Road trip to Portland for Thanksgiving 2008

Road trip to Portland for Thanksgiving 2008

The Journey North If you don't already know, I am up in Portland, OR for Thanksgiving to visit my family this year. I left the house at 5:05am yesterday and was expecting to hit rush hour traffic in Sacramento, but I guess it being a holiday week, the traffic was really light. $1.89/gal Gas Price $21.00 First Fill-up 10 hours Total Drive Time I drove past Weed, CA where I normally stop for lunch and gas because at 9am I wasn't hungry and with a Honda Civic I…

Pismo beach

Pismo beach

Lana, her mom and sister went to Pismo Beach on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  Below are some pictures from their trip.

San Francisco pictures

San Francisco pictures

Lana and I walked everywhere in San Francisco yesterday for our anniversary. We tried to get iPhones at the Apple Store, but our contract isn't up until December.  Pulled up my website from the iPhones we were playing around with in the store and watched a Tyler video I was telling Lana about on the BART ride into the city, which was fun. We walked down to the Ferry Building because we hadn't been inside it yet.  We were going to try some cheese at the Cowgirl Creamery,…

Great quote from St. Augustine of hippo

Great quote from St. Augustine of hippo

I am reading 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List and in one of the first chapters I found a great quote. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page.” — St. Augustine of Hippo