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12/29/2006: "Holiday Happiness"

mood: Happy . . duh

Couldn't think of a better subject title, sorry, but it just seemed so appropriate for this entry.

I must have been a good boy this year cause Santa brought me a great toy to augment the coming years, track days. An awesome support vehicle:



It's a 1999 Chevy Silverado 1500. It was my first choice on AutoTrader and I got a smokin' deal on it. Naturally, the F5-60 Chrome Wheels caught my eye, but the mileage is good (expected for a truck this old) and it was well maintained.

I got it just in time to avoid having to ride in the breif but wet winter storm we had last week.

The weather started to clear up a bit and get back to our Sunny SoCal expectations. I had also finally finished restoring Robyn to her "pre-stolen" glory. The last piece I was missing was rear turn signals. Once I was able to get a new license plate hanger from Evolution Composites mounted, I had a place to put the Motrax LED Arrow Turn Signals.

I did that bit of work last night so that I could go out for a ride today. I woke up this morning and gave Robyn a quick cleaning:


I then made my way over to the Rock Store. I stopped there for a bit and chatted with a few of the locals.


I didn't want to waste too much of the warm part of the day (the High was 67F in Malibu) so I continued on down Mulholland. I stopped at another scenic spot on Mulholland to get these pictures.




I didn't even mention that I got a new DigiCam (cause I lost my last one). So, I expect to have much better quality pics from now on.

I may get lucky enough to have time and good weather so I can take a little more spirited ride before the new year.