SoCal BBQ

DanTheMan · May 2nd, 2004, 21:43

hey guys,
I flew up to Agua Dulce Airpark (L70) today. Its about 10 or 15 miles NNE of Burbank, and they have a BBQ there every saturday and sunday from 11am to 3pm. It is a super nice place, brand new runway and taxiways and a grass strip(not sure if you can use it yet though). The pilot lounge is sweet, there are pool tables, 3 flat-screen TV's and giant couches. Outside they have horseshoes, croquet and its just a real cool place to hang out.
I was thinking that it would be a cool place to have a SoCal JC fly-in, BBQ some weekend this summer.

Kristie · May 3rd, 2004, 01:00

we could put that in with the major Socal weekend this summer -> alteon tour etc??? whatcha all think?

maybe have the alteon tour on a friday and the bbq on the following saturday?

or are the two area's not even close together?

tonyw · May 3rd, 2004, 08:34

Alteon's in Long Beach, right? Burbank is on the other side of LA. It's doable, but you have to be willing to drive in LA traffic. Which really isn't that bad.

DanTheMan · May 3rd, 2004, 09:27

Agua Dulce is about 40 miles north of Long Beach, so it would be maybe an hour drive. Traffic wouldn't be bad on a weekend. Or if someone had a plane, it would be like a half hour flight. I wouldn't mind rent in a plane and flying a few people up there.

sigmanu499 · May 18th, 2004, 13:13

That would be cool. If people want to fly I can rent a plane too.

jonnyb · May 22nd, 2004, 21:13

Did you say LA traffic not bad?? You must be referring to Louisiana, cause the traffic here in LA (Los Angeles) is a nightmare pretty much all the time.

It's almost enough to make a man insane!

It let's up a little on the weekends though.

tonyw · May 23rd, 2004, 00:02

Come on, Jonny. It's a pain in the butt, but it's really not that bad. You adapt and shrug it off after a while.

I know you live there so you must be used to it by now. It took me a good hour and a half to get from Santa Monica to Pasadena one day, and I was like, oh, well. The people in the car with me (ooops, I guess I just can't be a true Southern Californian since there was more than one person in my car) were bitching and moaning, and I was like, oh, well.

E_Dawg · May 23rd, 2004, 11:23

Dude it's taken me an hour to get home from school more than once... it's about 6 miles away

But usually it's closer to 30-40 min.

I_Money · May 23rd, 2004, 12:13

If you do not live in Socal - you do not understand the traffic. 1 hour for 10 miles is not unusual.

mtsu_av8er · May 23rd, 2004, 13:21

People around here think I'm crazy because I drive an hour to and from school each day...they can't fathom such a thing! I try to make them understand that where I come from, it's commonplace!!!!

kostcoguy · May 23rd, 2004, 20:16

Oh it's definitly bad, that's why I have my friend who is a real good driver, and fast driver, drive me everywhere. He can turn a one hour drive in traffic into a 30 minute drive. He knows all these short cuts, lol it's not infrequent for him to be cutting through parking lots and even a drive through. At one point we went through a hangar of sorts. It gets crazy at times.

eta71 · May 24th, 2004, 14:20

It all depends on the routes you take and whether or not you check the traffic before you go. I live in Huntington Beach
and used to commute to East L.A. for school. It wasn't that bad most of the time. Sure there were days where I sat in
sloooooow/halted traffic. It was not uncommon to make it to campus in 30-40 minutes. Of course I drive too fast as well,
I know I shouldn't.

But I will agree that in general comuting in the LA basin, hell all of so cal is horrid. The 405 is evil.
I once drove to Santa Barbara and made the mistake of doing the 405.
Can you say 5 hours instead of what should have been a 2.5 hour drive? Geez.

blee256 · May 24th, 2004, 18:37

If you have to commute in that traffic to and from work thats gotta suck. But just to get around L.A. is very doable, because for the most part traffic in LA is very predictable. Every angelino knows when and when not to drive a particular freeway to avoid traffic.

-brian

kostcoguy · May 24th, 2004, 21:11

The 91 is terrible too, thank God for the toll road.

stultus · May 25th, 2004, 10:57

[ QUOTE ]
It took me a good hour and a half to get from Santa Monica to Pasadena one day, and I was like, oh, well.

[/ QUOTE ]

An hour's not bad at all! It seems like it takes an hour to get from Pasadena to Altadena when you hit the 210 at the wrong time. When coming down from the north the 210 is ALWAYS fantastic and then you get close to Pasa and it becomes a friggen parking lot. 405 is a parking lot just about all the time except for 10p to 5a. If I never had to drive on it during daylight hours again I'd be very pleased.

