Thursday, May 26, 2011

Huzzah!
 The drive
 Pretty bridge
 Cool poem:
 Massive tree.
 Me on a massive stump.
 See? Massive stump.
 Under the massive tree.
 My car IN the massive tree!
I don't feel like writing more. More pictures!

The drive to the redwoods =)

Sunset the day we stopped in Buttonwillow, CA
 The gang minus Heather (who kindly took the picture)
 We stopped here for cherries! They were organic and fresh and DELICIOUS! Especially with dark chocolate... Yum! We ate a huge bag in like, a day...


 Wind farm!
 Taco stand in San Francisco

 Pretty architecture in San Fran =)

 Golden Gate Bridge!
 Kaylee is enjoying the ride
 So is Chip!
 Nick Jones, this is gonna be you some day...
 Golden hills of the golden state =)






This was the lovely drive to the redwoods! Anticipation, anyone?

Monday, May 23, 2011

Redwoods tomorrow!

So, today we hit the road again! We drove to Kingman and picked up Mike and Chip, and since Heather has never been to In & Out Burger before, we stopped there for lunch/dinner. We got an unfortunately late start, and drove about 8 hours, and finally got to Buttonwillow, CA around 10:30 at night when we decided to call it a day. We are halfway to our new destination of Redwood National Park! 

At In & Out, Kaylee decided she liked sitting where my feet go while we ate.


 This is Mike trying to lure Kaylee out with a french fry...
 I love Chip!!

 Kaylee spends the majority of most car rides exactly like this: sleeping on my lap with her head resting on my left arm...
 Chip sleeps a lot too.
I have done the drive to California a few times, and so I didn't really take that many pictures from the drive... Besides, you guys all really want to see a load of pictures of my adorable dog right? That's what this is for? No? Oh yeah, living vicariously through my travel blog... Well. Here's our progress so far:
More soon! (As the internet gods allow...) Bed now =) REDWOODS TOMORROW! <3!

From Bryce to Flagstaff

Kaylee waiting to go for a ride

 The gang at Bryce Canyon: Me, Heather, Charlie and Kaylee
 Dogs got distracted =)

 Charlie needs a home!
 Here is a picture of a large herd of homicidal-suicidal ninja invisibility-cloaked deer from Utah. We drove home very carefully so we wouldn't fall prey to these guys. I'm convinced its some sort of ritual with them, jumping in front of cars and scaring the crap out of drivers...
The plan was to stop near Zion Nat'l Park and see that the day after Bryce Canyon, but remember that creepy house earlier? Yeah... Stuff around Zion is a little weird at twilight. Hence: I drove ALL the way back to AZ, from Salt Lake City to Bryce Canyon to Flagstaff, in ONE day. 11 hours of driving... Ulgh. But, we dropped off Charlie with a friend of mine and posted an ad on craigslist, so hopefully he will find a good home soon! We also got him all his shots, and Kaylee got her shots and also got microchipped and got a bath ^.^ We are all ready to leave again! Onwards to Cali!
Route so far:

Bryce Canyon Picture Dump!

So, pictures from Bryce Canyon, as promised! The park has a loop road so we went to the very end and then saw everything in reverse. So, the pictures go from Rainbow Point down to Inspiration Point and then to Fairyland Canyon. (There were a lot more stops, but those are the names I can remember) If you want to see any of these larger, just click the picture!
 Heather with Rizo/Sirius Black/Charlie the Rez dog, on a brief walk at Rainbow Point








 "Natural Bridge", which is actually an arch =) Spiffy!
 The rainbow that made all the rain worth it! ^.^ This is my favorite picture so far











 Survivor tree is surviving XP
 These are from Inspiration Point, which was probably my favorite view!


 Yes, I love my dog =D



 I loved this quote and thought I would share it with everyone =)







 Ponderosa's remind me of home <3 I love huge trees!

So very lovely!