Far From Home: December 2009

I guess I've skipped the Grand Canyon. No clue how that happened but here it is.

Oh Lord all might... It looks so fake. Never would have thought it looked like that.

We slept out side of the National park and drove in to the park to make our breakfast. An omelet, very good compared to another PB&J sandwich. We've been cooking all our food on a small fold up stove. Second best thing we bought next to the sleeping bags.

We made our way to the entrance of the canyon. We were told to not travel without food or water down to the bottom and that you could not make it to the bottom and back in a day. So we prepared. We had our camel packs full of water, backpack with lunch and snacks and our music in our ears. We stared the hike down in to the Grand Canyon.

We walked for hours and I took hundreds of pictures. All of it was down hill, of coarse, easy right? Yes, this part was. We passed tons of people and faces became far and few. We had a goal, keep going till we saw the Colorado River. It all went on and on. Then there it was the Colorado River. It was finally time to eat our lunch. Sitting on cliff looking over the Canyon and river. Perfect!

We ate our last bit of meat and bread and we were off, back up the canyon. Lord all mighty was that hard. More for me then Kev. He's amazing waiting for me every ten feet.

It was supper cold even though the sun was shinning down hard. Long underwear, jackets and bennies kept us very warm but we made it back just before sunset.

It was a long hard day and our bodies ached the next day like we hiked down in to the Grand Canyon... Cause we did!!!!

Im leaving Portland Oregon today :(

I love it here. The book stores and the shopping. There are so many vintage shops and hole in the wall stores. Portland is completely its self. The people here are there own kind.

Before this we were in California for about a week and a couple days. I did meet up with Ayla in Los Angeles also applied for a job. Its crazy I just walked in to the salon started talking. I was there for hours and left with a job and a parking ticket.

Oh and no talking on the phone in California they will pull you over.

Los Angeles to San Francisco

Everyone says San Fran is so much better then L.A. Blah Blah Blah

Well... It is.

I loved it I ate so much food there. Muffins, Coffee and yummy breakfast Pizza on Fillmore St. then to China Town for fun shopping and Sushi that floats by and you just take and eat. Fisherman's Wharf was fishy. Had some Shrimp, Clam Chowder for dinner then an Apple Pie Candy Apple (best thing ever) and Chocolate covered Cheese Cake.

The next morning we went back to Fisherman's Wharf and had a Crab Sandwiches.

The seagulls and pigeons there are so so sooo fat.

From there was then the Redwood forest.

This out of the whole trip was what I couldn't wait for. The trees were so big, tall and fat. We did of course drive through a tree. We paid $5 to do it but we got to go through it as much as we wanted :) We camped there that night and yes it was so cold, 17 degrees. The fire wood was frozen and that took for ever to get started and the stars through the trees... all I can say is what an amazing God. He has mad so many beautiful things. The stars were the only light in the sky.

I've seen more shooting stars this month then I think a person would see in a life time.

The drive from California through Oregon to Portland was breath taking. The enormous trees on the right of you a cliff to the left with the ocean below. The sand is dark but looks as if glitter is mixed in with it. Waves eight to ten feet high that crash in to the building size rocks that sit in the water and shore where drift wood is scatters all over.

I didn't see any Sea Lions or Whales but did see lots of Elk.

Well I'm not tired of being on the road yet but I do miss my family, friends and the salon.

I took lots of pictures.

Off to Seattle...

The Beaches in Oregon