Traffic aside, sadly, I will not be able to come to SoCal JC this summer, so I'd be up for Agua Dulce sometime before July 15. If anyone is game for that--or SZP, SBA, OXR, CMA--PM me. I'd be happy to try and organize something--I'd be great to meet some more JCers.

bushmaster · May 28th, 2004, 09:46

[ QUOTE ]
If you do not live in Socal - you do not understand the traffic. 1 hour for 10 miles is not unusual.

[/ QUOTE ]

My g/f from way back when moved from my neighborhood (Costa Mesa) to Lake Elsinore. The 91 at 3pm until 8pm was a parking lot. 2 - 3 hour drive covering 30 miles...........

ready2fly · May 28th, 2004, 12:26

I'd have to kill somebody.

SteveC · May 28th, 2004, 12:50

I'd rather put up with the Michigan winters...

bushmaster · May 28th, 2004, 14:21

[ QUOTE ]
I'd rather put up with the Michigan winters...

[/ QUOTE ]

Thank god for the e-brake!

jtrain609 · May 28th, 2004, 14:24

How about construction on I-94. You know that MDot has decided to work on nearly every single bridge between Jackson and Detroit? Guess what's right between Jackson and Detroit? Ann Arbor. Guess who's in Ann Arbor. That's right, skibum.

I hate that road.

SteveC · May 28th, 2004, 14:47

Fly!

AZO to ARB. Piece of cake.

TheShortOne · May 28th, 2004, 14:54

as soon as he joins that freakin' flying club he'll be flying! unfortuantly only one way cause he's po'

gonna subject me to taking the train (which is ok cause it's cheap and sometimes faster- but harms the enviornment less than driving!!)

E_Dawg · May 28th, 2004, 16:14

[ QUOTE ]
as soon as he joins that freakin' flying club he'll be flying! unfortuantly only one way cause he's po'

[/ QUOTE ]

How's he gonna get the plane back?

TheShortOne · May 28th, 2004, 21:18

no no, he'll fly out pick me up and bring me back to Kalamazoo...he just won't fly me home at the end of the weekend

May 2nd, 2004, 21:43	#1
DanTheMan Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 184	SoCal BBQ hey guys, I flew up to Agua Dulce Airpark (L70) today. Its about 10 or 15 miles NNE of Burbank, and they have a BBQ there every saturday and sunday from 11am to 3pm. It is a super nice place, brand new runway and taxiways and a grass strip(not sure if you can use it yet though). The pilot lounge is sweet, there are pool tables, 3 flat-screen TV's and giant couches. Outside they have horseshoes, croquet and its just a real cool place to hang out. I was thinking that it would be a cool place to have a SoCal JC fly-in, BBQ some weekend this summer.

May 3rd, 2004, 01:00	#2
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,772 Blog Entries: 3	Re: SoCal BBQ we could put that in with the major Socal weekend this summer -> alteon tour etc??? whatcha all think? maybe have the alteon tour on a friday and the bbq on the following saturday? or are the two area's not even close together?

May 3rd, 2004, 08:34	#3
tonyw Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 15,198	Re: SoCal BBQ Alteon's in Long Beach, right? Burbank is on the other side of LA. It's doable, but you have to be willing to drive in LA traffic. Which really isn't that bad.

May 3rd, 2004, 09:27	#4
DanTheMan Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 184	Re: SoCal BBQ Agua Dulce is about 40 miles north of Long Beach, so it would be maybe an hour drive. Traffic wouldn't be bad on a weekend. Or if someone had a plane, it would be like a half hour flight. I wouldn't mind rent in a plane and flying a few people up there.

May 18th, 2004, 13:13	#5
sigmanu499 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 232	Re: SoCal BBQ That would be cool. If people want to fly I can rent a plane too.

May 22nd, 2004, 21:13	#6
jonnyb Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: So. California Posts: 1,304	Re: SoCal BBQ Did you say LA traffic not bad?? You must be referring to Louisiana, cause the traffic here in LA (Los Angeles) is a nightmare pretty much all the time. It's almost enough to make a man insane! It let's up a little on the weekends though.

May 23rd, 2004, 00:02	#7
tonyw Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 15,198	Re: SoCal BBQ Come on, Jonny. It's a pain in the butt, but it's really not that bad. You adapt and shrug it off after a while. I know you live there so you must be used to it by now. It took me a good hour and a half to get from Santa Monica to Pasadena one day, and I was like, oh, well. The people in the car with me (ooops, I guess I just can't be a true Southern Californian since there was more than one person in my car) were bitching and moaning, and I was like, oh, well.

May 23rd, 2004, 11:23	#8
E_Dawg Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 4,152	Re: SoCal BBQ Dude it's taken me an hour to get home from school more than once... it's about 6 miles away But usually it's closer to 30-40 min.

May 23rd, 2004, 12:13	#9
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,649	Re: SoCal BBQ If you do not live in Socal - you do not understand the traffic. 1 hour for 10 miles is not unusual.

