My trip was a lot of fun! It was me, Josh (my bf), his sister Nicole and her roommate/our friend Desiree. We drove all the way to San Francisco in one day. It only took us about 13 hours instead of the typical 16 it takes to get there. We arrived at Coleen’s house around 9:00pm on Friday the 7th. The next morning (Saturday) she took us around the city for a mini-tour since the rest of them were leaving for LA that same day while I got to stay with Coleen for a couple days. They left around 11am and so Coleen, Todd (bro in-law) and I went to lunch at Boudin's on Pier 39. Their sourdough bread is YUMMY! Todd left from there for a temple trip in Oakland and Coleen continued to show me around San Fran. That day I got to see the Golden Gate bridge, Lombard Street (windiest street in the world), the "Full House" neighborhood, China Town, and the shops and city life. Sunday we slept in and only went to YW. Coleen had to teach the lesson. After church she took me on a hike up Sweeney Ridge. It's so beautiful with all the forest and hills and ocean and it will kick your butt, literally! My butt hurt for the next two days. It was a great work out. We stayed out there for about three hours. Later that night Coleen and I met up with Bridgette (my other sister) at her apartment in the city. Coleen lives in San Bruno which is ten minutes from San Fran. We just hung out and had girl talk. Once Coleen left (I stayed with Bridgette cause she had work in the morning) Bridgette and I watched a movie and read our love matches in a astrology book. Mine was Libra woman - Virgo man relationship and hers was a Gemini woman - Libra man relationship. It was pretty interesting what it had to say. Around noon the next day (Monday) Bridgette showed me around her neighborhood in the city and did a little shopping. We also walked along the coast and I took pictures with my camera from my photo class. We didn't have much time because Bridgette had to work at 3:30pm and Coleen ended up getting off work at 1 pm. We talked and ate lunch at a little grassy area near the hospital where Bridgette works. Once we dropped off Bridgette, Coleen took me to Twin Peaks where you can see the entire city! It was a great view, but it got too cold so we decided to go to Babies-R-Us to register for some things. Bridgette got of work early so we went back to her apartment so she could get ready and we went to Little Italy and had dinner at Pinocchio's. It was delicious! That night was more girl talk until Coleen and I left at 11pm.
The next morning (Tuesday) I flew from San Fran to LA where Josh and his sister Theresa picked me up from the airport. We went to Venice beach (gorgeous!) for lunch and she showed us around the city. I saw the Hollywood sign, where the playboy mansion was, famous bars, Hollywood walk of fame, and of course Venice beach. We got to Upland, CA around 5:00pm where I stayed at Josh's grandparents house. Anyway, his grandparents have some money and they had a beautiful home and a spa in the backyard! While I was there Josh took me around the town and higher up so I could see the lights at night. We got a few slurpees from 711, spent time in the spa every night, watched movies, went and saw 10,000 BC in the theater and ate at Tokyo Kitchen. Great food! They make it right in front of you and light things on fire. hahaha. It was way expensive but you get plenty of food so it's worth it. Luckily his grandma paid for everyone.
Thursday morning we left Upland to head to Las Vegas for part of the day and only ended up spending about an hour there. We left Vegas for Enterprise, UT. We stayed at our friend Alexis’ house for the night and left 8:00am the next morning (Friday) for Rexburg. We got there in the afternoon sometime. I can’t quite remember. That night Josh read me two stories (children’s books, I love them!) and then Josh, his sister and I watched Pocahontas. Saturday morning we walked to the temple(Josh, his two sisters and me). That night we went to Guitars Unplugged where a lot of talented people played music. It was a lot of fun. After that Nicole (one of Josh's older sisters) went to bed and Jenny (Josh's younger sister), her boyfriend, Josh and I went and watched Peter Pan at some people's apartment that Jenny knew. Sunday morning we went to sacrament meeting at 8AM. We were all really tired, but ended up getting on the road around 9:15. We made it back to Moscow around 4:30pm! Good time! =)
That was my trip and I enjoyed every minute of it! I was car sick every time we were in the car, but Josh took care of me. yay! =)
