I've still got stuff in my car, since I'm too lazy to move it all. In other news, this keyboard sucks, and I recently (about a week ago) got back from a 10 day trip to Seattle and other places, visiting relatives, mostly.
Starting from the tiny town of Ephraim, myself, my sister Naomi and my niece Juliah, traveled through several states to get to northern Washington, where we stopped in Monroe, which is where my Aunt lives. My father, step-mother and step-brother traveled with us, in a separate vehicle.
I'll spare the details of staying at her house and such, but I visited with a lot of family on my dad's side (it was my Grandfathers 85th birthday), and ended up going on a harbor tour of the Puget Sound, the Space Needle, the Seattle Aquarium, the famous Puget Sound Locks, the Zoo and the Jimi Hendrix Memorial Museum/Science Fiction Museum, Alki Beach and a Mariners game. The Mariners are the Seattle baseball team, and they lost. I'd never been to a baseball game before, well, not a really one. It was quite the experience. It was all very interesting, and took place over the course of about 4 days. While in Alki Beach, I found this little gem:
More pictures later. Mostly of the zoo.
After all this, on Friday, my sister, niece and I traveled to Crescent City, California, through the Redwoods, and we spent the night there, and visited the beach. We then headed to Sacramento. We didn't actually have time to visit the Fisherman's Wharf in San Fransisco, but California was still mostly pleasant, though we were not used to the traffic. My mother told us that in California it's considered a sign of weakness to signal. At any rate, we spent the next day with my other grandfather, and he was very happy to see us, and discussed the current economy and how we should get out of Utah, and other various things. That was Saturday, we left Sunday morning, and headed across the border, to Carson City, Nevada, where my mother lives (and her mother had previously lived, while she was still alive). After hanging around there until yesterday, I left so that I could be back for work today. And so here I am. My mother decided to give my sister a car, so I came back earlier than my sister.
So, now that I'm back, I'm feeling a little weird. I don't go on trips often, and it was an interesting experience. Driving for 12 hours straight yesterday was strange, and I got lost a few times. Visiting people, seeing things. It was all very interesting, and in many ways, surreal.
At least I got to listen to more of Blood of the Fold while I was in the car. Also, I ended up breaking down and buying an iPod.
