Just updated with my Monterey pics from christmas eve. Ciao

Finally posted my pictures of my trip to Monterey to Picasa.

Well it's now 1:30 in the morning and Marc and I are on the beach. This is the coolest actually being on the beach with the sounds of the coast and nothing else. There are no traffic sounds. There are no sounds of people. Just my thoughts and the waves. It's almost a surreal feeling. It feels as though I'm alone with God. It really is an amazing feeling. Well I'm going to go now and enjoy the rest of my trip. Ciao

Well it's 11 PM and Marc smith and I are on our way to Monterey. I should have some pictures tomorrow so take a look at my Picasa within the next day or so. Until later, ciao.

Yeah

So there I am at work minding my own business when the thought came to me like a brick heading towards me at 100 mph. Today is my last day of my twenties. No longer can I say that I am 2_. After today I'll have to say that i am 3_. This isn't as depressing as I thought it would be, at least not yet. I'm looking forward to this next milestone. Just thought I'd share that quick thought with you. Ciao.

San Diego

Quick post. I had a great time in San Diego all the pics are posted. I have them cut up into several parts starting with Santa Monica pier. Hope you like the pics. Please comment either here or on my Picasa link to let me know what you think. I'll explain more about my trip later. Until next time, ciao.

Watch out San Diego here I come

Tomorrow morning I leave for the weekend to SoCal. I can't believe the time has past by so quickly. I will be posting all my pics the same day I've taken them, so keep an eye on my Picasa page for updates. I hope to have a great time. Until the next update, ciao.

Monterey bus trip

Well today about 50 people from the church went on a bus trip to Monterey. We left the church at around 6 in the morning and got back by 7. I had a great time in Monterey, as usual. I hung out with Mitch and Marc. We started with some bowls of incredible clam chowder at Crabby Jims. Then we went on a great glass bottom bottom boat ride. We then walked to Cannery Row to check out the shops and to get get these killer sundaes at Ghirardelli chocolate shop. We then got to check out the Greek festival that they had in Monterey this weekend. All of the pics I took, using my iPhone 4 and nikon are already uploaded to my Picasa page. The pics haven't really been sorted out yet to have the bad pics taken out, but that will soon be done. Well until my next trip, which is to the mirimar airshow on Oct 1st, ciao.

New pics

Just posted new pics from our work day at donkey rock. There are three new folders. The first is at Rock Creek and they were taken on the way up to Donkey Rock. The other two are from the ride on the way home. These pics were taken at Soda Springs. The last album was taken at the center of California in North Fork. You can view all of these pics on my Picasa page. Just clink on the Picasa link on this page. Hope you enjoy. As always let me know what you think of them. Ciao

My decision-so far

Thank you everyone for your opinions. My decision, based on comments on this blog and from talking to others is to just go with my original plan. I'm just going to go to New York and D.C.. I have recieved a lot of good advice on this and I am going to take it. Thanks Marc and Kathy for your opinions. They were greatly appreciated. I have mor to blog about, but it's going to have to wait until later. I have to go back to work. Ciao

Opinions please

As some of you know I am planning next years trip. I thought I knew where I wanted to go, but now i am not so sure. I had planned on going to New York and D.C. for a week each. Then I got to thinking if this was the best way to spend my vacation. This is where all your comments and opinions are needed. I still want to go to New York and D.C., but i thought about cutting the time I would spend there and going to four places instead of two. So I've already decided on New York and D.C., what would you think of possibly Boston and Pennslyvania? Or are there other places in the East I shoud go? Please help me out in deciding where to go? Ciao

Well

As the title of this blog says, well. As in " well that didn't go as I imagined. Well not most of it anyways. I made it to church, that was planned. the fact that I barely made it there is where the plan stopped. As some of you know, my alternator decided to die as I pulled into the church. I went to the Antioch church, which was to me, a very beautiful building. I was blessed to have known Mario and Teresa Luka. They helped me tremendously in a difficult time. Mario helped me get a tow back to his house and find the mechanic that did the work on my truck. Him and his wife then fed me, then lent me there car so that I could get to my hotel. The hotel being in Oakland. Which was 45 mins away. I didn't leave their house until about 11. P.M. There were also 3 of the youth that stayed behind my truck with their blinkers on while we waited for the tow truck. The next day I talked to the mechanic, who not only replaced my alternator, but also replaced my main belt. And no I'm not referring to the one that I wear. All this and labor set me back $260. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. No the way I envisioned this trip to be. Mario got me in touch with the boys that stayed behind my truck for about 30 to 45 mins, and I picked them up and took them to lunch at Zacharys in San Ramon. Now fir those of you who don't know about Zacharys, may think so what. But for those of you who do know about Zacharys, you're thinking about the little "slice" of heaven that I brought to these boys. All of whom had never been to this place before, and they live less than an half hour away. When I ordered a large pizza for the four of us, they looked at me like I was crazy to think that a large pizza was going to fill the four hungry guys that were there. After the first slice, these same boys looked at was left of the pizza and seriously debated writer to have a second slice or not. They all did and hey all regretted it. To sum all of this up, I had a great time of fun and fellowship So while I didn have the trip inwas hopeingto have, I did meet some great people and in the process have a great time.

New trip

Well I'm going on another small trip this time just an overnighter to the bay area. There were going to be people that were going with me, but for one reason or another were unable to go. So once again I must go alone, something everyone knows I don't mind to do. I first plan on going to the church in Bay Point. Then monday I plan to kick around the bay area. Possible go to pier 39, the golden gate bridge and other bay area sights. This is kind of a last minute trip with not much planning, not that a trip alone needs much planning. I'll probably do what I did when I first went to Monterey alone and just learn about the area and find out new stuff that I might like to do next time. I'll always be looking for good photo opportunities. I'll let you all know when I get back how my trip went. Until then, ciao