume that people will have lots of bags and be stupid, the LAX TSA does the exact opposite and assumes that everyone is seasoned and skilled; unfortunately that’s never true, and even less so for an airport like LAX, which gets about 10 hoji passengers through its gates.
You would think that a place like LAX would be better at this whole “security” thing. Of course, that would be logical, and LA is anything but that.
posted by Caleb on Jun 21
One more day on the road, although it’s a purely metaphorical road today. I’ll be carried to my adopted home state in the horrible bowels of a giant metal bird - be back in Indiana by about 7pm tonight.
See you guys shortly!
posted by Caleb on Jun 16
On vacation in Central Cali, and I have to tell you, it’s weird not having a reliable internet connection. Having spent most of my life with semi decent web access, and all of my adult life hooked up to the intertrons; I’m both enjoying and hating the spotty connectivity.
That being said, it’s absolutely gorgeous here - the central Coast is my favorite part of California, and while the weather is kind of chilly for my wife, I’m loving it.
posted by Caleb on Jun 13
I can’t wait to be on the road again…
Another trip to the airport, although on the bright side I’m traveling for pleasure for the first time in a while.
Of course, the one day I really, really care about getting to the airport in a timely fashion, my car service is 35 minutes late. Figures.
posted by Caleb on May 16
Light blogging today, as I’m leaving for the NRA Annual Meetings this morning. The Google tells me it’s 2 hours from Indy to Louisville, which should put us there around noon…assuming we leave at 10am as planned.
See you there!
posted by Caleb on Apr 25
If you were one of the people who listened to this Monday’s podcast, I mentioned that it’s my last week in Las Vegas, and to be completely precise, yesterday was my last night in town.
So, I said goodbye to the one thing in Las Vegas that I’m really going to miss. No, not my coworkers, not my office with the big comfy couch, not the starkly beautiful desert mountains in the distance, none of that is what I’m going to miss the most.
If you must know what about Las Vegas I’m going to miss the most, click the fold and find out:
posted by Caleb on Apr 21
Check out below for today’s podcast, on the pros and cons of having been Vegas for the last 3 months, as well as a little waxing nostalgic for my adopted state of Indiana.
If the embedded flash player doesn’t play the audio correctly, just hit the link labeled “download” to listen, or you can click this link to download it on iTunes. The embedded flash player doesn’t always like Internet Explorer 6, however audio should play fine in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7.
posted by Caleb on Apr 8
Upon entering the Grand Canyon yesterday, the first thing I was greeted with was a large sign saying “no firearm”, referring to the current National Park Service rule which prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons in National Parks. Now, you also know that NRA and the Senate are working to change this rule, but it currently remains in affect.
What I found amusing about the “no firearms” sign was that during our walking and driving through the park, I saw no fewer than a dozen signs warning of the dangers of approaching wildlife. Things like “do not approach coyotes, they can bite and inflict serious injury” or “mountain lion area, use caution” were pretty common place.
I understand that wildlife is dangerous, and the park is under a legal obligation to post signs warning stupid tourists that it’s a bad idea to throw your ham sandwich to the cougar; it just seems odd that they would then deny you access to the tool that we invented in part because a human being is not a psychical match for a cougar in a fight.
