Sarah at the beach in Santa Barbara

I went to Solvang last week. It's just like traveling to Denmark. There should be more towns like this. They should make Koreatown look like traditional Korean buildings. That'd be cool.

At the Mission

Old Mission Santa Ines

Welcome to Solvang

Driving to Solvang

Hans Christian Anderson Park

Walking through Solvang

Windmills are cool.

Open plate Danish sandwich. Where's the bread? There's only a tiny little piece of Pumpernickel bread underneath each pile. It sounded good from the menu. I still ate it all though. It was okay.

Really, we just went there for the Danish pancakes, ebelskivers.

Chillin' in Solvang

Sarah in Solvang

Shopping in Solvang

Sarah and I went to Solvang and Santa Barbara to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary.

Mazda Zoom Zoom Live 2006

It looks like we're both scared! Josh went to the Mazda event too. It was fun trying to see who got better times. I think he got slightly better times than me because I drove first and he got to see the course as a passenger before his runs. This is a picture of us in the MAZDASPEED 6. It's a great handling sports sedan.

Here's a link to last year's Mazda Zoom Zoom Live with me driving the new MX-5.

http://davidmkim.blogspot.com/2005/09/zoom.html

Modified Miatas

The new MX-5 is a great handling car. It's perfect for autocrosses.

This year it seemed like they had a smaller budget than last year's event. There was less stuff to see and there was no free food. This year, we got to drive the MAZDASPEED 6's, which are suped up versions of the Mazda 6. Last year, I drove the new third generation MX-5 on the Challenge course.

I needed to beat the target time of 34.00 seconds. My time on my first and only run was 35.781 sec. I didn't want to get back in line and wait over an hour to prove myself. The lines are way too long at this event!

Here's the list of the best drivers at the event. Notice the fastest time was by a woman.

Fontana Top Times

Saturday

CRAIG N 32.329 sec
MIKE G 32.468 sec
ANDREW H 32.905 sec
FABIAN B 32.957 sec
GENE H 33.152 sec
CHRISTOPHER H 33.229 sec
PETER C 33.304 sec
ERIC Y 33.412 sec
STEWART F 33.464 sec
MATTHEW H 33.466 sec


Sunday

MARIA J 31.349 sec
TATIANA V 31.761 sec
CHRIS B 32.594 sec
GREGORY P 32.629 sec
MICHAEL H 32.749 sec
DEAN M 33.117 sec
TOMAS A 33.125 sec
ERIC K 33.266 sec
ROGER W 33.306 sec
DAVID F 33.309 sec


David Kim 35.781 sec

I went to the Mazda Zoom Zoom Live event this past Saturday, October 28, 2006 in Fontana. It was a fun driving experience. It was like a mini-autocross event that challenges drivers to beat the clock. Unfortunately for me, I need to improve my autocrossing skillz if I want to seriously compete. My illegal street racing techniques can only get me so far.