The Long Goodbyes

They've begun. My fellow ex-East coasters threw a great farewell fete. And a motley collection of people I've worked with at different companies gathered for a night of drinks. Plus a friend got married a couple days ago it was a great night. And it provided a large gathering of firends that I might not see for a long while.

I had this list on the fridge of LA-type things to do before I left town. There were maybe 15 items. I've done about 3 of them. Not likely I'll do anymore. But last week I crossed off "Go to Knott's Berry Farm". And I was glad I did. I had never been before. It's smaller than the other SoCal Parks but it's refreshing that while everything is themed it's not all "branded". So there's a wild west land and it doesn't have to be Yosemite Sam Land or Pocahotas Village.

I liked the story of how the Knott family berry farm became a restaurant with an attraction and then grew into the first theme park. And they invented the boysenberry (a graft of loganberry and blackberry, first attempted by Mr. Boysen).

We rode four coasters include Excellerator (shown) which rockets from 0-85 MPH in 2.5 seconds. Now that's a good send off.