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california day 2: yosemite

day two started out with bottled starbucks and ended with my first in-n-out experience (and probably my last; i wasn't very impressed)... and squashed in the middle was yosemite!

california has such pretty roads. they're curvy and twisty and hilly and beautiful.

we stopped at a few various vista points along the way to take pictures.

 

lake don pedro & "the rim of the world" vista

for breakfast, we stopped at PJ's cafe in groveland on the way to yosemite. amy got bacon & eggs, i got french toast, and then we got back on the road.

my ears hurt so much as we drove up through the mountains into the park. the roads were curvy and flanked by trees and as we got deeper into the park, the temperature dropped enough for there to still be snow on the ground. it reminded me of home.

half dome & el capitan.

i couldn't resist taking pictures of the cute stuff in the gift shop. and i got a sweatshirt from yosemite.

we had to stop and see yosemite falls, and the trails to the viewing areas were so pretty.

our last stop of the day was bridalveil falls. it was downpouring by then, so i only had time to take a couple of very quick selfies.

the sun decided to come out on our way home so we stopped and took pictures of the scenery.

yosemite was such a beautiful park, and it was also my reason for coming to california in the first place. my friend amy wanted a picture to hang above her couch, so hopefully she has quite a few options from these.

i'm back to having two jobs again and i'm still working out my schedules, but i'll get back to ootd's and stuff soon!

california day 1: airports, jelly beans & san francisco

last night i got back from my weekend in california! i had so much fun and i have a ton of pictures to share. :)

waiting at the milwaukee airport

"airport views" mpls & san francisco

friday night/really early saturday morning... i landed at midnight and we didn't get back to our hotel in sacramento until 2AM (4AM wisconsin time). we crashed and then got up early saturday morning for our whirlwind san francisco day.

we made a pit stop at the jelly belly factory in fairfield. there's a jelly belly factory in wisconsin too, but the california factory is 1000x better. you get to actually walk the factory instead of having a train take you to various video monitors.

bertie bott's every flavour beans, coldstone ice cream parlor mix, spring mix & "bunny corn"

(jelly belly haul~)

before we left, we stopped at the jelly belly cafe to dine on jelly beans shaped pizza and pose for a picture with the giant jelly belly man.

after leaving jelly belly we got back on our way to san francisco!

we stopped at the point isabel dog park to get out of the car and stretch our legs for a little bit. being there made us both miss our dogs.

after almost 3 hours of driving, we made it to san francisco! we wanted to do an alcatraz tour but we got there after all the ferries had gone for the day, so we spent the majority of the day at the golden gate bridge.

after golden gate, we did a little bit of sightseeing.

the mrs. doubtfire house (2640 steiner st)

the "full house" house (1709 broderick st)

...and then there was lombard st.

one of the steepest hills in the city with four way stops at pretty much every intersection, which then leads into this crazy zig zag going down the hill. funny story? my friend amy's power steering in her car went out right before these zig zags. (and then magically worked again when we stopped at an auto zone to check everything out... kisses, gloria!)

we stopped at black bear diner in vallejo for dinner and to fill up this notebook with all of our antics from the day, and of course we had to take pictures with the bears outside after dinner.

before heading back to the hotel, we stopped in old sacramento to do a little bit of souvenir shopping. we went to candy heaven, stage nine entertainment, and evangeline's. and of course i couldn't resist taking picture of the street performers.

this has been quite a photo heavy blog post... day 2: yosemite is up next!