Blogs from Fremont, California, United States, North America

It was forty degrees outside when we woke up around 8am but we were COZY in our tent and sleeping bags! I'm a light sleeper, so even though I backpacked up a hill mountain, drank wine AND took an antihistamine, sleep still wasn't the greatest. Also I had ear plugs. I forgot how hard the ground can be. Backpacking is always a great reminder on how blessed I am to have a badass bed at home. I honestly believe it's a good thing to rough it once in awhile. =) I can't wait for summer- we're planning to do our first overnight backpacking trip with baby for Mother's Day, camp for the first time at Lassen National Park, backpack Yosemite's High Sierras (if we can get permits) and backpack and summit Mt. Whitney (if we can ... read more

Geo: 36.2703, -121.806 The first day we spent a couple hours driving south to Big Sur. It's a big area and all the state park campgrounds were booked. So, I ended up paying a little more for Ventana Campground, and I wasn't disappointed. It ended up being one of the nicest campgrounds I've ever been in. It's very well maintained, and highly recommend it. ;) We set up camp (Yasmin and Paul decided they were going glamping), cooked dinner, and hung out around the campfire roasting marshmallows for s'mores, eating cookies and drinking wine. Just talking. =) Then we played a board game in the tent until we crashed for bed.... read more

Hey all. Thanks for reading my travel blog. I have now safely reached back home to America. Although with some hassel. My flight back home was longer this time since i didn't stop in Dubai for a week. If you know me, you know that i can't sit still for more than 10 minutes and I have to be shaking my leg or moving in some way. So the 10 hour flight and 15 hour flight soon after was definitely a challenge for me. This time I didn't have my friend Galen to play drinking games with so I filled my time watching movies and drinking wine. At the Dubai airport inbetween flights I juggled and played soccer by myself in the terminal using my mini skill soccerball. After checking into the gate I had to ... read more

Today I leave for Dubai! The past two days have been crazy with packing and shopping to get ready for the trip. I bought my two jerseys (Portugal and USA!) I was going to buy the home US jersey (blue) but the white stripe across the chest made me feel like i was a pageant beauty queen so i went with the white since the... stripe was less obvious. My fantastic friends (team kamaljit) surprised me last night with a impromtu going away celebration. I thought i'd be done packing by 10, which would be a significant improvement from when i normally sleep before trips, but after a little ballatore and some good times with my friends i ended up sleeping at 2am. I am now packed sitting at work, since my flight is at 4:45 ... read more

Fremont, 11-11-2002. We leave Pete's house late in the morning for Santa Cruz, our bikes in the back of his truck. Now Pete is a big talker and the main topic of his conversation is girls, especially brown haired ladies have his undivided attention. Being polite I listen to him talk about all the beautifull brown haired girls that inhabite this world while we enter Santa Cruz, a city that stretches out along the coast for what seems to be an eternity before reaching the main drag, an old fashion boardwalk with an amusement park on it. We park his truck and take the bikes out. We wanna cycle from here on, on this great looking boardwalk that is despite the early afternoon hour already filled with people. Pete takes the lead while I follow quite ... read more