USC Trojans/Los Angeles

I had the day off yesterday(Saturday), so I decided to make a trip to Los Angeles to see how things were going. I ended up at the University of Southern California campus for some reason, not sure how that happened. I walked around campus and saw the LA Coliseum once again, the baseball stadium(Dedeaux Field), the soccer field/track, along with other attractions. I went inside Heritage Hall, which is their sports building, I was up close to all of the Heisman Trophies, the different national championships of various sports, oh and of course the BCS National Championship Trophy. I was in heaven, I even saw Marcus Allen's Hesiman Trophy, which was cool. Lets just say, I was in awe of it all. I drove around downtown LA but didnt have good picture opportunities but I went by the Staples Center and the Convention Center.

My new home

I finally moved into my new home along with 3 other coworkers that work for the team. We are staying at Cal St. University San Bernardino in the University Village Apartments. We have a 4 bedroom/4 bath apartment with a full kitchen, furnished with furniture. The Village has a pool, pool table and a beach volleyball but with grass. It is really nice, the campus is nice, and the surrounding area is new and upcoming. But, the best part of this deal is that we get a discount rate since we are with the team so our rent is $300/mo instead of the regular amount it would cost us, which is around $890/mo so saving about $600/mo. It's like 10 min away from the stadium so not too bad to drive, not much traffic.

Arrowhead Credit Union Park

The Sunday before dad left, we wanted to check out the baseball stadium and meet my boss. The field didnt look as good as I'm used to but as always, it was a challenge to me to make it look better for the season. It's in the center of downtown San Bernardino. The view beyond the outfield is priceless with the San Bernardino Mountains and the others beyond right field. The stadium was built in 1996. The team is called Inland Empire 66ers, the Single A affiliate of the LA Dodgers. Of course, Ken Griffey Jr. played for this team back in the day when he was younger so I had to get a picture with his number alongside Jackie Robinson.

Long Road Ahead of Us

Well me and dad set off for California on January 1. We took the southern route, and good thing we did because we had a great weather the whole way through. Tried to catch the state signs as we went along, but a couple didnt turn out well. As you can see, we approached Flagstaff, AZ and it turned out a week earlier, they had 3 ft of snow in town and 15 ft on the mountains. It was definitely a sight to see. I think that whole 3 day trip wore both of us out.