[img]912|left|Alex Campbell||no_popup[/img]Dateline Boston — This summer I went to California. Here is some of what I did:
• Used a bag with wheels for the first time. Whee!
• Drove my S.O. crazy during a three-hour layover in Texas (Who’s restless? Yee haw!)
• Ate tacos
• Went to the San Diego Zoo
[img]954|left|||no_popup[/img]• For seven hours
• Saw the Oscar Meyer weiner mobile
• Ate taquitos
• Watched my uncle fix a broken sewing machine. The culprit? A piece of thread. Figures.
• Went to the Santa Monica Pier
• Ate Greek food
• Ate Italian food with high school friends in Santa Barbara
• Witnessed my S.O.’s first experience with a cat who didn’t bite or scratch
• Watched my S.O. fall in love with a cat
• Went to an ostrich and emu farm
• Went back to Neverland Ranch (more desolate than last year, and didn’t make any Facebook friends)
• Saw miniature horses
• Ate taquitos
• Ate flautas
• Ate rice and beans
• Saw elephant seals in Cambria
• Saw and correctly identified a vole
• Ate a tri-tip sandwich, the likes of which we do not have back east
• Went to Hearst Castle. Made a Facebook friend.
• Drove up Highway 1 (more correctly, was driven up Highway 1)
• Stopped at Nepenthe restaurant for lunch. Can you say Ambrosia burger?
• Took pictures of the coast
• Took pictures of the coast
• Took pictures of the coast
• Tasted salt and pepper ice cream in San Francisco
• Had a fabulous time in California! See you next year!
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