Field Day 2016

Every year, we get to close the store and spend the day out in the field.  A "Field Day" if you will.  And we will.  

Here's a bunch of folks surfing.  

And here's a bunch of non-surfing

Big Old Trees

Finally, time to go do something worth doing again.  This time, I took the gear and headed up the road to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.  Or, to be technically accurate, the Sequoia part of the parks.  

Here we see a rare image from the road, what shall be called a "sign" if you will.  

Here we get a special guest appearance from my backpack.  It's the small blue object.  

Here we see one of the many groves of Sequoia trees.  Sequoias are the largest trees by volume in the world.  Some are taller, some wider, but none as huge.  

This is Chief Sequoyah, arguably the "Chief" of the Sequoias.  Or Sequoyahs.  Either way.  

As with all things worth doing, just getting there was difficult.  The drive into the park made the guy who's afraid of heights really question his decision-making skills.  

But views like this made it worth it.  

And getting to see a clear blue sky behind the rich green of the trees was worth the hour - yes, hour - of twisting and turning roads.  (Note, I did absolutely nothing to this photo in post, the sky was that blue.)

As the sun slid lower towards the horizon, it cast a brilliant glow amongst the trees.  

And as a special bonus, water!  

The Petersen Auto Museum

Take a trip to the car museum they said.  It'll be fun they said.  Well, they were right.  

The Petersen Automotive Museum in LA was everything it was supposed to be and much more.  

There were classic cars...

Bat cars...

Fast cars...

Fancy cars...

Whatever this car is...

Cars with really expensive hood ornaments...

"Cars" with no hood ornaments (or hoods for that matter)...

Even gold cars...

And the 2017 Ford GT.  600 horsepower twin turbocharged V-6 engine.  Carbon fiber body.  Aerodynamics designed to let wind pass through and around the car.  $400,000.  I'll take one, please.