hello blog...

so I am finally updating my blog. I can hardly beleive it myself. I didn't know if I would ever blog again but here I am with some extra time on my hands. So now i get to play catch up... So on our way home from Seattle we decided to take a drive down through Oregon and California to see the Redwood forest and visit John and Errin in San Francisco. here a few quick highlights.These trees are so huge and and beautiful. Some of them are thousands of years old. It is pretty awe-inspiring to see them. There are tons of camping spots and hikes to go on in the park (which is huge) but we just went on a few hikes as we drove through. just a tree stumpon one side of the highway was forest and the other side was all beach. Cold beaches but really cool. Don't get to see those rocky, misty beaches very often. We stayed at john and erin's in palo alto which was really fun and they were so great to have us. we spent a day down town at some of the touristy places and some of the not so touristy places. I don't know if I can hack the San Fran public transportation system again. We pretty much got beat up in little old ladies in china town and crazy men on the BART (subway). if you haven't heard the story, you need to. We spent a day down in San Jose at an awesome beach and went to giants game with John and E. It was a really fun way to end our summer.