Despite the blue skies, I don’t think the temp has risen much above freezing since I’ve been here. Sunday morning was a nice and cool 14 degrees, the coldest so far, I think (or at least that I’ve been outside for). But the sun is out, so I shouldn’t complain too much. I still haven’t found the motivation to go for a run, maybe a few more days to adjust to the temperature…
Still a bit jet lagged the other night, took this out of the bedroom window at about 5:00am
If I search for Santa Barbara to Frankfurt and your website displays a flight and price, then don’t waste my time by telling me that the price is no longer available once I select that flight! I’ve spent the last hour on numerous websites looking for a good ticket price, and nearly every time, I get the “We’re sorry, that flight is no longer available at that price. The new price will be $99,999,999,681.00. Thank you.” If it’s no longer available, then don’t display it!!!
Blöd! (practicing my German)
Nice day today. Seems I still can’t remember it’s 2008 though. Germany in 10 days…
Go see this film.
Its playing twice during the Santa Barbara International Film fest: Sunday the 27th at 4:30 and Tuesday the 29th at 4:30. Both times at the Arlington.
It’s about the brothers Alexander and Thomas Huber and their speed record attempt of the Nose on El Capitan. I was lucky to be at the premier last spring in Germany, but will try and go again tomorrow (as it will hopefully have been subtitled, originally in German). Even if your not especially into climbing, I think it would still be a nice film to see as it has some stunning scenery of the Valley, as well as Patagonia and Germany. This film is about their attempts a couple years ago, not last years. In October last year, while my girlfriend and I were passing through the valley we spoke briefly with Alex about the progress on their latest attempt. A couple weeks later, on Oct. 8th, they set the record at 2:45.45. That is 2,900 vertical feet of granite. Most normal people take around 4-5 days…
Standing on a chair in my front yard. USS Ronald Regan at sunrise, a few days back. I’ll try and get on the roof next time.
It is a pretty rare event that we get some snow in the mountains here. My brother and I made plans to head up to the hills after he got off work this evening. We made it about half way up Gibralter before we were turned around by the police. Said we would get stuck. Only in Santa Barbara…
Tooth. Made a visit to the dentist yesterday, walked away with this…
My good old 1983 Toyota Master Ace Surf Super Touring Edition. No power steering, AM radio, 1.8 Liter engine and lots of rust. But it had a comfy bed, a couple stoves, and kept me dry and warm for 7 months while in New Zealand. It took me to some of the most beautiful places I will ever see in my life and survived some gnarly roads. Here it is with Mt. Cook in the background, sometime just after dawn… Everyone should travel like this at some point in their life. The freedom to just find some amazing place, spend a night or two, then move on to some other amazing place; no words can describe.
I’ve been working on my long overdue new website for the past week or so. In 3 weeks I’m going back to Germany, then returning to California at the beginning of March, only to spend a couple weeks in San Felipe, Mexico for the Baja 250, then flying back to Germany at the end of March.
