Today was cold and wet:

Thats not life in California! So, what to do today? Annoy the mechanics:

The final pictorial for the day (slow news day, if I can be so brave to state something so obvious) makes a vague reference to the heading. The one fantastic thing about the US, above most other things such as right shoulder-spitting opportunities, is the prevalence of diet drinks. Total diabetic heaven. I was so tempted to buy a slab of diet snapple (ice tea) until I remembered I was on foot and there was no room in the back pack. Here's something I devoured earlier:
And theres more from where that baby came from.
I don't know if I am supposed to be publishing shots of the new bike, so I guess these are 'projects' that the mechanics happen to be working on right now. No, thats not my name on this one:
Ahhhhh....
The team arrives tomorrow arvo. Action should be warming up considerably then.