so krauter's sleeping on the floor. we're sitting here watching team USA against Argentina in the America's Cup of Soccer from a comfortable couch in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's been a long trip so far. Everyone's at least a little tired. Lots and lots of driving...late nights....early mornings....little bit of everything. It's been almost a week since we've even had internet and, in turn, had a chance to update this little blog. Since last post......we've been to Big Sur, San Francisco, Reno, a random campground in Nevada, and now in Salt Lake City. Here's a little run-down:
LA: we went to the beach again in LA, "El Porto" @ Manhattan Beach. Buncha people, buncha waves, buncha sun, real good time. Pego and I mixed it up with the locals and played a rousing game of beach volleyball that ended in defeat... With a bitter taste in our mouths we headed back to headquarters and had a great mexican dinner before getting some sleep and shipping out toward Big Sur.
Big Sur: Pacific Coast Highway 1 is gorgeous, and a lot easier to drive on the inside as opposed to the cliff side. Driving through Malibu, stopping on the pier in Santa Barbara, and cranking the tunes on switchbacks near San Luis Obispo highlighted out trip up the coast. Big Sur was awesome. HUUUUGE redwood trees everywhere you looked. There were actually people around too and the campsite had a bar. We only stayed one night and just sat around the fire til we fell asleep. Rather uneventful, but gorgeous as gorgeous can be. We woke up early the next day and went down to the beach, hundreds of feet down the cliff from the campsite. This beach really captured what the central coast had to offer, huge waves crashing on huge rocks. Check out the pictures on facebook, they're truly amazing. We stopped at the Monterey museum a little bit further north from here, which was quite cool. Some more cool pictures, also on facebook.
San Francisco: So the guy we were supposed to stay with in San Fran turned out to be unreachable, and we had to settle on a place called the "Olympic Hotel." Well....think of the worst place you've ever stayed in.....it was worse. Shared bathrooms with the floor, one twin bed, and overall scariness. However, not in a bad part of Frisco. We walked a few miles up and down hills to the Wharf and spent most of the night taking in the scene. We ate at a little seaside grill and drank a few coronas, overall not a bad night. On the way back we hit up a few bars, including a place with foosball, and another place that had a buffalo sabres and buffalo bills jersey on the wall!! Turns out it was the headquarters of the San Francisco Buffalo Bills Backers Club. Pretty cool. We then went to a piano bar and got laughed at by the piano player for apparently not being cool enough. San Francisco was cool, but we had to get outta there and outta that hotel. Straight to wine country!!! Napa Valley was cool. We did a wine tour for $25 and got a free tasting out of it too. Then we paid more for some more tasting. Gorgeous country. Gorgeous wine. We had a real nice dinner in wine country at a place called Mustard's Grill. More wine. Quail, Lamb, Ribs. Great Dinner. Movin on....
Reno: We stopped in Reno because it made sense, right on the way back East, and it split up the trip a little more than we expected. The hotel we stayed at (Circus Circus) was huuuuge and also very nice, for not a lot of money. It had a casino inside and all the works. We had a night on the town and then got back to our nice, double bedded room. Out at 9am, onto Nevada.
Nevada: So this place was called the Ruby Mountains. We were waiting for a sequel to "The Hills Have Eyes." 80 miles off the beaten path, literally the middle of nowhere. Surprisingly, we were met by smiling faces and a few unexpected fellow camers also. Nothing to noteworthy, just a gorgeous "lake" that was more like a marsh that was in the middle of the mountains in Nevada. Really really really pretty country, includings herds of cows that wouldn't budge from the road. Another night around the campfire and another early morning out of there.
So we're recharging in Salt Lake at a really nice place right now, courtesy of my uncle's parents. It's like staying in a five star hotel. If we can rouse Krauter awake (it's only 7:30), we're gonna go check out the nightlife, maybe Park City. Tomorrow we go to Mt. Rushmore and the next night Milwaukee. Then it's a Cleveland Indians game and home. Here's a buncha videos, including our now infamous intros. ENJOY. miss yall. VIDEOS::::
Dallas Intro, a little late
Grand Canyon Intro, also late
Santa Fe Intro
So Cal Intro
Big Sur Intro
Nevada Intro
Colin Surfing, Only cuz he was the only one filmed well
Cows in Nevada
Krauter sleeping in the canyon
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