This past weekend was a very good weekend. I took my first big train ride up to see my girlfriend. We had a fun, and very full weekend. Saturday we drove up above San Fransisco and hiked for a beautiful 2 1/2 hours at Muir Woods. Oh my goodness, I can’t say how pretty a hike it was. And the park was nice, too. Very lush and green for most of the way. We went through the main entrance, onto the John Somethingorother trail, and finished on the Dipsea trail. I neglected to find out if there was camping available in the nearby area, but I shall have to do that. [edit]pictures removed*[/edit]
We then spent the early evening playing Rummikub (a word I have yet to know how to properly pronounce), where I got the silliness beat out of me the first round, but I won the next two, and then had a delicious dinner with her mom and mom’s boyfriend.
Sunday my girlfriend and I met up with a couple of her friends at the BART station and took a day trip to San Fransisco. We rented Scootcars and took an hour of our lives to zip around the streets of Frisco behind the handlebars of a three-wheeled two-seater, like tourists on a freaky mission. The only thing missing was the LOUD Hawiian shirts! We had such a great time. I thought for a few minutes that we wouldn’t quite make it down Lombardo Street in one piece, the way our breaks were squealing. We were drawing attention to ourselves, much to the discomfort of all the people staring at us! But I think we may end up on a Japanese Post Card, or at least on a video or two. We even got to pose once or twice for the tourists with their schnazzy little cameras at the ready. Come to think of it, I kinda wish we’d gotten a pic of all the tourists staring at us! That would have been fun. [edit]pictures removed*[edit/]
Afterwards I got to visit the contemporary service at the church she attends. I have to admid that I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I liked the atmosphere and the style for an evening and/or mid-week style contemporary college age kind of service. Good stuff. It’s the kind of atmosphere I’d love to see at the coffeehouse sometime.
Monday wasn’t my favorite day. I had to leave. 8o( But I got to play one more round of Rummikub that morning. That was fun.
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