The site surveys Im conducting has made for busy days of review and discovery, assess and report. Personnel out here in Cali have been cordial and accomodating, and not just in the forced kind of way induced by the reason for my presence.
The trip brings back echoes of the road life and a more active era. I have to say Im enjoying the essence of waking up to buffet breakfast & coming home to fresh everything, before taking off to complimentary social hours for more buffet and free drinks, and falling back in to the room buzzed, fat and happy by sunset falling behind the palms and the smokey hills. I havent bought a meal since I arrived.
Alfredo the maitre d' and I are becoming pretty good friends, and he gives me the lowdown on the local happennings.
Turns out my accomodations are part the dallas cowboys spring training camp rotation, where they stay here and train at the facility just up the street. Seems its on 2 yr rotation, not sure where the alt years are spent.
As I sit here typing, Im a mere 40 ft from the pool and hot tub, where I can hear Hendrix's spanish castle majik ringing from a boombox and the banter of the patrons in the steaming pool of muscle massaging bubbles.
I have only had time to check out a few night spots, possibly I'll expand on that this weekend. I definitely want to head south and check out the music scene.
Ive done a bit of shopping around and found guitar & music gear is notably cheaper here, and have seen a cpl of deals that make the idea of collecting a crate's worth for shipping seem almost warranted. Hmmm, we'll see about that.
Weekends on the way ;)