 | First things first! Power shopping at outlet mall near Palm Springs! |
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 | What's a trip to the outlet mall without a stop at the Food Court? |
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 | The only way to get around Palm Springs...on a Harley! |
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 | Time for some skateboarding at the Yucaipa skate park. |
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 | My first Cali skateboarding
friends, Tyler and Wes. |
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 | Hearing I was from WI they wanted my autograph (haha) |
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 | The first native California wildlife that I spotted! A wild Jaguar! |
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 | Market Night is every Thursday in Redlands with lots of food & fun! |
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 | My first Cali animal friend,
Sebastian the St. Bernard |
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 | Me and my buddy Sebastian taking a walk in 90+ degree weather. |
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 | Lucky for Sebastian he has his own private pool to cool off! |
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 | And I have the pool at the Drayson Center at Loma Linda! |
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 | Duplex we're renting. Loma Linda Medical Center in background |
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 | Loma Linda University Medical Center view from our place |
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 | Loma Linda University Campus
view from our deck |
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 | Proton radiation treatment gantry at Loma Linda Univ. Medical Center |
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 | This piece of equipment in the gantry weighs about 90 tons! |
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 | For info about LLUMC go to
www.llumc.edu |
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 | We made it to Seal Beach...I'm ready to try my hand at the boogie board! |
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 | Here goes! Can't be much different than skateboarding... |
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 | Just like skateboarding only much wetter...and a little colder! |
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 | You never know what kinds of wildlife you will find in California |
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 | My second California animal friend. This one's the biggest so far. |
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 | Casting a long shadow over
Upland skate park. |
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 | I'm not quite ready yet to try this full pipe at Upland. |
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 | Whoops! My first Calfornia broken skateboard. Darn! |
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 | Good thing I saved some allowance for this new skateboard. |
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 | The awesome shopping mall called The Block at Orange, California |
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 | I met some younger Cali kids at Van's who needed a few pointers ; ) |
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 | We took a weekend trip to San Diego. I took this pic of the harbor. |
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 | Here's a great view of San Diego from hill overlooking the city. |
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 | A highlight of San Diego was Sea World and all the attractions. |
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 | Looking through the window under water into the white whale tank! |
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 | In San Diego we visited friends, Clark & Kaye. This is me with Kaye. |
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 | Dad & me with Clark. (Clark's the one who looks like a tourist.) |
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 | Newport Beach - My first surfing lesson with Chris Hamrock. |
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 | Chris is a great teacher! His mom Kim, is 2002 World Champion surfer! |
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 | John Gertz from South Beach, FL taking pics for his portfolio. |
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 | John took a break from photography to do some boogie boarding with me. |
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 | One more shot for John's portfolio!
(c) 2004 Tori Lou's Dad |
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 | One of Southern California's most popular skateparks, at Chino. |
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 | Chris Hamrock, my surfing teacher,
is also a tremendous skater! |
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 | Brett (r) one of Chris's sponsors, owns Attic Skateshop in Costa Mesa |
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