The next day we ventured out to San Francisco. But before we even got out we bumbled in to some snail pace L.A. traffic (honestly I will never complain about traffic back home ever again.) Oh, and to add insult to injury it was on the INTERSTATE. Turns out there was an accident down on the road. It only takes one nincompoop to screw everything up! We did see a shortcut and we got out. We took some time to enjoy the nice scenery and the farmland. I also saw dozens of distribution centres and a feedlot (Which was repulsive literally and figuratively.) We arrived at the hotel, ate at Trader Joe's and watched the Forensic Files. A true crime show which explains how certain cases were solved. Which has convinced me to take it in high school. The next Sunday we headed out to the Oakland temple, and believe me it wasn't that far at all. The temple was truly a sight to behold with glistening fountains, beautiful palm trees, a spectacular view and a neat visitor center with an interesting message about families (I'm still having that postponed for me, 'TILL THE NEXT LIFE!) .
After that we headed down to the Golden Gate Bridge and the Fort which was located below it. I enjoyed looking at the old artillery and also being splashed by the oncoming tide.
After that we headed out to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge. It felt very thrilling to go across one of the modern wonders of the world.
We drove around the city a bit then stopped at a park where we enjoyed the botany and watched a favourite national pastime: baseball, or a mutated form of cricket.
Before we took an evening swim we took a stop at Bevmo (a beverage shop) and in recognition of Pride Week we got a rainbow assortment of pop.
Man, you thought that was eventful try the next one. Because the day after that we headed to Alcatraz, (duh, duh, duunnnnn,) followed by a catchy slogan "It's criminal not to be here." The place was very interesting and the audio tour done by former guards and inmates made it better.
There was a ton of events there that intrigued me, such as the battle of acaltraz which got the navy involved, the infamous D block, completely dark and total isolation for the worst prisoners, and a riot over the cafeteria running out of spaghetti.
And the best part of being stuck here, they had a recreation yard, good food, AND A LIBRARY!!(What, I'm a book lover.) We had a nice drive back to L.A., The best stop was by far the Monterey Bay Aquarium (which ironically was a fish cannery) where I loved seeing the wildlife. Just let the photos do the talking.
Amazing, right!?
An scenic drive with more sea animals led us to our next stop: a hotel next to an elephant seal colony. There we admired God's creations, and I discovered the comedy fest known only as the Colbert Report. We got back to Jon and Kerri's house where I enjoyed even more of Colbert and a 4th of July spectacular. It got even better arriving at the west's summer home near Seal Beach. Most days was hanging out at the home, swimming and walking around the pier, but the best part was the fishing trip. It was quite the experience, encountering seal, sea birds and reeling in fish as they go. I didn't catch anything though, (I could've been the first but a sea lion pilfered my line of my prize, but to do that he had to play *ahem,* hooky) but the best part of that wasn't the thrill of fishing at all, it was riding back to port alongside a pod of dolphins. It tore my heart apart when we left, until now when looking at a literature site called Goodreads, I saw a quote by Dr. Seuss that said... "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
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