Day trip to Mt. Wilson Observatory, Showing off my new paint... |
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Day trip to Mt. Wilson Observatory, Showing off my new paint... |
ericread |
Jan 19 2009, 10:37 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
I decided to take a day trip from where I live in Irvine, CA to Mt. Wilson, home of the Mt. Wilson Observatory.
For those of you whom don't live in SoCal, Irvine sits at about 45 feet above sea level. The trip to Pasadena (home of the Rose Bowl) is just under 60 miles and takes you to about 860 feet above sea level. Then the road from Pasadena to Mt. Wilson is another 13 miles, and takes you to just about 5,700 feet above sea level. It is also just about one of the twistiest roads I have ever navigated. This is where you leave CA-2 to drive up a very steep two-lane road to the Observatory and all of the major radio/TV transmitters for LA Here's the view from one side... And here's the view from the other side... |
ericread |
Jan 20 2009, 12:37 AM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
I was wearing long jeans on the ride today... But I should have worn my shorts. It was in the high 70's in LA, and about 60 at the top of the mountain. A really, really nice day. Or is this just a come-on and you really want to admire my legs???
The picture of me is at my residence in Irvine this morning. And I was wearing shorts in that picture. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) As for the color, it's a metalflake blue - Viper Blue to be exact. It looks really good in direct sunlight. And it helps to hide some of my bodywork blunders (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) As for rocks and paint chips, I can always get new paint. This car was built to be driven, and that's the fun part (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Eric |
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