marcusharwell.net » road trip http://marcusharwell.net Where rough drafts are a way of life. Tue, 04 May 2010 17:33:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Santa Barbara Trip http://marcusharwell.net/2009/07/santa-barbara-trip/ http://marcusharwell.net/2009/07/santa-barbara-trip/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:30:16 +0000 Marcus http://marcusharwell.net/?p=1028 As a catchup post, we went to Santa Barbara back in mid-June, just to get away from Los Angeles for a bit and to visit a friend I’ve not seen in quite a while. We hung out with Bruce,

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checked out the view,

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Had dinner with Bruce, Sr.,

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and went to the annual Summerland Solstice parade, which was way gayer than anything we saw at Gay Pride.

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I think we’ve found a new getaway spot. Bruce was a great host, and the quick trip made it perfect for a weekend thing.

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It’s more than a little disheartening to think that she likes being with my parents more than being home. Grandparents syndrome?

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But nothing exciting happened. I had the iPod blasting classic rock most of the way (Styx, Asia, Foreigner; all the bands I love to sing along to), then switched to newer indie I hadn’t heard yet, only letting up when Morgan couldn’t stand the volume any more. He demanded the thing and cued up Abbey Road to bring us to our destination.

It’s blurry, but that light berm to the right of the photo above is snow. It still hadn’t melted from days before. I always forget how the high desert keeps the stuff around, as if it were too magical and rare to let it disappear.

And then, suddenly, we were there. There’s a new casino going in just blocks from my parents’ house. Because you simply cannot have too many of them.

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