BBQ in Bakersfield

I met a bunch of Maniacs in Sylmar to caravan up to Bakersfield, we thought we would miss the Friday traffic by leaving at around 3:15pm, but no such luck. There was so much traffic and we saw approx 10 CHP's just sitting or giving tickets. We were good and none of us got pulled over. We made it to Bakersfield around 5 and checked into our hotel and then headed over to Tavis and Angela's house for the BBQ they were hosting.

Tavis BBQ'd this awesome tri-tip stuffed with something yummy, and the rest of the Maniacs brought all kinds of food. Lisa was so sweet and baked me a birthday cake which she brought all the way up from Oxnard, that was so nice of her. My birthday isn't until tomorrow but they figured we would be on the road the whole day so they did it a day early.

Well I have to hit the sack cuz we are getting up early to hit the road to meet the rest of the Maniacs driving up from OC and L.A.