Northern California's Lost Coast
Backpacking!
The long weekend was an adventure to be sure! We stayed near Stanford on Friday and visited a friend. We took a very short tour of Stanford. What an amazingly beautiful campus! You can feel the inteligence vibrating in the air! I got to touch some real Rodin Sculptures that were standing in an open courtyard! They were of French men of the city of Chasis (I think) that gave their lives along with the keys of the city to the English. The anguish on their faces was evident and just amazing! I also thought their feet were really cool as well as their behinds! Such muscles! There was also a Rodin Garden but we did not have time to walk through them. We of course forgot to take pictures so I dont have those to share with you. Sorry! The church there at Stanford is also awesome! The murals on the walls were all mosaic; just beautiful! I will have to check the college's website and see if there are good pictures of them. We proceeded north early Saturday morning for a truly under estimated drive to the beginning of the hike. We stopped for breakfast at a very cute tea house with amazing scones and wonderful breakfasts. When we finally got to the beginning of the hike we had passed through some redwoods and sequias, seen some deer, traversed over a mountain range, and almost driven to Oregon! The hike was mostly on the beach of black sand. Hiking on the sand was tough!! When we started the wind was at our backs pushing us forward. On our return Monday the wind was still blowing the same direction! I swear there were gusts that could have sent me tumbling into the sea! We saw various sea creatures, deer, and HUGH jack rabbits! No bears even though we were bombarded with warnings about them! At our second campsite in a driftwood shelter the wind was almost never ending! We made camp in the early afternoon, fixed up the shelter a bit more and relaxed by the sea watching a big sea lion on a rock. The wind did not quit until the sun went down! It was a bit frutstrating and grumpifying but we all survived. You can see our pictures here http://airnewt.smugmug.com/gallery/1631493
Well, I suppose I should stop this blog entry. I really need to get ready and go to work. I hope you all had a great Fourth! Love to you all!
~~~Suz
The long weekend was an adventure to be sure! We stayed near Stanford on Friday and visited a friend. We took a very short tour of Stanford. What an amazingly beautiful campus! You can feel the inteligence vibrating in the air! I got to touch some real Rodin Sculptures that were standing in an open courtyard! They were of French men of the city of Chasis (I think) that gave their lives along with the keys of the city to the English. The anguish on their faces was evident and just amazing! I also thought their feet were really cool as well as their behinds! Such muscles! There was also a Rodin Garden but we did not have time to walk through them. We of course forgot to take pictures so I dont have those to share with you. Sorry! The church there at Stanford is also awesome! The murals on the walls were all mosaic; just beautiful! I will have to check the college's website and see if there are good pictures of them. We proceeded north early Saturday morning for a truly under estimated drive to the beginning of the hike. We stopped for breakfast at a very cute tea house with amazing scones and wonderful breakfasts. When we finally got to the beginning of the hike we had passed through some redwoods and sequias, seen some deer, traversed over a mountain range, and almost driven to Oregon! The hike was mostly on the beach of black sand. Hiking on the sand was tough!! When we started the wind was at our backs pushing us forward. On our return Monday the wind was still blowing the same direction! I swear there were gusts that could have sent me tumbling into the sea! We saw various sea creatures, deer, and HUGH jack rabbits! No bears even though we were bombarded with warnings about them! At our second campsite in a driftwood shelter the wind was almost never ending! We made camp in the early afternoon, fixed up the shelter a bit more and relaxed by the sea watching a big sea lion on a rock. The wind did not quit until the sun went down! It was a bit frutstrating and grumpifying but we all survived. You can see our pictures here http://airnewt.smugmug.com/gallery/1631493
Well, I suppose I should stop this blog entry. I really need to get ready and go to work. I hope you all had a great Fourth! Love to you all!
~~~Suz
posted by Suzanne, Suz, Zanny, Zan... at
8:23 AM
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Wow. Checked out the pictures. Incredible. Glad you are able to go and do so many neat things. You look happy and in the one picture, a little pooped out. Thanks for sharing! Love you. pb
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pbryan, at 12:53 PM
Hey guys, great pictures!! Glad you had such an awesome trip! We had a good 4th here. Went to Deidre's and had fireworks there. Valerie and Paul came as well as a friend's sister and her 2 kids, one of which is Val's age. WE had a bunch of fireworks...shot them off for at least an hour!! Kids werehappy. Thanks for sharing pictures with us all. We will have to get Lori in on this and see if there is someway she can scan some cruise pics on the blog for us. Tell Mike hi....leove you...mom
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Cindy, at 2:49 PM
Beautiful !!!!! Not sure I could of put up with the wind tho. We had a quiet 4th. Nicole traveled back to Berkeley and Ty was off with friends. Doug and I spent it with Kyle and Linda and thier neighbors... more great food. Watched three different fireworks shows from their flat roof. Pretty good show. We need to plan a weekend Suz. Are you and Mike going to be able to make the river trip in Aug or Oct?? Tryin to get your mom and maybe my mom out in Oct. That would be cool.
Lov U. Kath
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kath, at 9:54 PM
one world
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ok actually its a sound
thats the sound that the great CAL students make when stanford (the school that your parents buy your way into) is mentioned. As you might guess were cross town rivals and suz was a traitor for not visiting CAL haha
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Nicole, at 4:14 PM
Nicole----I would have visited had you been there!!!!
~~~Suz
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Suzanne, Suz, Zanny, Zan..., at 5:57 PM
Thanks Aunt Ellen!! Have a great time with Jason and the kids!!!!! Tell them HI for me and get Jason to join us! I am glad that you have! Keep blogging!
Love,
~~~Suz
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Suzanne, Suz, Zanny, Zan..., at 7:17 AM
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