Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
@CAMP PENDELTON MILITARY BASE. Ok so my vacation is almost over and I still haven't written anything. Anyway Justin and I drove out to the Camp Pendleton Marine Base near San Diego yesterday to visit Justin's sister Sarah. Sarah's husband Jed is stationed here. We decided to go through Los Angeles and stop in West Hollywood on our way out. It's only a 4-5 hour drive from Phoenix to LA but we didn't didn't end up leaving until after 11am so we ran into rush hour traffic right when we got to downtown LA. Not plesant to say the least. So once we got to West Hollywood we parked, got some coffee and walked around a bit. It was nice to be back in a city and be able to see people out and about. It sometimes feels so isolated in the suburbs. It was a little cool out, around 65 degrees I believe, which is quite a switch from our still warm 90 degree days in Phoenix. Of course Justin and I both forgot our jackets at home, but it was a nice change from the heat. After we walked around a little, and went into some stores, we got back in the car and drove up Sunset to Hollywood Blvd. We drove past the Walk of Stars and the theatres and then made our way back to Santa Monica Blvd. to pick up the 405 and head down towards San Diego. Traffic was pretty heavy on the 405, so we didn't get to Camp Pendleton until around 10:30pm. We got to the front gate of the base and had to check in. After being harassed by the 20 y/o Marine about where we were going and who we were visiting, we were finally told to have a nice evening and let it. Sarah met us up the road a bit and we followed her to their house. This base is much larger then I imagined. It's just wierd being on a military base again. Anyway, I think we are going to head down to San Diego today and hang out. I'll write more later. Cheers.
