Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Buckeye Farmer stopped by for a visit on his way to visit his friends that live north of me. Was great to visit with him and his wife.

 

[daugen]

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In 2017, Angelenos spent nearly 5 entire days and more than $2,600 sitting in traffic on busy freeways and surface streets. In addition to being the worst in the U.S., it ranks at No. 31 on TomTom's list of cities with the worst traffic in the world.

Ken, you are a world traveler, I can only compare to DC Beltway or Philadelphia blue route. I've driven in Germany and Austria and those folks know how to drive.
Came home and realized we had way too many poor drivers here.
I often wonder if that person ever took driver training.

today's traffic was tiresome because of the darters and incessant lane changers.
They whiz in and out perhaps playing games, or just enjoying the risk.
one missed my front bumper by about ten feet at 50 mph. Good thing I let off the gas. Doesn't matter right or wrong, have to avoid the accident if you can.
one reason I have a dash cam.

hot shower sure felt good. Nothing like hot water on an unhappy neck.
Neck got a workout today, on a swivel in heavy traffic, often where I had to get in middle lane instead of right lane because there were huge exits off to right that would back up three lanes over.

those extra turn signals Popgadget installed on rear of rv have really paid for themselves, folks see multiiple sets of lights high and low blinking and they know you are trying to get over. Sadly there are still many who don't understand the function of turn signals, showing intent instead of completion.

very few motorcycles on this road, and when there were they were coming fast and loud.

I was thinking of a bumper sticker on back
saying Hells Angels are Wimps
I wonder if I'd make it to the state line before getting shot up.

I'm headed to the Sonoran Desert tomorrow for a two day stay.

might try to sneak out later and wash bugs off. Angelino bugs, you know those
are tough suckers....

 

[m7040]

oh my if you can, try to avoid driving near LA.
what an awful drive today, constantly packed four to five lanes, with folks darting back and forth between lanes.

Welcome to LA traffic and haze up against the mountain. Pretty sure it is smog. When we were there we were so surprised when the Santa Anna winds blew the smog out to sea and we discovered there were actually mountains up there.
Lived further South in Long Beach and Costa Mesa but it was convenient for trips going South along the coast. We drove all over and made many friends in the area
Walking distance to the beach made it nice for evening walks
We moved from Montreal in the winter 1968 to LA and went from snow storms and COLD weather to sunny California with pools and palm trees. What a pleasant change

 

[Thomas]

you can kick that nasty illness quickly plowhog.

 

[daugen]

tried to take some pics of small planes taking off from local airport but
didn't get focused in time. So took some pics of houses up on far hill

headed out now with drone. I bet it alarms due to local airport.
I think I may turn it on here before I walk a ways and find out I can't use it.

 

[daugen]

no joy on drone, authorized area due to:

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Wngsprd,

Come on Scotty, a 44F boat ride would be fun! Puffy coats and hot toddies

Ha Ha, just to let you know , we brought a thermos of hot chocolate with us !

 

[Popgadget]

Was that Brackett Field in the second picture?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Ron,
Glad to see you and Dennis had a chance to get together ! Always a pleasure to share time with friends that you talk to on a daily basis !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye Farmer stopped by for a visit on his way to visit his friends that live north of me. Was great to visit with him and his wife.
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Ron, great meeting and talking with you. Made it to supper with our friends up north.