Today is Day 11, and it was a memorable day indeed!! We woke
up at 5:45am, and headed out covered in dew from the Pacific Ocean!! We made a
stop at Wal-Mart, and then started our trip to the wonderful San Fran!
We had a travel breakfast that consisted of a Gogurt packet,
and 2 NutriGrain bars. That’s right, TWO!!! No one can get over how great of
cooks these Bashfuls are! After we had breakfast, we weren’t allowed to sleep
anymore because Grant wanted us to see all of the beauty of the mountains and
the beautiful ocean off of Highway 1! And it was WORTH IT! But as Sleepys, you
can assume that we weren’t happy with no naps, but it was definitely worth
staying awake! It was so beautiful with the ocean out of one side of the window
and the mountains on the other side!
Matt told us that we had good news and bad news, and asked
which one we wanted first. When we told him to give us the bad news, he gave us
the good; we were going to have pudding for dessert! After getting super
excited, we started to look around and wonder when we were going to get it, and
that’s when we got the bad news; there was no pudding in the first place. After
a couple tears (just kidding), we forgave Matt, considering that today is his
BIRTHDAY!!! You all know that us kiddos are pretty broke, so we gave him the
very best present we could afford. Every single one of us gave him a penny
without saying anything, because words would’ve ruined the moment. I mean come
on, we’re just kids!
We made a stop on the side of Highway 1, and took in the beauty
of everything before us! Grant told us about the history of TWB, and some of us
shared stories of how happy we are to be here! When we got back on the road, we
looked over to our left and saw hundreds of sea lions just sprawled out all
along the beach! The sounds they were making were 10x better than all of the
sing-alongs combined! Seeing the sea lions just got us more excited to see the
seals tomorrow in San Fran! For lunch, we had peanut butter and jelly
(strawberry OR grape; so many options!) sandwiches, chips or cheetos, and
bananas!!
As we were making our way to Monterrey, we got some more bad
news, for real bad news... We had to skip Monterrey because we ran out of time
thanks to traffic!! Even though we were a little upset, we put smiles back on
our faces and headed straight to San Francisco because this meant we were all guaranteed
to get showers tonight!!!! We had chicken bacon ranch wraps, chips and salsa, and
animal crackers for dinner! It was absolutely delicious!!!! As soon as we
finished, we got to Lakeside Presbyterian Church, where we were warmly (because
it’s a little chilly here) welcomed by the lovely Penny and Jerry! Penny is the
secretary of the church and was born and raised in San Fran! They welcomed us
to San Francisco and have given us a safe and warm place to stay for the next
two days! We LOVE sleeping indoors! We have gotten our bags unloaded, and we
are currently taking showers. Everyone gets 10 seconds tops, so the vehicles
might smell a little crusty tomorrow! (I’m just kidding, but we really do have
a time limit. The boys are really upset about it because they won’t be able to
condition their hair and sing their Beyonce songs.) The ultimate struggle…
We are super excited for tomorrow and all the stops we are
going to make, so we have to get some sleep so we are ready! (You already know
we’re excited for that)
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| The sweet secretary, Penny telling us about her church! We are so thankful that she lets us stay here!!! |
We can’t wait to tell you all about our adventures
tomorrow, so it’s time for bed! We will be exploring the city of San Francisco
and walking across the Golden Gate Bridge!! Goodnight, we love you!
***Today was a lot of driving, with very limited stops so there aren't as many pictures as usual.**
