067. sequoia and other thoughts

hey gals :) i'm seriously loving these last few posts of yours. i mean, not to say that i didn't enjoy all of the other ones.. but.. you know. family history is awesome :) i love stories. 

so, sequoia. paul-adam-shaan-vivian got there on thursday night.. bryant was waiting for a package so we left thursday night. well, no. friday afternoon 'cause we're lazy :P hahha. got there pretty late that night.. 6 hour drive or so. we went up to the sequoia entrance at 7:30ish (even though they were in king's canyon and i saw a sign that told us to go left for king's canyon).. so we had to drive 2 hours through windy park roads to get to king's canyon (got nauseous).. and passed by campgrounds and headed out of the park. awesome! hahha. but yea we realized not too shortly after that we passed so.. we pulled off to a turn out and looked at a map to make sure.. and bryant turned off his car without putting it into park. so. he turned off the lights in the car.. PITCH BLACK. and he couldn't start his car. but i realized that it wasn't in park so it was all good [x hahha but he freaked out for a little. yes, i enjoyed being the one knowing what was wrong for once. huzzah! but yea. got there.. winston got there too apparently :) it was good seeing him. bryant met everyone. sat around the campfire until we all got tired.. then slept. man. so not used to sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag :( couldn't sleep well at all. 

woke up 7am the next day.. breakfast.. got ready.. went down to the visitor's center (the far away one 'cause we thought only that one sold ticket) to get tickets for the crystal cave tour. i got nauseous again.. but slept. then headed straight over to the cave (slept again).. waited for a bunch of time 'cause the earliest tour we could get was at 2:30.. so we watched 2-3 tours head down to the caves, haha. s'all good. ate shaan's meat sandwiches (i do NOT like balogna+mayo+mustard but i was starving). walk down to the cave was all downhill. i decided to "point and shoot" my DSLR.. aka not even looking through the view finder :P hahha. got made fun of by bryant and paul. oh well. cave tour was alright, too many people though. got some cool shots (i think..) not as cool as i would've hoped. oh well. hike uphill was hARDDD :( boooo. i'm so out of shape hahhaa. oh well. uhh.. were going to go see a giant tree but.. we got a heads up from a bunch of semi old guys that told us that "the tree looks like this one.. except bigger" plus we were all pretty tired and hungry so we didn't go see the tree :) hahha. went to go eeeaaattt.. yum. were so hungry bryant and i got two slices of pizza (huge! but not that good), a cheese hotdog and some chili cheese fries. yes we felt like fatties :) but it was really good. darn food tasting so amazing when you're starving. hahaha. aaanyway.. went back to camp.. and i cut adam's hair.. and later we were all having smores.. then.. oh man. vivian had a seizure (sshh! she doesn't want that many people to know--but i can trust you guys). IT WAS THE FREAKING MOST SCARY MOMENT. tons of people came by.. a nurse from the UCI center (or something like that) came by and helped us out.. got an ambulance and two forest ranger trucks. she was okay but.. man. freaking scary. after that, adam went in the ambulance and winston-shaan followed in the car. the rest of us were pretty shaken up.. so we just sat around and burned lots of stuff in the fire. later i had some "creamy chicken" cupnoodle (not anywhere near as good as the regular chicken flavor) and a smores poptart.. and.. slept. 

woke up early in the morning, thinking that there was a bear outside but.. it was just some guy snoring. heard some more noises but realized it was my stomach, owning me. yup. unhappy stomach. went to the bathroom.. unloaded (haha you know you love that term) and slept again.. well. tried to. couldn't for awhile 'cause i kept hoping my stomach wouldn't own me again. woke up to the tent being empty.. went outside and.. yup. paul made some scrambled eggs + sausage bits. yum. sat around and burned some more stuff. scavenged wood off other peoples' sites 'cause they were all gone (sunday morning). around noon or so, bryant and i went to go take a shower. by the time we got back (apparently took us awhile), everyone else was back. ate some spaghetti (courtesy of paul, campsite cook), also yum. cut paul's hair (thinned out). bryant and i tended the fire while adam+viv took a nap, paul+winst+shaan played munchkin (variation of "dungeons and dragons"). decided to leave that night. winston left before us (didn't get a hug, boo!) and shortly after, bryant and i left. the rest of them were breaking down camp as we left. got into tulare and were eating at applebee's.. 

INTERRUPTION. i must say.. what i had at applebee's was prettttty darn good. mango iced tea + sirloin steak cooked medium + caeser salad + baked potato (eh, was ok) + parmesan/shrimp topping on the steak. YUMMMM <3

when i called back home to let them know we left the park.. and then i got called back, 'cause apparently adam's mom called, asking where we were. mom called adam's mom back. adam's mom called ME. and i spent a good 5-10 minutes explaining to her.. well.. repeating things mostly. 'cause freaking adam decided to tell his parents that they went up to san fran (why??) so i had to work my way around that. then paul wasn't supposed to drive so i fortunately avoided that all together. and i don't know why she didn't seem to want vivian there so i was sort of avoiding that too. ugh :( but.. yea. then i drove for a bit.. down the 99s to part way down the 5s and i saw a rest stop so i stopped 'cause i was falling asleep. then bryant wanted to sleep some more (he was sleeping while i was driving, even though i stayed up while he was driving to keep him company.. jerk! hahah) so we did for awhile. then i woke up 'cause i was just plain too uncomfortable and we switched and he drove the rest of the way home, where i passed out. didn't even shower, just slept. too tired. 

woke up at home.. mmm. bed was so comfortable. showered, was reading all of your blogs (love!) and bryant went to go sell his motorcycle (CBR) to his friend.. and.. hasn't come back yet. so i made myself a chicken cupnoodle. yum. so yup. that's about all for my trip. sort of sad that we didn't actually go hiking anywhere (on an actual trail) or that i didn't take that many pictures (bryant didn't either).. and most of all, that we only spent a full day of doing stuff there. second day was on accident (meant to leave sunday morning too). oh well. it was fun to get out. bryant got along pretty well with everyone, and he said it was fun :) and he was glad that i made him go. 

missing you girls! pictures are up on facebook. post more, i can't wait to read!! x0xo