Can you spy the Cherry Cheesecake pie?
There it is! At a Nebraska Rest Stop. Delicious! About the only thing exciting going on in this state of the "corn huskers." Pretty flat and unexciting.
Wyoming: quite a bit more entertaining with the huge mountains on every side of us! Still broke out the cherry cheesecake though for another light snack to break up the driving!
Finally, we reached our destination in California and broke out our beloved cheesecake friend from the cooler one last time! Scotts Flats Reservoir!
Why is Cara wearing that outfit standing in that place??
Well we're not quite sure, actually, but of course-- FOR FUN! And what better place to represent our Burn Unit friends at home than at a huge Napa Valley Winery with an outdoor porch!? Domaine Carneros...
And why not break it out again on the famous 17 mile Dr. along the Pacific Coast in Carmel by the Sea! Sure we got some stares from the drivers, photographers and golfers, but hey ....I went the " extra mile" and expect my gold star at my new address!
How big is Little America??
Turns out, about the size of a small shopping center, BUT they had quarter cones!! On our anniversary! Wee! Thanks Little America-- the 50 billboards hyping it up for 378 miles were NEARLY accurate.
Is Cara getting dunked on by "The Mailman" Karl Malone?! (Good D, Adam!)
Quite simply. Yes, or at least by his beautiful statue. That was us in front of the Utah JAZZ arena (see last blog). It was neat but that wasn't the Jazziest part of the trip:
Yep! That's Cara hangin' with the Winter Olympic Bobsled Team!! Thumbs up!
But wait! There's more:
I thought we should certainly have a picture of the figure skaters, but all I got from the bike was... this. Gotta say, though, those are some Olympian Glutes, aren't they?
And at the top of a lllllLLLLong hill...
speaking of glutes. WOH!
Cara in front of the Capitol of...
you guessed it, the STATE OF UTA(cara head)!
And some really excellent picturers taken by a really excellent photographer. Caution: may lead to extreme and uncontrollable feelings of patriotism.
What's that you say? Aren't experiencing flashes of the Rocket's Red Glare? Weird...
Well, I tried. Wait, did you know if you click the pictures you get a bigger version? ...oh, yeah yeah, I figured you tried that too...
Cara arriving home at 8 AM to a home full of prizes! Smiley balloon, Jumbo Pen, Golden Ring, and Breakfast (dinner?).
BUT as far as an update on things here in Oceanside goes, we've enjoyed our roughly 9 days here so far. After really having great luck on the trip here (no car troubles, no Xcargo flying off the roof, a good roof over our heads each night, making things "on time" roughly-ish, etc) the luck has continued with our new Spanish-inspired apartment and Cara's job at the hospital. (Adam's "job" is a luck that's yet to come... but he's been busy making Cara eggies a COUPLE of times!) Cara was relieved when she found that the hosptial seemed to be a Childrens-like atmosphere and size, and she's even working with 2 other travelers who just started in the same unit! Between that forced freindship and Cara's friend from childhood who happens to live 20 minutes away, our social calendar is really starting to bulge at the seams!
Cara was sure to begin the chic decorating in our new little place, spicing up the rented couch and tables with accessories of yellow and brown...
We are in a unit whose patio (and bedroom and living room windows) look out at the sand volleyball court, pool, and courtyard area, so it's pretty neat but also LIVELY. You can see that whole area in these next two pictures. Look how much fun Cara's having out there:
And here's Adam, not really playing despite the ugly face:
We haven't done too much aournd here yet, but we have filled our time with some fun, including Cara's first fill-your-own-container ride! Earlier tonight after some Coldstone Creamery:
Well, that about does it for now. Next time: we'll start to make sense of this trip-- although up to Salt Lake, it was pretty much driving and an old Ramada in Nebraska. So, we'll start making sense of the good stuff after Utah.
Better to get the aloe-- it got a bit sunnier than Pool-Cara expected. We'd also better go get some rest because these weren't taken all that long ago:
Ok, let's be fair:
Wait, that's not even close to fair! Whoooooof!
See you soon.
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