It's amazing what you find out about the area you live when you have people come to visit. A couple weeks ago my girlfriend (Jocelyn Bousema) came out to visit me and due to that I took a full week off of work and we went about touring Southern California. I've lived in California for almost 13 years yet there are so many places and things that I've never done.
The first day that she was here I made waffles and then we went to Newport Beach and went whale watching and saw 3 blue whales (70 ft. long) and also saw hundreds of dolphins. After whale watching we went to Huntington Beach and layed around until dinner time and went to Ruby's on the Pier for dinner.
The second day I took her up to Team PT to show her where I work and then we went to Pizza outside of Angel's stadium and took in a baseball game (Angels beat the Mariners).
Friday a couple of my friends came with us back to Huntington Beach and we spent a little bit more time taking in the sun and enjoying time together and also time away from work. That night we went to Angela and Cody's House and hung out with most of my high school friends so that they had an opportunity to get to know Jocelyn as well.
Saturday morning we went to Sea World in San Diego with my family. On the way there we dropped a car off at one of Jocelyn's friends house in Escondido (turned around about 20 times trying to find her house). While at Sea World we saw the dolphins show, shamu show, sea lion show, etc and had a great time just being together with my family. On the way back home my parents dropped us off in Escondido and we spent the rest of the night hanging out with jocelyn's friends and family.
Sunday morning we went to my church and then in the afternoon we went to a friend of mine from high school's wedding. Beau's my first high school friend to get married and it was fun for me to see all my friends in a little bit different setting.
Monday morning we decided to go hiking up in the mountains near my house. I never realized how beautiful it was so close to where I live. There is a hike that you can do where you wade through a river for a ways and then end up climbing a rope up a small waterfall to continue on your hike. Jocelyn was a trooper and even though she was really cold from the water she was determine to continue on the hike.
Since she went back to Iowa all I've been doing is working and running trying to train for my marathon in 2.5 weeks. Its crazy to think that my last full summer break is nearly over and then its off to colorado to start school!
