Rainy Day Road Trip

Apparently El Nino is here, and trying to wash us all away.  Since it rained all week and not much was getting done on the house, I took off to LA to see the Petersen Automobile museum, and also stopped in at an old stomping ground...

The museum is covered in a wacky metal sculpture
(Internet photo)

Here are a few of the amazing automobiles I saw

The Round Door Rolls

The Bugatti Veyron - fastest production car ever built.
1500 horsepower, 250 MPH

A wedding present from France to the Shah of Iran

500 horsepower V-10

I also paid a visit to the church of which my dad was Business Manager back in the 70s, where I used to run around as a kid.  Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.

Looked pretty good, considering it was built in 1929.

In the late 70s, after I returned from the service and college, I did a few woodworking projects for the church, including this box.  One of two or three of my projects that are still there.

They did make a little progress while I was gone: they finished the back porch roof and got the nailing inspection, which should mean we can start getting the roofing on next week.