Roadtrip through California

What a busy vacation, and so much driving! But it was worth it. After our visit in Utah, we drove down to California and stayed a night with my Aunt Margo, Uncle Mo, Cousin Emma, and great grandma.

We had a lot of fun celebrating Grandma's birthday. She didn't recognize my dad at first.

"Hi! Happy birthday!" my dad said as he sat down bedside her.

She didn't recognize him but said "Well, thank you." Then, my mom and the rest of us walked in and she immediately recognized us and figured out who she was talking to. 

"You smarty pants!" she told my dad. "You're real sneaky! I didn't know who you were!" 

We all had a great laugh about that. That night we ate out a really good Mexican restaurant as well. 

The next day we went and visited my Aunt Marian. But first we to see my great grandpa Buddy in the Hospice Center. He was in real bad shape, but he recognized us and was happy to see us. We made it just in time, because he died a few days later.

We had a lot of fun with our Aunt Marian and Uncle Josh. We walked to the beach, played a little, and even introduced them to Bubble Tea!

Then, we left again and drove down to my Nana and Papa's (grandparent's) house in Paradise (great name, right?) We did a bunch of fun things. The second day we were there, we went with my Nana to a scrap-booking shop and made scrapbooks and cards. I made a scrapbook about Taiwan. It took several hours and I'll treasure it forever.

The next day we drove over to the famous San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. It was super windy and a little cloudy so it was hard to see most of the time, but it was still visible and magnificent. We went on a nice little hike nearby and had a picnic by the beach.

The day after that we hiked Mount Lassen. It was a long and hot hike (and most of you know that I'm not that much of a hiking person) but there was a beautiful view from the top and SNOW! In fact, there was a great big glacier. We also saw sulfur bubbling and spewing out of the ground. It smelled of rotten eggs, but it looked cool.  haha!

All in all, we had loads of fun and adventure. After spending about a week in Paradise, we took my Nana along with us and drove (again!) to the Upper Columbia Camp meeting. It was awesome seeing people we hadn't seen for a while, and to listen to the spiritually reviving sermons. My parents parenting seminar went well too.

Next, we had one more drive... back to

Wenatchee!

To be continued.... :)