May 23rd, 2004, 13:21	#10
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,426	Re: SoCal BBQ People around here think I'm crazy because I drive an hour to and from school each day...they can't fathom such a thing! I try to make them understand that where I come from, it's commonplace!!!!

May 23rd, 2004, 20:16	#11
kostcoguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 336	Re: SoCal BBQ Oh it's definitly bad, that's why I have my friend who is a real good driver, and fast driver, drive me everywhere. He can turn a one hour drive in traffic into a 30 minute drive. He knows all these short cuts, lol it's not infrequent for him to be cutting through parking lots and even a drive through. At one point we went through a hangar of sorts. It gets crazy at times.

May 24th, 2004, 14:20	#12
eta71 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 514	Re: SoCal BBQ It all depends on the routes you take and whether or not you check the traffic before you go. I live in Huntington Beach and used to commute to East L.A. for school. It wasn't that bad most of the time. Sure there were days where I sat in sloooooow/halted traffic. It was not uncommon to make it to campus in 30-40 minutes. Of course I drive too fast as well, I know I shouldn't. But I will agree that in general comuting in the LA basin, hell all of so cal is horrid. The 405 is evil. I once drove to Santa Barbara and made the mistake of doing the 405. Can you say 5 hours instead of what should have been a 2.5 hour drive? Geez.

May 24th, 2004, 18:37	#13
blee256 Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada Posts: 1,609	Re: SoCal BBQ If you have to commute in that traffic to and from work thats gotta suck. But just to get around L.A. is very doable, because for the most part traffic in LA is very predictable. Every angelino knows when and when not to drive a particular freeway to avoid traffic. -brian

May 24th, 2004, 21:11	#14
kostcoguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 336	Re: SoCal BBQ The 91 is terrible too, thank God for the toll road.

May 25th, 2004, 10:57	#15
stultus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 523	Re: SoCal BBQ [ QUOTE ] It took me a good hour and a half to get from Santa Monica to Pasadena one day, and I was like, oh, well. [/ QUOTE ] An hour's not bad at all! It seems like it takes an hour to get from Pasadena to Altadena when you hit the 210 at the wrong time. When coming down from the north the 210 is ALWAYS fantastic and then you get close to Pasa and it becomes a friggen parking lot. 405 is a parking lot just about all the time except for 10p to 5a. If I never had to drive on it during daylight hours again I'd be very pleased. Traffic aside, sadly, I will not be able to come to SoCal JC this summer, so I'd be up for Agua Dulce sometime before July 15. If anyone is game for that--or SZP, SBA, OXR, CMA--PM me. I'd be happy to try and organize something--I'd be great to meet some more JCers.

May 28th, 2004, 09:46	#16
bushmaster Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 229	Re: SoCal BBQ [ QUOTE ] If you do not live in Socal - you do not understand the traffic. 1 hour for 10 miles is not unusual. [/ QUOTE ] My g/f from way back when moved from my neighborhood (Costa Mesa) to Lake Elsinore. The 91 at 3pm until 8pm was a parking lot. 2 - 3 hour drive covering 30 miles...........

May 28th, 2004, 12:26	#17
ready2fly Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW Posts: 7,103	Re: SoCal BBQ I'd have to kill somebody.

May 28th, 2004, 12:50	#18
SteveC Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR Posts: 8,412	Re: SoCal BBQ I'd rather put up with the Michigan winters...

May 28th, 2004, 14:21	#19
bushmaster Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 229	Re: SoCal BBQ [ QUOTE ] I'd rather put up with the Michigan winters... [/ QUOTE ] Thank god for the e-brake!

May 28th, 2004, 14:24	#20
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,195	Re: SoCal BBQ How about construction on I-94. You know that MDot has decided to work on nearly every single bridge between Jackson and Detroit? Guess what's right between Jackson and Detroit? Ann Arbor. Guess who's in Ann Arbor. That's right, skibum. I hate that road.

May 28th, 2004, 14:47	#21
SteveC Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Location: GRR Posts: 8,412	Re: SoCal BBQ Fly! AZO to ARB. Piece of cake.

May 28th, 2004, 14:54	#22
TheShortOne Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 3,293	Re: SoCal BBQ as soon as he joins that freakin' flying club he'll be flying! unfortuantly only one way cause he's po' gonna subject me to taking the train (which is ok cause it's cheap and sometimes faster- but harms the enviornment less than driving!!)

May 28th, 2004, 16:14	#23
E_Dawg Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 4,152	Re: SoCal BBQ [ QUOTE ] as soon as he joins that freakin' flying club he'll be flying! unfortuantly only one way cause he's po' [/ QUOTE ] How's he gonna get the plane back?

May 28th, 2004, 21:18	#24
TheShortOne Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 3,293	Re: SoCal BBQ no no, he'll fly out pick me up and bring me back to Kalamazoo...he just won't fly me home at the end of the weekend

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