Hey ya’ll, this is the Sneezys!!!! We will be taking over
the blog for a few days. Roll Call!!!!!: Blessid Snow, Ashley Weinstein, Nicole
Fortin, Sarah Whalen, Seth McCachern, Liza McIntyre, Felipe Moda, Leah Mosher,
Jenna Trantham, Ian Stines, Andersen Crowder, Bailee Keller, Jordan Carlson,
and Lala Parris.
This morning we were supposed to wake up at 6:30am, but some
how we all woke up before. Dallas was pretty upset because she didn’t get to
wake anyone up and she didn’t get her bathroom time. We quickly shoved all of
our stuff into the “Cricket Room”, without messing up pre-school artwork here
at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in San Fran. We then loaded into Carolina Girl
and the bus (Miss America was dropping off our laundry) and headed to the
Cliffhouse!! On the way there, we realized that Miss America riders didn’t have
breakfast, and there was too many banana nut muffins and not enough blueberry
but everyone dealt with the issue and no one went hungry!
Once we got to the Cliffhouse we had to wait outside for 15
minutes in the freezing cold weather, while Miss America riders scarfed down
muffins, but that’s what families do!!! While we waited, we huddled together
and sang songs to keep warm! Once we
were allowed in, there was a warm breakfast prepared, that included made from
scratch popovers and orange juice! We sat where many famous people have sat
before us, including Nicholas Cage, Robin Williams and many others! SO COOL!!!
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| THE VERY FAMOUS CLIFF HOUSE!!! |
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| Leah Mosher, Gia Lash, Sarah McCarty, Ashlee Hamrick, and Mikayla Wright at The Cliffhouse! |
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| Tanner Hester, Cody Haigler, Jordan Carlson, Logan Mantooth, and Bennet Estes! |
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| The view of the beach in front of The Cliffhouse! |
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| Logan Mantooth, Leah Mosher, and Isaac Allison! |
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| Abby Copeland, Nick Richard, and Kacie Barrett! |
After Cliffhouse we travelled to Fisherman’s Warf. We then,
took many pictures outside in front of the famous Fisherman’s Warf sign and on
Pier 39! We walked over to the gigantic sign, and took a big group picture. While
we were there, we saw many cute seals!! There was one seal in particular that
was too fat to hang out with the rest. We decided to affectionately name him
Gerald from Finding Dory. Cameron Thomas, Griffin Law, and Gia Lash did
research today at the pier.
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| Group picture at the Fisherman's Warf! |
After that, we were turned loose in the great big city of
San Francisco with nothing but a paper map that was wrong in one part (thanks,
Grant). A lot of us tried clam chowder and most went to In-N-Out (some of us
did both). We spent our day shopping and wandering around the city! Many of us
went to the Apple store to talk to our loved ones- some of us were kicked out
because of excessive FaceTiming—for over two hours. While some of us were
shopping, a car blew their horn for over 45 seconds! Hello road rage!! That was
a bit excessive in our opinion!
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| Ashley Weinstein and Jordyn Burrell!! |
While in San Fran, there are hills upon hills! Too many
hills!! Crazy hills!!! So of course it makes sense for a lot of us to rent
bikes to bike around the city! That worked for a good while until we realized
that we would have to bike up the hills… that was, as Felipe would say, “No
bueno.” Because of this, a lot of us took the trolleys. Liza McIntyre and Cam Ray
got a free trolley ride thanks to one of the conductors!
We finally made our way to China Town, which a lot of us
realized isn’t exactly like real China. A lot of the “Bros” were very excited
to cop a fake MBA jersey just to realize that not all China Towns were the same
and there were no jersey shops. The only shops in sight were serene and
peaceful shops with jewelry and nice music.
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| Nick Richard, Kacie Barrett, and Rylee Gaus!! |
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| Lillie Griffin and her dragonfruit! |
Yesterday, a lot of us were shocked to see Jon’s toes. They
were moldy, black, crusty, and probably had some fungi growing from the
toenails. He was getting quite the hate. Apparently his feelings were hurt so
much that him, Eugene, and Dallas got pedicures. Not just pedicures, but they
got their toes got painted red, white and blue as well. Their brand new toes
were debuted right before dinner!!!
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| Jon and Eugene's patriotic toes! |
We had to wait for dinner outside for an extra few minutes
or so. Some friends and family members showed up to say hi to everyone, which
was pretty cool!! We had a nice dinner of Chinese food. A few people did
research-- Cole Frederick, Natalie
Tillis, Logan Mantooth, and Lucas Bonomo.
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| Natalie Tillis! |
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| Cole Frederick! |
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| Lucas Bonomo! |
On the way out from dinner, we heard a noise that sounded
like a crash and saw a lady booking it down the street. Turns out she punched
through a café window and there was glass all over the place. We aren’t sure if
they caught her, but we hope they can repair the damages.
After dinner, some of us bought some red, white and blue
leggings with stars and stripes! We shortly after, realized that the ladies
selling the pants overcharged a few people once they realized how many people
wanted them. We then drove to the Golden Gate Bridge!!! A few of us (mostly
Gaston county boys) decided to participate in the Polar Bear challenge which is
when we took off our shirts and ran the full length of the Golden Gate Bridge,
which is a lot longer than you think it is!! The wind was freezing cold as the
sun started to set, but we all made it through. As the runners and even walkers
came to the end of the bridge, we cheered them on and took pictures together.
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| Counselors! |
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| ALL OF THE SELLERS!!!! Tyler Sellers, Kristina Sellers, and Timothy Sellers! |
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| Jordan Carlson and Abby Copeland! |
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| Alex Mariscovetere and Rylee Roller! |
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Nicole Fortin, Alex Mariscovetere, Sarah Royster, and Mary Helen Alford!
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| Erin Sherrill, Lillian Sumner, Aubrie Miller, Hannah, Jordyn Burrell, Carly Kurtiak, Cam Ray, and Alicia Hutchins! |
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| Kacie Barrett and Nick Richard! |
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| Rylee Gaus, Kacie Barrett, Lillie Griffin, Abby Copeland, Kristina Sellers, Brogan Brown and Liza McIntyre! |
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| Abby Copeland, Brogan Brown, and Kacie Barrett! |
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| John Gray Blount, Nick Richard, Ian Stines, and Caleb Mann! |
Sarah Whalen and Leah Mosher were the first two girls to
complete the run right behind a few of the boys!! We sang some patriotic songs
together while huddling together to keep warm and received some onlookers who
enjoyed watching. We even got a baby to participate in our songs as her dad
held her up in the air! We then got back on the bus and drove back to the
church where we can finally take some showers and get back our clean laundry!!
Happy Birthday to Sarah Bass!!!! We had a wonderful day at
San Francisco and a fun time for our first blogging day! We will continue our
journey tomorrow at Yosemite National Park. We’ll be checking back in later!
Sneezys! Sneezys! Sneezys! Sneezys! SNEEZYS!
AAAAAAAAH-CHOOOOOOO
“Ka-Chow”- Felipe
**There will be very limited service in Yosemite, so the
blog may be delayed!**
