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Offline LAA66

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Boys of Summer
« on: December 13, 2008 - 10:41:33 AM »
 Couldn't help thinking of that Don Henley song looking out at the lake yesterday. No boats on the water, trailers in the lot, even the drive over was quiet. On a typical Friday there would be hundreds of people around, not this day. A bright, sunny morning, but still kind of ere.




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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2008 - 10:57:54 AM »
Your moment of Zen... :thumbsup:

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2008 - 11:37:43 AM »
Beautiful car,beautiful pics...btw, where did you take those pics? looks like lake Pyramid or Castaic or somewhere off int-5.

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2008 - 11:48:52 AM »
 Thanks, it's Lake Nacimiento. About 20 minutes west of Paso Robles. Yeah, those two lakes down south are very similar also. I used to frequent them alot when we lived in Ventura. 

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2008 - 11:54:17 AM »
Very tranquil...     :grinyes:   Great pics of a nice car ..   :2thumbs:   
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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2008 - 10:45:25 AM »
Beautiful!!! Great scenerey and car!! :2thumbs:
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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2008 - 11:00:10 AM »
Ooooo....very pretty!  :grinyes:  Must've felt really peaceful, I would imagine.
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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2008 - 02:21:40 PM »
 Yes it was a tranquil setting that day. Would have been nice hanging out on a boat in a secluded cove too. :sleeping: 

 Hopefully the lake fills this winter. They are doing retrofit work on the spillway so unfortunantly it will go down to this level again next year when they resume work.

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2008 - 02:48:28 PM »
Lucky guy living near Nacimiento  :2thumbs: Beautiful up there!  The wife and I take the drive every now and again to Cambria and would love to move around Atascadero or Paso Robles but now work for us as we're both in IT.  How about some more pics of your car  :ylsuper: Love tan interiors!  :bananasmi

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2008 - 03:17:21 PM »
 I really need to get the buffer going for those direct sunlight pictures. I just went over it last year and the fine scratchs are back. Getting down close to primer to so I may try waxing it instead.

 My wife and I did the same, touring around the area almost every weekend. Then we finally made the decision to move up here and love it. It will be 15 years next month. Not much work though unless you can do it from home.

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2008 - 07:16:40 PM »
Great pics.   :2thumbs:

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2008 - 04:08:21 PM »
Sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!     :drool:     It looks like a great place to live to say the least.
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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2008 - 10:18:51 PM »
 It's hotter then Haiti in the summer though.  :eek4: 

 ..........That kinda sounds good right now though. 8)

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Re: Boys of Summer
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2009 - 11:26:14 AM »
I used to love going up to Ojai and driving around the lake when I was stationed at the Seabee base in Port Hueneme near Ventura.
I used to take chics up there. They loved it. That was prior marriage of course. My wife is a San Diegan and one of our first dates was Otay.

When I was a kid fishing at my hometown lake (Oklahoma) a lady at the fishing docks told me that I should look for a girl that isnt afraid to touch a fish or bait her own hook. Pretty good advice.