23/04: San Diego - Day 4, "Chicano Park Day"
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
John has heard about Chicano Park Day for a number of years and has never managed to go to it. Ed and I thought it sounded interesting so the three of us decided to check it out.
On the way to the park Ed stopped and got the promised photograph of the new library.
I don't know much about architecture but I do know that I like the look of this building.
Chicano Park Day seems to consist of a car show, music, dancing and vendors. The car show was impressive and is different than the car shows at home. Here most of the people showing cars belong to car clubs (they all had t-shirts on that identified the club they belonged to) and most of the cars were lowriders. A lowrider is an automobile or other vehicle modified so that its ground clearance is less than its design specification. Hydraulics are used to raise the car for driving.
Love the paint colours.
If you can't decide on the colour, you can always try the rainbow effect. The interior, trunk and engine compartment all matched the body.
Engine parts are chromed and engraved.
Just liked the look of this truck.
The hydraulics in action, the front is up and the rear is down, also love the paint job.
Much of the park in under a couple of bridges. A lot of the concrete associated with bridges have murals painted on them.
One group of dancers.
We noticed a few people dressed in costumes that appeared kinda Aztec or Mayan like --- not sure but wondered if they were dancers.
Carol's service dog passed away suddenly in late December. Today we went with her to pick up her new service dog Hendrix. Hendrix is at the stage in his training where he needs to bond with Carol. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks they will be able to pass the "service dog" test.
Carol and Hendrix. Abby and Guiness are John and Carol's bunnies.
On the way to the park Ed stopped and got the promised photograph of the new library.
I don't know much about architecture but I do know that I like the look of this building.
Chicano Park Day seems to consist of a car show, music, dancing and vendors. The car show was impressive and is different than the car shows at home. Here most of the people showing cars belong to car clubs (they all had t-shirts on that identified the club they belonged to) and most of the cars were lowriders. A lowrider is an automobile or other vehicle modified so that its ground clearance is less than its design specification. Hydraulics are used to raise the car for driving.
Love the paint colours.
If you can't decide on the colour, you can always try the rainbow effect. The interior, trunk and engine compartment all matched the body.
Engine parts are chromed and engraved.
Just liked the look of this truck.
The hydraulics in action, the front is up and the rear is down, also love the paint job.
Much of the park in under a couple of bridges. A lot of the concrete associated with bridges have murals painted on them.
One group of dancers.
We noticed a few people dressed in costumes that appeared kinda Aztec or Mayan like --- not sure but wondered if they were dancers.
Carol's service dog passed away suddenly in late December. Today we went with her to pick up her new service dog Hendrix. Hendrix is at the stage in his training where he needs to bond with Carol. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks they will be able to pass the "service dog" test.
Carol and Hendrix. Abby and Guiness are John and Carol's bunnies.