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[ldiatone]

ok guys on the west coast. i will be in simi valley Ca. in feb. how far is DMR from the SD zoo? how about HOL and SA from simi valley? (by car) does DMR and HOL have simulcast?
thanks
ldiatone

[andymays]

Originally Posted by ldiatone

ok guys on the west coast. i will be in simi valley Ca. in feb. how far is DMR from the SD zoo? how about HOL and SA from simi valley? (by car) does DMR and HOL have simulcast?
thanks
ldiatone

Del Mar is about 20 minutes from the Zoo. Del Mar has a nice facility called Surfside Race Place. If you like good food the Pampelmousse (the horse was named after this place) grill is down the street. http://www.pgrille.com/

Red Tractons is also right there.

http://redtractonssteakhouse.com/images/index.jpg

http://www.surfsideraceplace.com/

Surfside has a hotel deal at a nice place in La Jolla. There are a lot of good restaurants withing 200 feet of the hotel. I think you have to mention Surfside Race Place to get the deal.


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I don't know the distance from Simi Valley to Santa Anita or Hollywood Park. Santa Anita will be running live so it's worth it to go there. Hollywood Park isn't in the best of areas and since there's no live racing I'd stay away.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Simi-V...alifornia.html

There's a map on the lower half of the page.

[TJDave]

Depending upon where in Simi Valley it's about 50 miles to Santa Anita. 1-2+ hours depending on traffic. 118 to the 210 just east of Pasadena.

[JustRalph]

Don't forget to double your travel time from what you normally use in Pittsburgh.

and maybe triple it in rush hour

[bigmack]

Originally Posted by TJDave

Depending upon where in Simi Valley it's about 50 miles to Santa Anita. 1-2+ hours depending on traffic. 118 to the 210 just east of Pasadena.

1-2+ hours What are you drivin'; a horse & buggy?

[TJDave]

Originally Posted by bigmack

1-2+ hours What are you drivin'; a horse & buggy?

It can take as little as 1 to more than 2 hrs depending on traffic. There's a tunnel on the 210 at Pasadena that can back up to a standstill of more than 1/2 hr. Been there, done that.

[bigmack]

Originally Posted by TJDave

It can take as little as 1 to more than 2 hrs depending on traffic. There's a tunnel on the 210 at Pasadena that can back up to a standstill of more than 1/2 hr. Been there, done that.

Pull on the sidewalk.



When I was in Rio it was popular for the thugs in the favelas to roll down, block the tunnels and rob every car stuck.

That poor rental car. I beat he life out of it.

[ldiatone]

thanks guys. i will go to SA on sat or sun.(feb 10-23 one of those sat sun)
and thank you andymays for those places. will check them out!
traveling on the amtrack to pit to lax. looking for it. and......
Ocala Mike... someone is looking for you on
www.railforum.com
thanks again guys