This trip was one of the most memorable trips I have ever made to California for so many reasons and there was no dull moments this weekend. For most of you out there that doesn’t know what the chronicles meet is or are not into cars, the meet is put on by stickydiljoe.com aka The Chronicles.  This blog has been dedicated to Hondas and is one of the best blogs to date, it has been a part of my life to follow this blog to keep up with the latest trends, events, and the west coast seen that I can’t always keep up with.  Well once I heard about this meet going on I hit up Aaron who also is one of my new blog writers.  I told him what was going on since he is also a follower of The Chronicles; he told me he was going to buy a VIP spot later that week then get back to me about going.  As time got closer I got to thinking what all needed to be done before making this trip.  I had a few plans to get dressed up for the show but didn’t know what I wanted to wear around so I got this crazy idea as always and I went out and bought a Gumby Halloween costume since I needed it for the following weekend in Vegas anyways.  When I told Aaron this idea I had he just couldn’t stop laughing about what this would look like rolling  into the meet with me dressed up like that in the Sol.

Friday October 21^st finally arrived, the day we make our trek down to California.  It was kind of an odd day for me that day at work and I just didn’t care what was going on since I was about to head down to California.  As I sat there waiting for Aaron to text me I had a two people come into my work asking me if I would like to try this energy drink and if I would let them take a photo of me holding one I could have a box of them.  I was fast at saying “hell yeah” little did they know I would put them to the test later that night on the trek down to California.  The time was about 3:00 p.m. when Aaron finally showed up to my work, we made our way over to Home Depot to get some blue tape.  If you don’t know what blue tape is used for then just take a look at the photos.  Most car guys will do this on long runs with show cars, fresh paint, or just to protect the car from elements that might damage the paint.    Once the car was taped up we dropped my car off and loaded up the Del Sol and hit the road.

As soon as we hit the freeway it was like bumper to bumper traffic, traffic was moving steady and opened up a little more once we got out of Las Vegas.  The drive down was great since it was just cooling off for the day with the sun slowly dropping.  By the time we got to Aarons moms place we had a few hours to relax and get ready to venture to old town Pasadena to bar hop.  Last time I made the trip to downtown area I only got to see one bar where I got a little tipsy.  This time around I wanted to stay mellow and enjoy some of the local spots; we hit up this one place I think was called Jakes.  This place had some amazing   burgers and I wish I would have had my camera to take photos because the burger looked just as good as it tasted.  After eating there we made our way over to the great bar that had so much going on it really made me feel like I was in the hip-hop version of Double Down.  We kicked it over there and finished a few more beers as we talked about random things from the night.  The best part of the night was when some drunken girl came up and just started talking to us like we were her friends for years. She started asking us if we knew where her friend was because she couldn’t find him.  This drunken Asian guy then walks up next to us and starts like creeping, acting like he was part of the conversation until he knocks over this empty keg that was stacked next to him.  When they called last call it was funny to Aaron and I since we don’t have that out here in Las Vegas.

We made our way out of the bar and grabbed a taxi back to Aarons place. We need to get some sleep so that we could get up early morning to get things ready for Year 3.  When I got up around 8:30 a.m. to go see if Aaron was up I realized he was already outside working on his car.  I walked out there to find he had already washed the car and was already working on the cleaning of his engine bay.  As soon as he was done we got ready and I slipped into my Gumby costume.  We had to take the top off the Sol so that I could fit my head in the car since I had the Gumby costume on.  We rolled over to Corona where the event was taking place at Eibach Springs.  After arriving I walked around as Gumby for about two hours and let me tell you I was so hot I felt like I was stock in a hot house with no a/c.   I made my way over to the Sol to get out of Gumby and get my camera.  I started snapping images like always and after the meet was over we made our way to downtown L.A. so we could meet up with some people to get some dinner.

Driving around the city at dusk was one of the most amazing views I have seen in a longtime so I had to snap a photo as we were driving.  We drove into downtown and I just wanted to take photos of everything I saw as we drove by old buildings and signs.  I did get to snap a few while waiting to go to dinner and a few once we got to Mr. Pizza where the funny stuff would start.  I must say this pizza place was very nice and the food was amazing.  This was the first time I have ever had pizza with crab on it and sweet potato in the crust.  If you ever get a chance to go then get over there, just try something different.  Funny thing is my belt broke before we started eating, all I could think of is what was I going to do to keep my shorts on.  I told everyone that I was going to need to stop somewhere to get a new belt, then that’s when one of the girls we were with says “We can go to my place and I will make you one”  I was thinking this girl has to be joking.  After we finished eating we made another stop over at Yogurt Land because the girls wanted some.

After they finished their yogurt we headed over to the girls house who said she was going to make me a belt.  We got there and called in an order for delivery, yes delivery but not for food as most people would think.  This was delivery for a few six packs of beer, even in Vegas we don’t have anything like that or do we and I just don’t know.  As we wait for our delivery this girl is hard at work making me a belt from black denim.  Let me tell you, this was the funniest thing I think that has ever happened to me when on a trip.  I ended up using this belt for the rest of the weekend so she shaved me from spending money on a new one.  I almost forgot after we left to head back we started walking to Aarons Sol we saw about 14 cop cars and a ton walking around this building.  One of the police officers had a shot gun and as they walked past us he loaded it with a smile.  He was so excited that we decided it was better to walk around the other way to get to his car.

The next day we ended up just relaxing over at Aarons before we made our Trek back to Las Vegas.  I think a little after noon we got ready and started heading back only to get about an hour into our drive when we realized we were super hot in the car.  I looked at Aaron and said “Is it just me or did it just get really hot in here”, Aaron quickly replied back “I thought the same thing”.  We both looked down and his car was just starting to overheat so we pulled off the next exit to let the car cool down.  We didn’t know what the issue was so we ended up letting the car cool down.  We checked a few things before we decided not to go on so we turned around.  Once we got back on the road we started thinking what we were going to do to get back since Aaron had to be at work later that night.  We checked plane tickets, bus tickets, and maybe renting a car but all were too late to do.

We ended up catching a shuttle from there to Las Vegas that was much better then riding a bus.  This shuttle was only 40 bucks plus they had movies to watch on the road back.  On the way back we made a stop at this huge station that happens to be on Route 66, first thing that came to me was Amarillo Texas.  I love Route 66 since it has so much car history and with me being so into cars it was very touching.  When we stopped there we had something to eat and got to just relax before getting back into the van.  We made it back to Vegas in time for Aaron to go to work and me to get a good night’s rest.  So there you have it, my crazy 3 day weekend that was more of a YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE moments.

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