October Happenings

How do you pack for a two and a half week long trip? Open up your suitcase and pour your closet into it. 

Believe me. I would know.

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A few weeks ago, my dear mother and sister, and I loaded the back of the car with suitcases, baskets of books and school, snacks, and other odds and ends and started off.

First Stop: Baylor!

Quality time with family (brothers, yay!) and friends. Really, that's just the best. 

(Oh, and can we just take a minute to notice how completely amazing Julia's hair looks? I mean, really. )

And then we drove.

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(get it, it's a road. It took some time to figure out how to make that work, so please appreciate it. Thanks.)

And then we met up with these lovely people.

                                                     

(I just kind of love them all.)

Had a nice chat, over lunch. (I mean.. we talked while we ate lunch.. not that we chatted about lunch) Friends and food. Two of my favorite things right there.

And onward to Franklin!

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(You don't have to appreciate this road as much because I just copied and pasted.)

Where I got know this lovely lady a little better.

She is really fantastic. 

And I visited New College Franklin.

We played frisbee

 (I realize this is a pretty lame picture.. no one is even running and the frisbee isn't even in flight, but it's all I got. sorry.)

And this cutie dressed up as an Indian.

(It was Halloween)

And then we drove some more.

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(again, copy and paste. It's really a wonderful tool.)

To see these lovelies. 

I LOVE this kid! 

They're swell folks. And I love them to death.


Aaaand then. More driving. 

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We visited the Greens too, but I don't have pictures from that. But it was fun (duh.) and I love their house. Like, a lot. I mean, I love the Greens too, but their house... :)

Anyway...

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Back to Texas.

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(More driving because everyone knows, the longest part of the roadtrip is driving through Texas.)

Almost home, but first...

We met Governor Huckabee! And that was cool. :)

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And then.

 Home. Sweet. Home.

It was a wonderful trip. 

But really, 

there is no place like home.

New something I learned about myself: I realllyyyy like my bed, guys. I didn't know how much I liked it. But oh, do I ever.

So that's that.

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"I do like a road, because you can always be wondering what is at the end of it."
~L.M. Montgomery~

California Trip #1

I'm finally getting around to telling you about my trip. Yeah, yeah, I know... took me long enough, huh? But better late than never, right?

Day 1: 

We flew in to San Francisco, and drove as far as we could in the direction of Yosemite National park before night came upon us.

 

Day 2:

We woke up and drove the rest of the way to Yosemite. The drive was delightful. We passed orchards and vineyards and lovely countryside. After a while the road started ascending and getting pretty windy, and the scenery even more interesting. I was on the edge of my seat anxious to see what was around the next corner. Once we came around a curve and we saw this:

It was a beautiful lake with blue mountains behind it. I've never completely understood why mountains are sometimes described as "blue", but I do now. 

And then we finally came to Yosemite:

 It was amazing, beautiful, exquisite, breathtaking... 

One thing that I found rather interesting was this:

An enormous rock. It's called El Captitan. It's 3,000 feet high, and a favorite challenge for experienced climbers. It would take one of these experienced climbers about 5 to 7 days to climb it. 

Do you see that little white spot to the right of the shadow? Well, that's a person climbing. 

Sometimes, I'd look around me, listening to a tour guide tell me that it all just appeared by chance, and wonder who could actually think that. All that majestic beauty, mountains that made me feel smaller than the tiniest ant, even the little things like how beautiful the sound of water racing over rocks can sound. And this all just happened? I don't think so. 

That's all for now, folks. 

Coming soon: Sarah in the City.