where ::: sequoia national park which is like 3.5 hours north of van nuys
who ::: first and second days were just me and the family ... third half day was me, my family and 2 other family friends famililes
schedule probs ::: so i requested fri, sat and sun off like 3 times and sent a voicemail to remind them i needed the day off and somehow they managed to fuck it up and not give me the days off so i had to talk to a manager and they got it fixed luckily
the drive ::: the ride wasnt that bad ... there was some smack talk with me and the family but thats to be expected cuz well its me and family over all though it was fine
the first day ::: so we get to the place at round 630 and we unpack get the motel ... which we decided on cuz weve already been camping once this years and didnt care to do it again ... ne ways we just went to a resturant which was awesome ... like reeeeeeally good all the food was great bit expensive but really good ... had some beers and wine and got a nice little buzz ... watched tv and then went to bed ... worst sleep ever by the way ... cuz i woke up over and over again ... probably one cuz of the shitty bed and two the alcohol
second day ::: this day was awesome ill give the gist ... woke up at like 7 ... went hiking ... forgot my camera this day ... bummer ... but had my dads so that was good ... ne ways we first go to the general sherman tree which is the largest tree in the world ... apparently ... shrugs ... none the less its pretty fucking big ... so yeah then we go walking around some more and it was beautiful all the trees there are gigantic ... so after a while we head back the way we came ... pit stop at the market ... and off the kaweh (sic?) river ... and we hike up to where theres a small little water fall and then go past that ... which is where most people stop and then go on for a quite a bit more distance and at one point reach this place which was just all green and no one was there and my whole family and i just go quite and you just hear ... nature ... it was quite amazing ... so we continue and then we get to thsi part of the river where no one else is and there is a bunch of flat rock so we all take a little dip in the river and cool off and then lie around on the rocks ... then my bro and i find this deeps puddle type thing ... which was like 6 ft deep 3 feet wide and like 5 feet long and we both jump in there and it was really freaking cold ... but still it was nice and it was crazy that that type of hole could be made .. i thought so ne ways ... ne who so we all hike back and then i get a shot glass from the market ... and back to the house ... at which point the other 2 families had come and we had a bbq in the dark which is a bad idea cuz everything gets burned and i got kinda buzzed ... cuz i felt like it and it was good times ... saw 4 weddings and a funeral that day as well which was a good movie ... quite enjoyable ... slept well that night ... oh exhaustion and alcohol how i love you
third half day ::: breakfest ... then go to this thing called crystal cave ... first of all the hike down the the cave was very very very nice ... this day i brough my camera and i took like a million pics ... ill post them on my photobucket once i get it up and running ... ne ways so we go along this awesome trail take a ton of pics on the way down especially of this awesome waterfall and a lot of the nice super green areas and eventually we get to the cave which was sooooo cool i had a lot of fun in there ... theres no real way to explain it ... just that i recommend people go ... its quite amazing all the formations and and such ... also ... there is this once cave where they turn the lights of completely and you can experience actual true darkness ... its quite an experience ... and everyone goes quite and its just silent except for some minor shuffling of the persone in front of me who i wanted to knock out and no one would know who did it MUWHAHAHA ... ummm sorry ... so yeah that was the cave
drive home ::: i slept a lot of it ... had some quips here and ther of course and a pit stop at jack in the box for food and
back home ::: i wasnt actually home for very long cuz i got back took a shower and then went out with jack right after ... which was very cool ... cuz everything was hilarious ... we played really good games of pool ... great smash bros games ... and some starbucks ... it was very good times
overall ::: this was a sick sick sick weekend normally these trips would have sucked but things are more fun with the family now and now i want to go hiking more often so if ne one is every down hit me up | 