California Vacation Part 5: Road Trip to Carmel

On day five of our vacation we left San Francisco and went down the coast to Carmel. We rented a car for the trip, and we could not see out the back because of how much luggage we had. The views down the coasts were beautiful. After a while I got bored looking at the view, but my dad never got bored because he took so many pictures. Then we got to some awesome rocks at Pebble Beach, where Andrew and I climbed all over them. I raced Andrew but he could get up to the top of the rocks first. Then we arrived at the hotel in Carmel.

Flying

I am taking a little break from the vacation series of posts. Last Saturday I woke up early so I could go flying with my dad. I usually fly in the simulated world, with Flight Simulator, but now I get to fly in the real world. I helped my dad get the plane ready for flight by getting him stuff he needed. Right after takeoff, we flew over my house, which across the river from the airport. Then we flew over an amusement park and over downtown. Then my dad let me fly a little, and it was awesome! After landing I wanted to do it again.

California Vacation Part 4 The Room

The room at the Ritz was nice. It had three beds for the four of us It did not have a very good view, but you could just barely see Alcatraz. I had roomservice with my brother. We had some fun playing with Andrew's laser. I never missed a chance to go to the club room for dessert. Every night at 8 p.m. there were all kinds of desserts in the club room. The hotel had a pool but we never used it. The hotel was just a couple blocks away from Chinatown. Chinatown was filled with markets carrying odd foods.

California Vacation Part 3: Cable Cars

One of the best parts of going to San Francisco was riding the cable cars. We bought our passes at the bottom of California Street, where the cable cars stop and turn around on a turntable. But once we had our passes, we could not find a cable car that had room for all four of us. It felt like FOR-EVER before we finally gave up. My brother and dad were able to find a cable car after dinner, later that night. The next day I got to go on one with my whole family. It was totally awesome! We rode it to Fisherman's Wharf, which was quite far away, at the end of the line. It was really fun going down hills in a cable car, but I thought that going up hills was super boring, because it was sloooowww.

Calfornia Part 2: the Golden Gate Bridge

On the California trip I also went to ride bikes on the Golden Gate Bridge. We started at Fisherman's Wharf. We rode our bikes on the coast all the way to the bridge. I was the navigator and directed the group. Also we went under the bridge. We watched some surfers that were really close to the bridge. Then we rode up to the bridge. It was amazing, the view of Alcatraz was stunningly beautiful. The bridge was about a mile long. I had to stop for water two times on the trip. We went back on a ferry from Sausalito to San Fransico where we droped off the bikes

California Vacation Part 1: Alcatraz Island

I am lucky enough to have gone on many awesome trips - let me tell you about the most recent one. It was a trip to the northern and central parts of California. We went to San Fransico for the start of the trip, and then we went to Monterey and then San Luis Obispo. We were in San Francisco for five days and four nights. We stayed at the Ritz Hotel on Nob Hill. The club room (a special dining and living room for the top floors) was fantastic, the food was superb and the view was amazing. But the view from the room was nothing compared with Alcatraz. We went to Alcatraz on a Sunday night...a dark, cold, misty, rainy night...on a ferry. We heard all the crazy stories about break-outs and what it was like to be a guard. It would have been terrible to be a guard - you might get shot and never see your family again. I even saw where Al Capone (a famous gangster) was kept in the 1930's.

What I Did Today

My first class was writing at school today. In the class we fixed our materials. In science class we dumped out all the stuff from science. Then it was time to play the games. I got my science teacher to let me play the game I made first. It was me vs Alex vs Malikia. I went first then Malikia and Alex last. I won the game. Then in math we played minute to win it. In reading we started writing a story and then other people add on. My friend Carson added something about how crayons are all diffrent colors but get along in the same box. I thought that it was random just like how Carson is. I had a good day bye.