Red Bull Air Race Pics- Day 1

One of my childhood neighbors, Blair who I am also went to college with found me on Facebook and mentioned that she and her husband and friends were coming to San Diego for the Red Bull Air Races and suggested we should me up. I never would have heard of the event otherwise since I don't live downtown. It is an aerobatic air plane race where planes wind through a course as fast as they can while looking cool. It was a fun event and great to see a familiar face and get to catch up.

It was a bit overcast and the planes are really fast, so it is hard to get a non-blurry pic. I had to delete half the pics I took because the plane was gone by the time my camera actually focused and took the picture. You may have to click on some of these for a full-size view. Stay tuned, I will be posting video later this week.

















The jumbotron showing pilots before and during races.



The planes would sometimes clip the inflatable markers. Apparently these are made to be quickly fixable. They just replace the top section and inflate in back up.






My favorite pic...





The bridge and land in the background of most of these pics is of Coronado, the town I took the Segway tour. The planes would fly under the bridge as part of the course.




For more info on the races visit the website www.redbullairrace.com

Some pics of downtown...

Flower Fields Part 3 of 3

One section of the fields, they made into the American flag.







I was hoping Google Maps would have a good aerial view I could link too, but it's out of season instead. I took that last pic on my tippee toes from the parking lot.

Flower Fields Part 2 of 3

So I took a lot of pictures of the Flower Fields and yes, I am gonna make you look at all of them. :)


They give tours of the fields on tractors. The driver of this one is awesome.


The other side side of the field. It makes you appreciate the flowers even more.




This the Rose Garden section.



The close-up pics are my way of messing with the macro setting on my camera. I'm much too lazy for real photography using custom settings.

Flowers for my Mom

This post is dedicated to my wonderful mom. Happy Mother's Day! Thanks for always being there for me. I couldn't have asked for a better mom! And Happy Mother's Day to all the other moms who read my blog. You're special too, just not as special as my mom ;)

My ole SP coworker Doug told me to check out the Carlsbad Flower Fields when I moved to Carlsbad last fall. I had no idea where they were and over time I keep hearing them mentioned in the area. I finally asked someone where they are and low and behold I had been driving by them at least 3 times a week for months. In my defense, they weren't in season for most of that time....and Carlsbad has plants and flowers everywhere.




















For more information visit the Flower Fields website: www.theflowerfields.com