Weekend pleasure in California
This weekend was amazing. It started on Saturday with a party at Amu Irajs and Manijehs house. We was there for lunch. Of course, there was tons of delicious Persian food. Amu Iraj made a lot of jokes and we a laugh till our we got hurt. I met my cousin Human (first time) and his cute daughter Daniela, but she was a bit shy. You can imagine how much fun we had from the pictures, especially when I tried to use the self-timer from Sepidehs camera. They were really patient. I reset the whole home decoration to have a good place for the camera. At least we have a picture of everybody.
Unfortunately we must left early, because Kevin and Sepi was invited to a party than evening. And everyone else, too(Human to another, Roya and Bijan to yet another one). In the evening I met Connor and Kyle, Kevins kids. We played Rockband 2 and I figured out, that the bass guitar on this game is much easier then then Guitar Hero. Ok, the guys was so nice to turn No-fail-mode on and I played the easiest level… After an episode of Family Guy we turned the Playstation off and played a real card game. I think the name was Apples and Apples, I must look back in Germany, if we have this game too, because it was really funny.
Next day we drove to Frazier Park which was 60 Miles north of Los Angeles in the Los Padres National Forrest. Friends of Kevin had a Ranch there with a donkey, chickens and an ostrich. Just checkout the newest photos in Picasa.
It was a real nice place. But they had also some motocross courses. We had a small motocross bike and a quad on the back. But the day didn’t start good. One of the kids there fell down while a jump and broke his leg. They brought him to his mum and later to the doctor.
We tried to overcome this incident with some good Persian food. We brought a lot of Kebab (or Kebob as I saw on a sign), rice, salad and vegetarian stews (Ghorme Sabzi and Gheyme). We talked a lot about languages and dialects. Dolores and Ingrid speaks German too, but they didn’t practice for a long time.
After lunch Sepi showed me the ranch. Micheal built nearly everything by his own. There was a donkey, an ostrich and chickens. They had lamas or so too, but one was eaten by a mountain lion and another died because of old age, Connor explained to me. He built different buildings including a jail (just for fun, not a real one). The area was a steppe, but they grew up plants and trees out there. There isn’t any water pipes out there, so they must sink for a well to get any water.
Connor took me for a ride on the golf cart. You remember this white small cars which prevent golfers to walk on a golf course? Connor used this more in a motocross, lead-footed style. Anyway, we had fun and it was fine after the ride, too. Then Kevin showed the quad to me. It’s a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with four shift gears. I never had something like this under my butt. With a lot of patience Kevin explained to me everything. I first slowly drove in first or second gear, but after a while got comfortable and tried faster and small bumps etc. It was really funny. You think an ATV is easy because of the four wheels? First it has a lot of power (even though this was a small ATV) and you must be careful while you turn. If you don’t balance the vehicle it can fall over regardless of the four wheels. I hope I didn’t stress the engine too much.
At the evening we put the ATV and motocross bike back to pickup truck and drove back to home. There we just watched a bit on the video Kevin recorded and fell tired asleep to bed. Altogether an (for me) unusual but really great day with a lot of fun.
