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Day 25

After a night filled with the sound of ATVs, Dune Buggies, and Dirt Bikes we were ready for a little fun of our own. We rented two Honda 250 EX 2007 ATVs for 2 hours. It was expensive but well worth it. We started out slow but quickly got used to the semi-automatic controls and steering of the ATVs. We then hit the Dunes, which reminded me of a large ski resort. We started out on small hill but moved up to large slopes and small jumps. We were catching mad air at this point. Like 3 to 6...INCHES....it was off the hook as you will see in our videos. Though I usually manage to get hurt on things that go fast and have the ability to go off jumps, I managed to get away with only a few scrapes and bruises on my ankle from failing to do a wheeley. David being the little girl that he is had to stop half way through because he felt "sick" and needed to eat pop tarts. Once our 2 hours were up we packed up the campsite and left for somewhere in Southern California. We embarked on an 8 hr drive. When we drove through Malibu we saw a lot of huge ridiculous houses. Then in LA we stopped at an In-and-Out Burger for the first time, it was tasty. Our last place we drove through was Laguna Beach, the setting of the forever popular TV show "Laguna Beach". I think I saw Jessica. Our night ended in San Clemente State Park, where we had a successful fire with wood that was given to us at Pismo Beach earlier that morning. It was hard to fall asleep because some really loud women in the campsite next to us, but once we did fall asleep we slept well.

Day 24

Day 24 morning we drove to the Monterey Aquarium to check it out. It took us a while to figure out parking, but in the end it turned out ok. The aquarium was really great, because of its location in an area that is home to most of the remaining sea otters, the aquarium focused a lot on them. After walking through most of the aquarium, we saw that there were some free movies so we decided to check them out. The first thing we saw wasn't actually a movie but instead a game shaw called "You Otter Know." It was semi-entertaining, and as I predicted the oldest person who was not an adult won. The next video was about sharks and was hosted by the author of Jaws. It was so so, and as soon as it was over we left to head towards our next campsite. We didn't actually have a place to stay so we decided to drive and check out the campsites as we saw them. We ended up at Pismo Beach, where we were able to camp literally on the beach. That evening around 9:30, we went for a walk on the beach where we saw a massive RV get horribly stuck in the sand. We were mildly amused when we saw them get stuck, but we saw that they clearly needed some help so we lent a hand. It took us a while, but we finally got them out. After driving about 100ft they got stuck again, and again we helped get them out. Then we saw a guy in a pickup truck who looked like he was stuck so we walked over to offer a hand. When I asked if he was stuck he said "Yeah, but not that kind" he was clearly very drunk so we decided to go our separate ways, but before we left he offered us some weed, we decided to pass on that and went back to the tent to sleep.

Day 23

Today we drove from Yosemite to Monterey. Before leaving we went on a short hike (only about 4 or 5 miles) and saw Mirror Lake. It was a very uneventful drive toady, and we got to Monterey around 6pm. After setting up the tent we went over to the beach and walked for a little while. Then we came back to the campsite and fixed dinner. It has been a very uneventful day. Tomorrow we are planing on visiting the Monterey aquarium.

Day 22

Day 22 we woke up and left our hosts house. We stopped and picked up some bagels from a place called Noah's bagels. We then drove out to Yosemite National Park. When we got into the park we stopped by the camp office to find out where we would be able to get a site for the night. We ended up staying in Camp 4, a camp frequented by hikers and rock climbers. I liked it a lot b/c it only cost $5 per person. After we got the tent set up and put all our food in bear boxes, we decided to go for a swim in the river. The stream was a short walk from out camp and the water was very cool and refreshing. We swam downstream a ways and played around in the water and then swam back to where we had started. After we hiked back to the campsite, we set our tofu marinating for dinner and just hung around the campsite. Dinner was good, we had rice and tofu in an asain sauce, and we went to bead really early. b/c it was so early, we couldn't sleep and ended up reading Dr. Drew's book to each other for a while.

