Hello all!
My mom pointed out to me that I haven't posted in a while. Not for lack of trying, let me tell you. It seems that every time I get on here and get ready to post some pictures, my computer decides it's too hot to possibly continue working, and shuts itself off. Kyle is working on that problem as we speak. Hopefully he can fix it. Anyways, I wanted to post a few pictures from my trip to California. I have over 300 pictures from that week, so, as I said, a "few" pictures. Keep in mind that I probably have multiple pictures for everything I tell you I did.


Tuesday, January 1: leaving Connecticut at sunrise

Tuesday, January 1: about 10 hours later: arriving in Sacramento

Elk Grove! (Chad's hometown)

Wednesday: January 2: Eating cookies at a mall in Sacramento. We had to buy something so they'd validate our parking.

Wednesday: January 2: Capitol Building. After the mall, we walked around the Historic section of Sacramento, and then went to see the Capitol. We picked oranges off the trees in the Capitol Building park. They weren't worth the work it took to get them, they were really sour.

The pride of Cal-ee-for-nya.

On Thursday, January 3rd, we decided, after much debate, to go to San Francisco. It was supposed to rain all day, but it looked like our best weather day for the rest of the week, so we finally decided to just go. I'm glad we did, it was amazing, even though we were soaking wet within half an hour of getting out of the car. We tried to tour the Ghirardelli factory, but it was under construction. Typical Dickerson luck.

Pictures don't really convey just how steep these streets really are.

I touched the Pacific Ocean! The San Francisco Bay was as close as I got because it got too late/dark before we could go find the real beach. But I'm counting it anyway.

Alcatraz.

Lunch at Boudoin at Pier 39. Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. Yummm!

The sea lions at Pier 39. Unfortunately there weren't too many out.

Fisherman's Wharf.

Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge at night.

January 4-7, we spent the rainy days visiting with Chad's family, and Chad's grandmother and aunt. On Friday we lost power for a few hours in the morning, so that was exciting. We went to see National Treasure 2 on Saturday. All in all, it was a very fun trip, and I'm glad I went.


Monday: January 8: Getting our chains put on during our trip back to Rexburg.