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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

 

At the end of January, we headed down to Ventura for a dog show. 

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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

We headed out to Del Mar in February for a dog show. We had a few storms pass through on the drive. 

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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

We began 2023 with a car trip to Palm Springs for the first dog show of the season. The weather was fantastic and we stayed again at the La Quinta Resort & Club. We took my bike, so I got a few long rides through the area, although I couldn’t quite find the Thermal Club. We drove out to see it one afternoon.

 

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By peterm, 22 November, 2023

Back in June 2023, at LPR's Autocross #5 at Salinas Airport an interesting thing happened.

As I went into full brake at the finish of my first run, the drivers side headlight shot out of the car. I'm sure it gave the timing station quite a start as it bounced across the tarmac.

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By peterm, 22 November, 2023

In late 2021, we began a terrace project to our lower hillside. We had come to find through a property survey that we had approximately 100' of slope to manage. In an effort to comply with Firewise principles (brush cutting, defensible space), we figured that grading, retaining and adding astroturf would give us more space for kids and dog training. Along the way, we built in some additional steps and planter boxes.

The project finished just prior to the Winter of 2023 and the heavy rainfall we had. We some minor damage to gravell paths but that's fixable.

Here's some shots.

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By peterm, 22 November, 2023

Lynda and Leo went down to Carmel to drink some coffee and watch the Poodle Day Parade. If you didn't know, Carmel is a hot spot for poodles. Here’s a few shots of the scene.

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By peterm, 21 November, 2023

Sure, we had rain (20" ?). That brought out flowers! Lot's of violet purples this season.

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By peterm, 21 November, 2023

For a short period of time in 2021, I had two Porsche 911's. But, you can only drive one at a time and the 2013 is a lot faster...

So, the black 2001 996 went up for sale. I included some track wheels and tires in the sale. Due to the pandemic, it actually sold for slightly more than I bought it for. I held it for six years and put over 60k miles on it. Here's some shots.

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By peterm, 5 November, 2023

Well, its the end of the season for me. My last days to participate were the 10/28-29/23 dates at the Salinas Airport. Car felt good and both days I felt like I was improving my line and dropping my times throughout both days. 

The location is smallish but it works. Below are a collection of photos taken by Gorilla Tornado, Craig Boyle and myself.

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