Day 21

Today we slept in and then went out for a walk around the Berkeley campus with one of our hosts. We walked through the campus and saw some redwoods, and the Freespeach Cafe, and the clock tower. After we got back and took showers, Noah and I went out to get some lunch. We walked just a few blocks down the street to a pizza joint and got some food. I had a sandwich and Noah had sandwich as well. Later in the day we all went out to see the new Michael Moore movie. We though it was very good although as usual very focused in its one sidedness. I also thought that there were a few things that seemed needlessly dramatic. That evening our hosts went out and Noah and I made some tofu with pasta which was quite good.

Noah Levitating

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Originally uploaded by teamelementzero.

at a beach in Oregon got our levitation on

Day 20

Today we woke up at about 9:00. We waited for Milton and Sandra to come home from yoga so that they could help us decide what to do downtown. At 10:30 Milton dropped David and I off at the Bart. We took the train to the Montgomery stop which is just outside of Chinatown. We spent about 30 min trying to find a good place to eat in for lunch. Most importantly a cheap place. We ended up going to this little Chinese place where for 5 bucks we were able to get 2 beef dumplings, 2 pot stickers, a pork filled bun, a Chinese donut, a little meat turnover thing, and this giant fried piece of bread that despite being extra greecey tasted pretty bad. Then we were off to find some souvenirs that would be unique to Chinatown. We hit a home run in this category. We found some kick ass Chinese silk robes that are sexy and reversible. Some other great finds were 79 cent San Francisco Mugs and a porcelain sex figurine. After walking around in Chinatown it was about 3pm and we decided we would walk to the Fisherman's Wharf. We got some good pictures of Alcatraz and of a floating restaurant. By that time it was after 4 and we took the street car back to the Bart. Once we got back to Berkley Milton came and picked us up. After much discussion we ended up going a Indian Restaurant that was slow but good. Now it is 9:45 and we will soon be going to sleep. David keeps complaining about my snoring but I think he has stopped crying about it and realized he will just have to deal with it.

Day 19

After sleeping in the car for the first time on our trip we left for Berkeley. It was a cold night but we slept alright. The drive from Eureka was long and windy. The day was kind of dreary but the views were amazing. We stopped once in Gualala and then drove the rest of the way to Berkeley. We were both feeling pretty sick; the road wound allong the coast with sharp turns every couple of minuets, so our speed was slow and we were fealing crappy. We got into Berkeley arround 4 in the afternoon and decompressed for the rest of the day. We had showers and napped. Then we went to the grocery store and bought food for dinner which we promptly ate. We called it an early night and went to bed around 10:30.

Day 18

On day 18 we drove from Coos Bay Or, to a state beach in Westport CA. It was a relatively uneventful drive. The morning in Coos Bay was cool and very foggy. We had been planing to drive from Coos Bay to Eureka, but we decided to drive a little farther so that we could get to Berkeley faster the next day. Looking at the AAA campground book we decided that the state beach in Westport would be the best location wise. The campsite was cool. It was on a bluff overlooking the ocean with a path down to the beach. We had bought some lighter fluid earlier in the day and using wood we collected on the beach, we made a fire and cooked some hot dogs.

Because the campsite was so cold, and there was a lot of mist coming of the ocean, we decided to sleep in the car. We still set up the tent so that we could pull all of our stuff in it. Sleeping int the car went ok. Noah slept on one of the seats laid back all the way, and I slept on the floor with the other seat folded up to the wall. Before going to bed we watched an episode of top chef.

Day 17

*** Day 17 coming soon***

Day 16

*** Day 16 coming soon***

Day 15

Day 15 we woke up at 5:00 AM so that we could be out of the house before John and his family had to leave for their flight to Spain. We got up took showers and were on our way by about 5:40 AM. We drove from John's house to Mt. Renier which Noah hiked up some, and then to Mt. St. Helen's. MSH was a bit of a disappointment, you couldn't get very close to it and it was hard to see all the devastation that you alway hear about associated with the mountain.
We arrived in Portland Or. around 6 in the evening. The city is very nice so we parked and wandered around and got some street vender food. Around 7 we went and picked out
Cousin Amy up from work and then went back to her house. After she had some dinner we went out and walked around her neighborhood and saw where she hung our and what there is to do. The last place we stopped before returning home was to a restaurant with an outdoor section where we watched silent movies projected on a wall.