Ok we have been back for over a week and i haven't blogged...i know sorry!
Sunday, July 6th, after Colten's baby blessing and brunch we were off....on motorcycles were, Dad & Mum, Justin, and Eric. In the van was... Jesse & Candise, Aurora-7, Alianna-5, and Kyson-2, & Me and almost 2 month old Colten. The first night we drove to Reno, on the way after the sun had gone down and at the last stop before the hotel, i jumped on the bike with Eric, it was a nice little ride, I'm glad i waited for the sun to go down though. Earlier in the day it was in the 100's yikes!
Monday we woke up and started off to San Fransisco! We left and drove through Lake Tahoe on our way, man it was a beautiful drive. Once we got into San Fransisco we went to Pier 49 , ate dinner at Bubba's Shrimp, and walked and played on the pier. Then off to the golden gate bridge...why do they call it the golden gate bridge if it's red? i just was thinking that sorry. ANYWAY by the time we got there it was dark but still beautiful view. We drove for about 50 more miles north and stayed for the night.
Tuesday, July 8 (Eric and I's 2nd Anniversary!) We woke up and drove up the PCH (aka Pacific Coast Hwy) it was a BEAUTIFUL day I jumped on the bike again after one of our stops right before lunch and well let's just say i was a little hot and decided i was done after that for the day, getting back into the van never look so inviting! We stopped early so we could find a hotel with a pool for the guys and the kids to play in and the girls (me, mum and CandiSe) went shopping. ok nothing fun just for more snacks and things for the rest of the trip...hey just walking around was nice.
AH look at all those trees!
Wednesday, July 9th off to the Redwoods! Eric had switched with Jesse, so Jesse was driving Eric's bike and Eric drove the van. Man we went through some windy roads and they (everyone on bikes) loved it, i however felt a little car sick, that's how windy they were. But the view was worth it the trees were HUGE and they were even the BIG ones! It got soo hot that Mum, Dad, Jesse and Justin found a river and jumped in it clothes and all. The sad part was they were dry in about 20 min or so, i guess anyone would dry off that fast if it was 109 outside. After that we drove to see the BIG tree that was about 21ft in diameter and about 10 stories high. Man if you are having a fat day go stand by this tree! We even found a tree we could drive through! That was pretty fun! i think the kids really got a kick out of it too!
Jesse was feeling left out so he decieded to jump on his on bike...
Thursday, July 10th...we drove all day long and then stopped for lunch and took a little break at a little park, after that i switched with mum and drove with dad on his bike. Man after about 4 hours my little (ok not so little) bum was done! So after the last stop before home i jumped my happy butt in the van!
So that was our little trip Colten did sooo good! he only had one bad day, and wasn't feeling good, other then that we just made sure we got him out of his car seat at every stop, which with the bike was about every 3-4hours to fill up with gas. Over all it was a GREAT TRIP! And i'm glad Cotlen and i tagged along!
