Went to work at the Baja race in Ensenada, Mexico last weekend and had a pretty cool time. My job is to write down each race vehicle's start times as they leave the line (they leave one every thirty seconds) and then we log their finish times and determine the winners by the best times. There's like 25 classes of off road vehicles so it's quite a bit of effort.
The most popular of the race vehicles is the Trophy Trucks, which are million-dollar trucks outfitted with nothing but the best of equipment and the ability to charge 120 mph thru the roughest terrain in the desert.
There are NASCAR drivers who got their start driving the Trophy Trucks. Best example is Jimmie Johnson, the #48 Lowes car. Another one is Robby Gordon, and I'm not sure which car he is this year. It changes.
Anyway, one of the newer Trophy Truck drivers is Jesse James, from the Monster Garage show. "West Coast Choppers..." wooo hooo...... That's sarcastic enthusiasm, by the way.
Jesse's married to Sandra Bulloch and they were both at the race this past weekend. Got to meet them both. WEIRD. Really weird to see Sandra in person. She's tall and skinny. Very pretty, of course.
Jesse's just Jesse. You know.
Ensenada's right on the Pacific coast, and there's a huge marina where the cruise ships bring in tourists. I saw in the paper that the Black Pearl was moored there temporarily while it slowly made its way around the coast (and thru the Panama Canal) to Florida to finish filming the 3rd Pirates movie. So I went down to the marina and "I'll be damned!!!" the Black Pearl was right there. It's a huge black ship. Took some pictures, but I didn't get to go on the ship for better ones because the crew wasn't there.
Very exciting race, from start to finish. The last minute changes made to our schedule kept us hopping but we handled it. I was glad to finally get home, after being gone for 4 days I really missed my home!!! And my sweethearts. Shay and Steve, I mean.
So, this weekend I'm working out on the lake. The cable channel Court TV has a film crew here for their new show, "Party Police" and we're taking them out on the water to get footage. Spring Breakers are here and apparently that's what this show focuses on. It'll be like COPS, but it's on the water. I will do my best to get a cameo appearance somehow. Local t.v. is not my only goal!!! ha ha haaaa.....
