Sunday, July 31, 2011

So cal is where my mind stays, but not my state of mind.

This first trip started out in Vegas, went through Phoenix,  over to San Diego, up to LA/ Orange County, and finally a couple stops in Central/ Nor cal.

Vegas and Phoenix were a lot of work, and A lo of driving, we really didn't get a chance to do much at all. the only place we ate of any Note was a out in Scottsdale called Uncle Sams, a pizza/ sandwich place that may have over done it with the Americana decor, but the tasty and in expensive hoagie style sandwiches made up for it.

Fast forward to San Diego.  A couple of interesting mornings working at Lego Land, and a training at the Naval Base left us with a fair amount of time to explore. Friday morning we got done at Lego Land at about 11:00 and didn't need to be to the Navy training for a couple of hours, so our contact took us on a little tour. Cool stuff, the things their artists can build out of legos amazes me.
The capitol building

A portion of the Las Vegas Strip

The Mirage

A New Orleans cemetery

A sail boat, you can see the pulley system most of the boats and a lot of cars were mobile.  Cool stuff.

A little Star Wars action for the nerds
And of course, I guy on a toilet in Grand Central Station.