Day 29: A Drive in the '55!

Hans and I took a drive to Ventura and Oxnard in his '55 Chevy pick-up today!

We had a wonderful time! I got some thank you notes written while he met with the guys at AMT about some side work. I took some pictures of his truck, as well as some pics of a truck that used to be his, a white Toyota that he'd sold to a co-worker before he moved to Michigan.

We went to Pepe's for tacos afterwards, and took the tacos to the beach to eat them. We parked right on the beach and watched sailboats sail in off the Pacific while we ate lunch.

After lunch, we drove around the neighborhood in Oxnard where he lived right before he moved to Michigan. We looked at houses for rent right on the ocean. Maybe I've just been living in California too long, but $3000 a month doesn't seem half bad to rent a whole house that's literally on the beach, just a hundred yards from the water. I mean, it's not like we can afford it, but it doesn't seem that ridicuous either. There were other houses that where about a block away from the ocean renting for about $1200-$1500 a month. Definitely not bad, considering that's about what it costs to rent an apartment in a so-so neighborhood anywhere else.

We got out of the truck and walked onto the beach to look at the front of one house, and got our shoes all full of sand. That's part of the fun though.

On the way back to Santa Clarita we stopped to pick up half a flat of strawberries and some avocados. I also got a rice pudding flavored popsicle. Only in Cali (or Mexico)! It was delicious, BTW.

Probably one of the most fun days I've had in a long time. :)