I'm BAAACK

and i had an awesome time. I have a ton of pictures too. The first day I got to Phoenix and we drove down to San Diego; left around noon. We went through these awesome sand dunes. It was dark when we got there so we went next door and ate at Joe's Crab Shack. YUM! Our hotel was right by the beach. We went for a moonlit walk after dinner. The next day, we rented bikes and went along the boardwalk type thing. We ended up at this really cool jetty and walked clear to the end of it. I took pictures of surfers. yay surfers! That afternoon we fell asleep and missed the sunset, but woke up and went down the pier at ocean beach. It was really cool to see the city lights from way out there. We wanted to go see that part in anchorman where they're sitting above San Diego, but we found out it's military owned and closes at sunset. We ended up somewhere else, but it was cool cause we could see fireworks off in the distance. Plus the skyline and the mitsubishi tower (with the green stripes). Our last day in San Diego, we went to Balboa Park. My favorite was the water lily pond and the botanical building. but the organ pavilion was cool too. plus there were a few great signs. We hung out at Ocean Beach for a while and ate at Hodad's. I had a veggie burger, mmmm. One point on Ocean Beach had the most confusing sign i've ever seen. That night we went to Point Loma and watched the sun set before we started back to Phoenix.

Back in Phoenix, we did some cool stuff, but I've been there before so I didn't take as many pictures. We went hiking at fish creek and I got to see another awesome sunset. I went up to Jerome with my aunt and uncle. First we ate at Young's Farm, which was yummy even though we missed breakfast. On the way, we stopped at a rest area and I saw a lizard. It was not the first lizard I'd seen there, just the biggest. In Jerome, we went to a bar called Paul & Jerry's, then to an art gallery. We got to see a glass blowing demonstration. It was so cool. We went to another bar after that (i don't remember the name, it was our second one, remember), but it had the coolest bathrooms. they were tiny, but fun to read. It rained while we were there and it rained the next day in Phoenix (weird). It was a fun trip. I will be going back to San Diego for sure. That is probably the best place I have ever been.

wow, i just looked at this, and the links are hard to see. anything grayer than the white writing is a link to a picture. FIND THEM ALL!!