oregon.

I always seem to have random adventures with alisha.

We left riverside wednesday, our plan was simple:

1. wednesday- go to redding california to drop heather off at simpson

2. thursday- drive through oregon and stop in vancouver washington at courtney's house

3. friday- go to alisha's school in kirkland and move her in and then spend the day in seattle

but that is not what happened.

her car broke down in southern oregon. we were stopped on the side of the i-5. we got towed. we were waiting for the tow truck to get to us and decided to be productive and paint our nails.

got a room at the seven feathers casino in canyonville oregon. population: 1400. we were pretty much the onlyt ones at the hotel who didn't qualify for a senior discount.

here's leesh at dinenr surrounded by old ladies.

after dinner we went into town to check out the pioneer days... canyonville's celebration of oregon's 150th birthday. it was cute. we swear by this point the whole town knew there were two girls there from california whose car had broke down in their town.

we were both tired from the day and we went to bed early. thursday morn the car was ready to go so we were on our way to vancouver washington to court's house. we made it and then went back down to portland for the evening.

made a stop at voodoo doughnuts. i had a maple bacon bar

delish. i really love cities, and portland was no exception. it seemed so clean and i love all the trees surrounding it. after that we went to a bible study.

tomorrow we leave for alisha's school. we are moving her into the dorms and then going into seattle to explore.

we have met so many weird/random/interesting people on our trip so far... and im not going home till wednesday, so only God knows what elese is in store for us.

The office.

AHHHHHHH!

ok. today heather, edgar and I decided to go into la to find a random adventure. on the way there we were looking on the iphone for "top FREE things to do in la and that sort of thing

We found the address for the exterior filming of the Scranton Business park and the Dunder Miffilin parking lot so we decided to go.

we pulled up and there's Andy (david wallace) standing outside talking to some fans from texas. he was so nice and he remembered our names and introduced us to some sound people who came over to tell him that he was going to start filming. Andy told us we could watch his scene with John (jim) from the parking lot. so we waited.

and we saw them film but i honestly have no idea what happened in the scene except for a serious conversation between jim and david wallace that ended with jim walking away.

but then we waited by the exit and oscar drove up to the gate, parked his car, and got out to take a picture with us.

and then the same thing happened with Kate (Meridith)

we waited a few more minutes and saw John Krasinski getting into his car. and we were excited. and then he drove off the lot and waved and we thought he wasn't going to stop. but he totally did. basically parked his car in the street and took a picture with us.

apparently people just started coming two weeks ago, before this season they didn't even have security guards or anything. so if you want to take a trip to scranton i suggest doing it before they get too swamped with fans.

salvation mountain.

yesterday i went on an adventure to salvation mountain with alisha, josiah, and kevin.

seriously the coolest thing ever.

check it out! 

can i please do something awesome and meaningful with my life please?

on the way there we stayed on the 10 a little too long and ended up in the middle of nowhere. 

it was a cool place for a quick photo tho.
the self timer feature on cameras was a wonderful invention.
seriously i have had a great summer so far. i have loved spending time with lots of different people and getting to do some awesome things.

1 month down.

3 more to go!

i love southern california.

i love so cal. 

where else could you plan to go to the beach. then on the way there change your mind and head into hollywood.

and then drive around bel aire and see michael jackson's house, and the jonas brothers house. 

then go back to hollywood blvd and see a taping of the jimmy kimmel show.

and then end the night with a trip to the santa monica pier with a ride on the ferris wheel. 

arizona road trip.

jillian and i got the chance to go out to arizona this weekend to visit abby.

abby lives in minnesota but she was in az visiting her parents.
it was awesome to get to see ehr (after a year) and catch up.

we did touristy things in scottsdale.
like shop in stores that sell small cacti and cow boy boot necklaces.
we also went to the hippy gypsy store.
and we saw a man on his horse playing the guitar.

we did some other random things like going to the sugar bowl ice cream shop twice in the same day. and going out to dinner with her family. and hanging out with her sister who is basically abby's twin.

but the best part really was getting to see abby.
i miss her.
and i don't have any pictures with her. those are all on jillian's new camera.

nor cal weekend.

friday morning, 4am we left.
our first stop was at julia's uncle's vineyard.

we labeled some bottles for him and then we were back on the rode.
we got to redding and went tout to red robin for heather's 21st birthday.
heather is a generous person and proved this point by sharing her free sunday with julia.
the next day we slept in. then we went to target. i walked away with a pack of gum, and im pretty sure that deserves an award. its so hard to resist.
when we got back to the simpson campus we were attacked by geese. ok not really, but we did go watch a soccer game.
for dinner we went out for sushi. and jackie, who hates sishi, had rice.after sushi we got to go over to trav and annette's house. we had brownies, and friendship and played games. and i didnt take any pictures. :[ but payton did, so maybe someday we will make guest appearances on their blogs.
there are alot of riverside people currently residing in redding. melissa, who is heather's ra (they affectionately call her boss), elizabeth(fern), heather's suitemate. and the lances.
sunday we went to the sundial bridge and took abbout 200 photos.


we also took a million jumping pictures. julia is a retired cheerleader, and i am channeling my inner ninja.
we got to make a stop at my cousin greg's house where i met my new cousin (once removed? seccond cousin?) kingston. my brother chun was also in nor cal, so that was cool and random. and then my computer ran out of space, so there are no more pictures to show.

if anyone has an external hardrive laying around i could use one.

ahoy matey.

this past weekend we went on a last minute family vacation to long beach.
we stayed aboard the queen mary. it was fun and relaxing. my fave part of our suite was the hardware. check out the knobs for the bathtub: it says: hot salt, hot fresh, cold salt, and cold fresh.


on sunday we went to the aquarium of the pacific. i cracked up at the sign above the toilet.
kinda blury, but it reads : flush up for #1 (liquid waste) and flush down for #2 (solid waste)maybe sea world in all its amazingness ruined my opinion of aquariums. but i was totally board. i mean how long can you just look at fish behind glass? there were two otters and some cute penguin. but im over it.

the sea horse was my favorite tank. they are so funny looking. who decided this looks like a horse?

and now back at home we are working on re doing the front room.
but tomorrow when most of the painting is going to be done (by jacob and riley) i will be at the beach with junior highers.

shane ^2

thursday (of last week) shane and shane came to the grove and put on a rockin' show.
i saw them last year at cbu and it was fun.

my job was to check wristbands at the door. and k and i were doing a pretty good job untill we found out pastor daniel bishop was sneaking his friends in by putting the wristbands on real loose and then giving them to his friends. yes this is the guy who leads our junior highers.

mom and brother.

so after the show jillian (roommate) and janai (friend) were freaking out because they are crazy fans. and they got a crazy idea- driving to arazona the next day to see shane and shane again. originally i was against the idea because there was no way i could miss classes on friday. i had a midterm and a paper due. then friday morning i wake up to darkness. the school was without power. classes were cancelled and i was free to road trip with my friends.

so we drove to az. checked into our motel. ate at sonic burger. went to the concert. went to bed. woke up. went to sonic burger for breakfast. and drove back to california.