What a drive!

So on Monday morning me and my best friend Matthew set off on our journey up the west coast to Vancouver. We made a stop to see Hearst Castle on Monday since I had never been there before and then ventured on to Mike & Brooke's house in Monterey for the night. Thanks again for letting us stay there!

We left early on Tuesday morning to attempt to make it the rest of the way. We weaved through the remainder of the foggy CA coast going over the Golden Gate bridge, onto the 101 and up through Eureka and Crescent City. Then, after a brief almost-running-out-of-gas incident, we cut over to the 5 which we met up at Grants Pass, OR. We finished off the trip for the night, arriving at about 11:45pm at my parent's house. About 16 hours total driving for the day...long day...

Matthew was a great passenger and we had a lot of fun talking, singing along to music and listening to Harry Potter and This American Life. Definitely a trip to remember. :)

We are definitely glad to be done with driving and in an air-conditioned house today though since it is about 110 degrees outside. If it weren't for all the trees I'd have thought we took a wrong turn and ended up in AZ!

Anyway, here are some pictures from the trip...