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09/22/06- Hiboy and I heard about a cool event taking place in Orange
county,
called "Cruise for a cure". 3500 classic cars
were expected to gather at the OC fairgrounds to
raise funds for prostate cancer research. Although
neither Hiboy nor I were at risk of ever having any prostate problems
LOL, we felt it was a worthy cause and sure sounded like a fun event.
But Costa Mesa was a lot further than we had ever traveled, especially
on surface streets! Would we make it in one piece? Would we break down
on the way there? How long would it take us? We weighed the many risks
and the more of them we found, the more challenging the trip sounded.
In the end, we just looked at each other, shrugged it all away and
simply said: "What the heck, LET'S DO IT!".
THE LONG TRIP TO
LAGUNA HILLS....
We decided to take
the scenic route down to Orange County and to seek refuge at our good
friend Marcelle, who's guest room was as open to me as her garage was
to Hiboy. We packed light and hit the road early on Friday, traveling
down Ventura Blvd, then Sepulveda, then Pacific Coast Highway all the
way to Long beach. We stopped along the way to do some sight seeing,
including the Veteran's cemetery, Redondo beach Pier (for a yummy cup
of Clam chowder) and an additional stop to screw the steering column
back in place (toolboxes: never leave home without them!) LOL. The sky
was heavy with dark clouds but it didn't fade us. We had Faith and
rain did not fall that day. Near Long Beach we got stuck in
unimaginable traffic! I kept an eye on hiboy's temperature gage but
the roadster kept his cool (literally LOL), reading his usual 160F. We
then shot across the valley to reach the old town of Orange, where we
visited C.W Moss, a cool hotrod shop filled with roadster parts. Hiboy
was quite a hit! I got a new latch, license plate frame, battery
disconnect unit, high beam switch and a few other much needed nick
nacks. By then we had been on the road for 8 hours already. We cruised
further West to visit an old friend of mine and then shot South to
finally reach marcelle's home at around 8PM. Thanks to my Thomas
guide, we never got lost. I have to say I am pretty darn handy with
maps, probably the reward of living in so many different countries
since age 10. I sure was happy to pull into Marcelle's garage, after
10.5 hours spent cruising. She had ousted her husband's car to the
outside parking lot, giving Hiboy all the room he needed to stretch
his tired, sore little tires :).
Below are some photos
taken on the way down, then select " next adventure" to continue
reading about the Cruise for a cure show itself.
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can't undertake an early morning cruise without COFFEE !! Hiboy gets his coffee, too :) One woman, one roadster and 150 miles of crazy city streets a surreal stop at the veteran's cemetary - sure feels good to be alive! Many WWII heros are burried there... I hope they enjoyed the roadster's visit. we finally reach Pacific Coast Highway! this is as far south as we've ever been here reaching old town Orange Parked behind C.W Moss, my new CANDY STORE We reach Marcelle's compound - this photo was actually taken the next morning, but you get the idea. You can see Marcelle's daughter in the roadster. YEYYYYY! We made it safely to our final destination for day ONE (marcelle's garage)  can't undertake an early morning cruise without COFFEE !!
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