Hello Friends!!!
As for the last 2 weekends, Courtney and I have been road tripping a bit. Last Friday, I picked her up from the airport from her long Easter vacation home and didn't do much that night. That Saturday, we went into Gilroy to the large outlet mall for a little bit of shopping but first we stopped in Castroville, which is the artichoke center of the world, and got a picture with a giant artichoke =)
After Gilroy, we found a county park with a lake and spent the day laying out and exploring the area a bit. Oh! I forgot to talk about the weather! It was unbelievable! It was in the 70's - 80's on Saturday, which is not normal for this area.
As for Sunday, we headed into Santa Cruz to the boardwalk for the day. It supposedly only got into the 80's, but this is what Courtney's car told us...
On Monday, we went to the Aquarium because it was the last day we would be able to go free (it's the aquarium's anniversary so Monterey County residents get in free on the 20th of every month this year.) The new Sea Horse exhibit was just opened so we were very excited to see all of them!

We decided on short notice to travel to Yosemite National Park to camp this weekend and didn't quite realize how difficult it would be to get a site. We were able to get one for last night, though, so we ventured the crazy mountains out here and got there mid afternoon yesterday and spent the night and came home today. It was GORGEOUS there and I cannot wait to go back when Chris gets here! It was honestly breathtaking! It was also a great camping experience! It is "Bear Country" and we were warned around every corner. There were actually 6 bear "incidents" in the campground the week before! CRAZY! We also had a couple of neighbors who were on a 3 week trip from Germany who were very interesting to talk to! Here are some shots I got at the park...
Here is one of the first looks we got of the Yosemite Valley...

The next two are of Yosemite Falls...


And this little guy was very nice and came very close to us =)

Well, that is all of the excitement I had over the last week =) Now the rest of this weekend will be spent catching up on homework and hopefully getting things in order for the last couple weeks of school. I can't believe I'll only be out here for a few more weeks! I am very excited to get home but will definitely miss California...
2 comments:
hi emily!
beautiful shots! of course, the waterfalls were nothing compared to the artichoke. ha! looks like you're having a blast in CA! WI is finally warming up as well. yay!
catch you later! and don't forget your studies, young lady!
;o)
Hey baby cakes, I love you and miss you. I am glad you are finally taking advantage of the whole California area (within reason), the pictures look awesome but I wish I could be there with you to experience them. I love you so much and I also think it's funny how you included homework in your blog as if you have any. Well besides that extremely difficult TWO PAGE paper. Well at least you tried to fool everyone into thinking you are also going to school out there. Well have fun and I will see you tonight!!!
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