The L.A. Campaign : Prologue
Three days and counting. It’s been a while since I’ve had a real vacation. Probably over seven years when I went to Maui for my sister’s wedding in January of 2000. Sure I’ve taken ‘vacation’, but it was usually spent visiting my family and friends in Saskatchewan and Alberta while I was living in Ontario. I’m not trying to say those vacations weren’t anything special, but they just weren’t ‘go somewhere cool’ types of vacations.
My friends Ryan and Connie are currently living in Los Angeles, California. As Ryan put it, they are “on a global project.” A quote from their website sums it up.
Leaving Edmonton in September, our home sold, our belongings in storage we have started a new life working on a “global project”. Currently in California, not sure where we are going next (or when), we are enjoying the ride….
As an engineer, Ryan is hopping around the globe from project to project. Los Angeles is their first stop, with rumours of Europe being next. I figured I better take advantage of their journeys and try and visit them in each locale. They’ve been in L.A. for well over a year now, and I was supposed to actually visit them about a year ago. But since I had just made a big (and expensive) move from Guelph to Saskatoon, my trip needed to be postponed until now.
I leave for the city of angels early in the morning of Tuesday, April 3rd and return on Thursday, April 12th giving the three of us plenty of time to do lots of “stuff”. And let me just say, our schedule is FULL of all sorts of “stuff”. Here’s a quick look at our schedule.
- Tuesday, April 3 - Depart for L.A.
- Wednesday, April 4 - Temecula Wine Country
- Thursday, April 5 - The Getty Center
- Friday, April 6 - Hollywood, Rodeo Drive, Sunset Strip, The Tonight Show
- Saturday, April 7 - No plans - just chilling
- Sunday, April 8 - Tour downtown L.A., Lakers vs. Suns NBA game
- Monday, April 9 - Las Vegas, Cirque du Soleil (Love)
- Tuesday, April 10 - Las Vegas
- Wednesday, April 11 - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory tour
- Thursday, April 12 - Depart for Saskatoon
As you can see, I wasn’t kidding. I figured that if I’m going to be out there, I may as well see as much as possible. I’m more-or-less ready to go, and have just a few things to take care of. Today I’m going to buy some American money and shop for some summer-esque clothes. Then I just need to pack, and I’m good to go. I plan on posting everyday while I’m out there, so be sure to check back here to see how everything is going. Hang ten, bra!
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Your missing a couple things.
Saturday we are going to do a drive up the Pacific Coast Highway hit some beaches - Huntington, Venice, Santa Monica. Do some surfing.
Tuesday is Vegas and also a trip out to Hoover Dam too.
Like you said if you are going to come you should do as much as possible.
UPDATE, UPDATE
Your girlfriend Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the Tonight Show on Wednesday. We might have to go that day.
Who knows maybe you will get together - that would make it some trip.
Who’s at The Tonight Show on the Friday we are scheduled to go? The website only goes to this past Friday.
I’m not surfing. I’ll die.