Vacation 2009 part 2

so our trip continued up the state, we wanted to drive the coast but it would have taken longer so we nicked that. driving up california was traffic 2 hours out of los angelos then free as a bird. we passed a town called ventura that looked so cute and was big enough for a family but small enough to not have a city. you know what i mean? and it had a huge theme park in it, i think it was six flags!

as we got close to san fran we passed by all these windmills in the hills to produce power! it was so awesome to see them all going for endless miles. we got to san fran and the biggest deal was to find a place to stay, we didnt want to book ahead cause we didnt know exactly where we wanted to stay. bad idea. it took forever in some places to find a decent place that wasnt trying to rip us off. some places outside of san fran wanted to charge us more than san fran did and we were like no. we went walking down fishermans warf for miles! walked pier 39 and saw the sea lions and took bunches of pictures. the shops were so cute and fun. parking was hell and very expensive. we ate in little italy and went to this market. we went into a wig shop that was so dreamy for me. i love hair and what you can do with it. we went to golden gate bridge and it was spectacular! the city was amazing with its up and down streets and not a cloud in the sky until we got to the bridge. it was so foggy up in the sky at some points we couldnt see the top of the bridge. i got a brillant idea that we should walk it! it started out really cool but by the end of one of the ways we were dying and we still had to walk back. it took us an hour and 20 minutes to walk the entire thing. but not a lot of people can say they did! we drove through the city park and my favorite was, castro district! it felt like another home to me! i was so comfortable. me and guido could walk around holding hands and kissing. we shopped and shopped. they had my favs: comic book stores, pizza and gay people! there was more, dont get me wrong. we went out that night to 3 bars and 2 were really good! one was more of a bar where we mostly just sat and talked and drank. then onto to bar 2 which was way more dancey and we danced, especially when britney came on! we awoke the next day and and found a laundry mat and wasked our clothes and talked and planned out more of our day. we went to japan town which guid found so amazing! it was this huge white building going across two blocks with a bridge over the street which carried shops in it too! he had a glorious time and loved watching him! i ate this amazing crepe at the japan place which i dont think crepes when i think of japan people. i tried these candy japanese balls that were made from rice. yuck. so gross. guido loved them! we decided to not sleep in san fran so we started back driving to head to portland.

driving in the night sucked a little cause you couldnt see what the landscapes were but no traffic was beautiful. he tried a couple places to sleep but they were ridiculous so we kept driving and we pulled into this rest stop and folded the back seat down to try and sleep. not good. tried some more places and i kept driving until the sun rose and i needed to sleep so i parked at another rest stop and slept a mcdonalds for a tiny bit then drove again til we hit portland and we needed to find a place to sleep. we first went to powells bookstore and looked for books and found some that i wanted then found a place to stay and went to find it and it was totally out of the way. and the highway system in portland and seattle suck and blow. i hated the way the planned it out, the roads and highways connected to more higheways and connected to more highways. it was confusing as all hell. that night we decided to go to a male strip club that i had been to already and was totally confused on where it was then we found out that it was a brand new location! it was a ton better than the old one. we sat and drank and watched boys strip for money. i did tip one guy cause he could move like no one else could. the other boys hardly moved and some guy didnt budge and guys kept tipping him and he didnt even show anything. othere guys would wipe it right out. one guy was our favorite! or shall i say our favorite in a special way. it was this asian guy which was skinny as anyone can be and would stand there moving his arms like a robot and would turn around and smack his ass and spread his butt cheeks. me and guido laughed so hard cause he was so stupid. we went to bed and woke up to drive to seattle.
driving there was so pretty until he hit the city with as bad of highways as portland. we got lost but the mountains there were so amazing and the bridges were awesome. so much to look at and the city was enormous. we booked this hotel and our next one in portland to save us from looking so we thought ahead. we went to the hotel and then to the space needle. so big and so in your face it was amazing. it was 16 dollars to go to the top so we didnt see it from the top. we're cheap! every city we went to we went and saw japan town! seattles was awesome to! we ate there and had this creampuffs they made in front of us and were so delicous! i love seeing guido get so excited when he is looking at all the asian stuff1 i love it! we went down to pike place and it was so boring. nothing was going on and nobody was there. went into a couple shops and boring. to me, portland and seattle werent very good but san fran was amazing to me! we then headed off to richland.

we went to richland to visit my friend ginger and her newborn maxwell. so cute! we went to dinner and chatted for hours and then we headed to baker city to spend the night then off we drove the next morning til we got home! overall this trip was amazing! i want to go back to san fran so bad and just relax there and have no obligations what so ever! peace!