I went on a little adventure. Mollie had a week off school for spring break, so the two of us went to visit my mom in the Bay Area. Now I have a few days of pictures to share before I go back to… doing whatever it is I do around here…
I tried on Mollie’s sunglasses while we were driving up there… down there… we were going North, so they call it ‘up’, but only because that is the way we draw the maps. We stayed pretty close to sea level, so I guess you could say we went over there.
As we were approaching Los Angeles, we spotted a helicopter on the freeway.
You don’t usually see a helicopter on the freeway. But that is why I call my travels adventures.
So buckle up… we have some pictures to look at, and some stories to tell.
Pouring My Art Out 
I really, really, really like your haircut in these pics!
thanks
First time I’ve seen your trips without blue skies!
We have real weather sometimes…
It looks it.
HA!
I can’t wait.
me neither
Cool chopper.
It was a nice one.
Hey… I just did that peanut butter table post… I really hope you like it… it is sort of silly.
Sweet!
I hope so.
The chopper was on a trailer, but was anyone in the chopper?
That may actually be the only way I’d travel in a helicopter: while it’s moving because it’s sitting on a trailer. 🙂
That would be sort of cool…
I’ll take my chances on a plane. At least I understand the aerodynamics involved, a bit. If the engines fail there is *some* chance to glide in to a landing. When a chopper loses it’s engine, it drops like a rock. Too scary pour moi.
I know what you mean
This explains why you made no comment about either the whips or the chains.
Also, Mollie’s got some sweet aviators.
Lastly, have fun over there!
yes yes yes
My Hubby would have been totally drooling over the chopper, in fact he may have been trying to find a way to fly it! lol Welcome back. Redbubble button 😉
Oh… right…
ha
yup
I love troad trips!
me too
You said you were going to visit your mom in the Bay Area. The San Francisco Bay Area? And don’t you live in SoCal? But you wrote, “…while we were driving up there… down there… we were going North, so they call it down, but only because that is the way we draw the maps.”
I’m usually pretty good at geography and map reading, but now I’m not so sure. If you were going north, why would you be going “down” there? Since when do maps call heading north from where you are “down”? Map-wise, north is “up” and south is “down.” (Unless you’re holding the map upside down, but that’s a whole nuther story.)
I live in San Francisco. If I were driving to, say, Portland, I’d be driving north and I would be heading up to Portland. If I were driving to LA, I’d be driving south and I would be heading down to LA. I am so confused! Which way is up?
Aw, forget about it. Let’s see the damn pictures already!
I messed that all up… I will edit it… that is why I call it ‘across’ or ‘over’.
The funny thing is that when ever I go somewhere, I call it ‘going down there’. No matter what direction it is.
Ha. My wife always says “up” when referring the direction of a higher elevation, which makes some sense if you know the geography. But if you don’t, does “up” mean left or right? Does it mean north or south (or east or west)?
I just say I am going down… even if it is North… or East… or at a higher elevation… which is why I got confused in my post…
Duuuuuude…. now I’m totally lost.
Just remember, Trent, if you’re traveling uphill, you’re going north. If you’re traveling downhill, you’re going south. And if you’re traveling on level ground, you must, therefore be traveling either east or west. depending upon where you’re heading. And most important, the shortest distance between two points, is a straight line. And the sum of the angles of a triangle always equals 180 degrees in both winter and summer. And the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. So always turn right.
Are you totally found now?
The fastest way to get out of a maze is to always turn right.
That is amaze-ingly good advice.
Particularly if you want to be PUN-ctual.
…ooo000ooo…
sigh
not always
ALWAYS
shhhhh
hisssssss
ahhhhhh
HA
wah
a-haw haw haw haw
sigh… or did I say that already?
I think you tried to shush me. That’s almost the same. Sort of…
Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, that one.
it is…
S—T—R—E—T—C—H
like a cat
mrowr!
ha
So when you go down… you are going down South, but when you go all the sway down… you… never mind
Ha! Yeah, never mind. Good call, PMAO!
sigh
I think I’m totally screwed… I can’t believe you throw a hypotenuse in there… that sent me off the rails.
Hypotenuses are dangerous… they kill more people in Africa than lions or crocodiles…
Plus they have sum-of-the-squares disease… nasty bit of work, that.
That about sums it up
Not to worry, Trent. I have exhausted everything I remember from my 10th grade plain geometry class. But still, just turn right, unless you’re a liberal. Then turn left.
Just turn in…
Or just turn on.
Let me know how that turns out…
again
Taking photos of choppers then eh?
well, it was there…