Random images from my vacation...

About this time in the off season I am thinking that being on charter is a lot less work then being on vacation. I have a billion pictures to edit over the next while and yesterday I managed to get mostly caught up on the brokerage side emails and the postings to the charter yacht side...Today is editing.

If you did not realize, we finally convinced Bazzas mother to leave the outback for the first time in a bazillion decades and come see where we lived in California and then take them all back to the United Kingdom to see places and family. This is a rather nice picture of her arriving.

Those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook have probably already seen a lot of these already..




So we now have 3 parents in the back seat of the car, looking happy. Although, you may see a few back seat pictures over the next while and they were not always looking this happy Especially when I was taking them in circles in Europe somewhere...


Mom of course, could not get over the size portions in food and drink in the states...something of course we got over a long time ago!


I would say that mom and Bazza have full sized cakes here never mind individual cupcakes! Really!




Both Bazza and I went to the dentist. Always a struggle to get him to go as he is allergic to the main freezing they use and the alternative does not work that well. Both of us going to the dentist means that without doubt, we have added on another 12 charters we have to do in our lifetime to pay for them!



We did quite a bit of driving and sightseeing (hate driving about now...hate road trips...)



This was just north of us at Lake Elsinore..


This was a very fun slot machine I played at Harrah's Rincon that made lots of noise and pretty colors and gave me enough pennies to pay for dinner...at Marie Callenders! Not too much more upscale then that! Had to show mom the USA casino's. She occasionally plays the "pokies" as they call them in Australia.


After all the trauma of dentists, I needed a relaxation massage...except I came out early with sweat dripping down me. Heated ones are not necessary where we live!


One side of me is Mercedes and Bling...the other side of the road where I live is Happy Jug Liquor...which sells fishing bait too!


The juxtaposition sometimes is amusing...


Another one of the yards a couple blocks away from our house..


Bud lite and snuff...which side of the road do you think this is on?


Dad and I stopped to look at some old cars, with a fierce guard dog sign. The fierce dog ambled over to us, he was about 20, quietly looking for a pat!



The crows have taken up residence in our backyard at times...Has nothing to do with the fact we feed them!



My dad is pretty quick to get out his camera, so I actually have a few pictures with me in them. Usually with camera too though!


He found a picture or two of me swimming in the pool and I do have to say that my pool work outs are going to have to pick up 4 fold to cover all this wonderful food we have been eating on "holidays"