Sunday, August 21, 2011

End of Summer

It's that time of year again.  Usually I'm excited to get back to school but this past week I've been surprisingly wanting it to stay summer.  I'm excited to get back to Provo but I've had a pretty amazing summer and it's not over yet.

Last Tuesday Rachel, mom, dad, and I left for California.  We stayed over in Truckee and then finished our drive the next day to San Francisco.  If you've ever made the drive from Utah to Northern California you know the Nevada portion is pretty dull and long.  Only when we got out of Nevada did I begin to enjoy the drive.  The best part was when we passed a mini golf course in Sacramento whose sign said "Jimmer plays free."

So here is how our trip panned out:

Tuesday:  Leave Salt Lake

Wednesday:  Shop at the outlets in Vacaville, lunch in Sonoma, Golden Gate bridge, Bi-Rite ice cream (if you ever go, get ricanela which is basically snickerdoodle), Humphry Slocombe ice cream (yes, we did two ice cream places in one outing, but definitely skip this store next time you're in San Francisco.  It' has the weirdest flavors),  Pacific Catch for dinner (one of our favorites), China Beach, and drive thru Sea Cliff

Thursday:  Breakfast at Tartines, pick Brooke up from the Oakland airport,  pick her bags up from the San Francisco airport, lunch on the marina, "shop" on Fillmore street, shop in Union Square, Fort Point, dinner at La Canasta, and nighttime walk thru Cow Hollow neighborhood

Friday: Breakfast at Tartines (again), baptisms at the Oakland temple, antique and lace stores in Berkeley, lunch at Netties, Cable Car museum with dad, walk back thru dad's old neighborhood, Ghirardellis

Saturday:  go back to Oakland to pick up Brookes camera from the temple, go back to the Vacaville outlets to shop a little more, walk along the Nevada freeway to pick up part of the car that blew off, watch Undercover Boss to pass time, and arrive home at 11:45 P.M.


Oakland airport 

Fort Point
Walking back from the Cable Car museum with the Transamerica building in the background
Mom and dad's old apartment on Pacific


Now, less than 18 hours after getting home I am doing laundry and packing again to head back to California, this time Long Beach.  I'll report on that later.
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  1. bbarkerAugust 21, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    Abby:
    It has been nice having you home this summer. I certainly enjoyed the trip, especially our walk from the cable car museum back to the hotel in Cow Hollow. Sad to see you go back to school next week. You will have a great year. I am very proud of the great young lady you have become. Love; Dad

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  2. BonnieAugust 21, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    It was a fun trip. You're right about Humphrey Slocumbes but wasn't Bi-Rite Great????

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