Boo, I Have To Work Tomorrow

Today was the final day of my week and a half off work. I've really enjoyed my time off and am not looking forward to having to work for a living again (especially given the pre holiday lay offs and pay cuts - it'll be interesting to see how working for a living is in 2009).

It was a cold day, but sunny and very clear - from the house you could see clear across the bay and see lots of detail in the hills on the other side - I decided it was a Ducati photo shoot day.

I need to take static shots of the Ducati for Soup, so used that as an excuse for another ride down Highway 1. First though, I had to clean the bike as it got a bit mucky on its last ride in the Santa Cruz mountains, which are high enough for the road folks to salt and shaded enough (with all the Redwoods) to remain damp - resulting in the bike getting a nice coating of crud.

I bought a bucket and sponge the other day specifically for keeping the Ducati clean, so I utilized them this morning and ended up with a shining Italian steed.

There was a fair bit of traffic, and I seemed to keep catching it at all the fun bits, but even so, I had a great time - and got some cool photos for Soup - now I just need to get some "action" shots - I have a plan for those.

Here's one of the photos I shot - about 2 miles south of the Bixby Bridge - you can see highway 1 cut into the side of the cliffs in the background.

On the Condor front - I didn't see any on the way south, even though I stopped for about 15 minutes at their favorite location, chatting away with other folks looking for them too. However, on the way back up, just north of their favorite location, I spied one soaring, so stopped at the side of the road. Within a couple of minutes, there were five of them soaring overhead - very cool.

Now it's back to work - boo!