greetings from cali! my first cali post! one for the books!
actually i cant write too much- we're going out in a bit. but heres the lowdown on the past couple of days.
ok, so we flew out here on thursday the 26th. our flight was very smooth, not bad at all. it's me, my mom, my dad, my sister, and my grandfather. my cousin (matt), my uncle lou and aunt betty picked us up at john wayne airport. we grabbed our bags and headed off to.... in-n-out burger! damn, those things are so freaking good. we always go there when we come here. like i seriously havent had a hamburger since the last time we were here two years ago. but they're soooo fattening. double patties, quadruple cheese... oh man. but it's not fast food, so its not as gross as mcdonalds or burger king. the fries are cooked in cholesterol free oil, etc. for my friends that have read fast food nation, you remember that the author actually praised in-n-out. ah anyway. i just wrote a pargraph about a burger. awesome.
came home, unpacked, went for a hike, chilled out. then we packed for the next day. friday morning we left super early and drove to las vegas. it was about a 5 hour drive and there are a lot of us, so we had to take two cars. we got to vegas around 230. we stayed at treasure island. for all of you with the vegas porn and prostitution stereotype, it's not like that completely. it was awesome. the hotels are amazing- one like rome (the venetian), one like paris (paris, paris), one like NYC (new york, new york). ours was like a pirate ship (yarrrr ye landlubbers!) there are so many things to do, places to go, stores to shop at. i had a family reunion. there were like 25-30 of us, i guess? it was so great to see people i havent seen since before shelb-o was born. (ahhh, the good ol' days) so yeah we did a ton of stuff and went a ton of places. each night we'd get in around 1a and we'd be up by 8 the next morning. saturday, matt drove me, shel, mom, dad, and uncle to red rock. we hiked for a few hours, lost uncle lou, searched a few more hours for him, found him a few hours later yadda yadda yadda. sunday we went to the hoover dam which doesnt sound exciting but really was kind of interesting. then that night we dined at this plce called rumjungle. it was just awesome. they had this brazilian firepit thing that was sooooooo coooooool. i've never seen anything like it in my life. but we ate a lot all weekend so i stuck to a peruvian salad that was delicious. i wish they had restaurants like the rumjungle in lil rhody.
monday we drove back and just chilled all afternoon. went for a 3 hours hike, then hopped in the pool, went out at night, came back, went for a walk. today i slept in (wow! 8:30! thats the latest all vacation!) and then i went for a hike with my uncle and dad while matt and shelby chilled and mom dad uncle auntie and grandfather went apricot picking a couple hours south of irvine. when i came back from my hike, matt shel and i hit up a bunch of beaches- huntington, long, newport, big corona, little corona... it was great. i had a bite of my first fish taco and didnt like it much. and now it's 3:29 cali time, and we're off to fashion island (aka fascist island). tomorrow's shelby's birthday, i have no clue what we're doing.
my dad and grandpa leave sunday. next week we're off to my dad's cousin diane's house and staying with her and her husband tom. she has a son johnny who is married to cassandra and they have a 1 year old son tommy (who is just oh so cute!!!!!!). we'll be with them for a few days, then on tuesday matt, my mom, shelby, and i are driving up to san fancisco to hang out with cousin brian for a few days.
ok i 'm out later