Sunday, August 30, 2009

California Part 2: NOT Los Angeles

JULY 21st - San Diego Zoo

We planned a day trip to San Diego, but we ended up spending all day at the Zoo. We got lucky and got to see the Pandas up close. We also saw the Polar Bears, Seals, Elephants, and EVERYTHING ELSE!

So since the zoo took all day, we drove around the city, ate dinner, and then went back to LA for our last night at Ramzy's.

JULY 22nd - Los Angeles to San Francisco

We headed out for the 6 hours to San Francisco. We ended up stopping at Pea Soup Andersen's for some soup. Then we finally got into town around 6pm. We decided to go venture around Chinatown because it is pretty close to the hotel we stayed at.

Chinatown was fun. We ate weird food, and shopped around. The city is so interestingly beautiful. I loved seeing everything at night in the chilly breeze.

JULY 23rd - Sight Seeing

We had a long day sight seeing:

  • Lunch at Fisherman's Warf (clam chowder in a bread bowl... YUMMMY)
  • Viewed Alcatraz (not an official tour)
  • Walked around Peir 39 and bought salt water taffy
  • Walked the Filbert steps to Coit Tower to overlook the city
  • Waked the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Meet up with a friend from Studio who was also in town (Jason Childs)
We all ate dinner together and then Ryan and I checked out Union Square and saw 500 Days of Summer.

JULY 24th

We woke up and went to the Redwood National Forest with Jason. He had been hitchhiking so for part of his trip we became his ride. We drove down the Avenue of the Giants and finally got to a camp site called Kamath River Park and Camp Ground. We had so much fun walking around and then cooking spaghetti by campfire! Its not an easy task, but it was tasty.

JULY 25th

We went into the National Forest to hike the Tall Trees Grove (with our special permit). It was a nice hike, and it was absolutely awe inspiring. I don't really know how to describe it in words.

After spending the day in the Forest we dropped Jason off in Eugene Oregon, and then went to Portland to stay with our friend Robby.

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