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My Summer Vacation

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[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!

Ms. Campbell may be contacted at her new address, snobbyblog@gmail.com