Sunday, July 15, 2007

A Quick Catch Up – July 15th 2007

Well I haven’t posted in a while so going to give you a quick run down of the highs and lows of the last week or so…

We started our second day in SF by checking out the golden gate bridge and the park on the north side of the bridge, which gave some awesome views of the bridge and city.



From there we headed down the peninsula to sky line drive and cruised along the ridge between the ocean and Silicon Valley. We stopped in a few places for a short hike on windy hill to get a view of the valley and Stanford. Other places along the ridge offered pull outs to view smaller red woods.






Coming down off the hill we wandered around Stanford trying to meet up with Brian. You ever tried to find someone when neither or you know where you are going… its fun…. Joe was nice enough to drive us to and join us for a meal while we caught up. Later that night we caught transformers with Joe and some of his friends, which made it a late drive back into the heart of SF.

In the morning, we drove up to Folsom, CA where I dragged Lee around to look at possible apartments. After looking at my top six options I picked one and signed a lease. Before I go too much further… I hate shopping what a pain in the ass … especially when its hot outside. So after grabbing dinner I dropped Lee off at the Sacramento Airport officially putting an end to my great American vacation.

Now the work begins…. One of my new coworkers was nice enough to let me stay with him and his family while I got settled. I spent the next few days running around like a mad man trying to take care of getting my apartment livable… shopping for a bed… utilities… furniture… food… fixing my car. So much shopping! Also on a side note having to wait for the delivery guy in your apartment with no internet, no TV, no chair, and nothing to do while you wait is literally like watching paint dry.

As Friday rolled around I hit the road yet again heading south to meet up with my cousin and uncle to explore Sequoia National Park. All I have to say is WOW. These trees are huge… being the largest in the world they should be, but on top of that the forests are just amazing. After checking out the largest tree in the world, Sherman, we did a long hike up to Weaver Lake around sitting high up in and alpine meadow.












On day two in the park I was pleasantly surprised to see my first large predator mammal, a mother brown bear and her two cubs. Once we the bears wandered out of sight we hiked up to Topkoa Falls (sp?) Following that hike I took in the views from the top of morrow rock where I could almost see all the way to the ocean from fairly close to the Eastern side of California.















Anyway I’m tired and I have to start work tomorrow, but all in all I’ve had a blast the last few weeks.

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