Day 13! San Fransisco Part 2

Hi!  Hunter here!

I started my second day in San Fransisco being awoken by my WONDERFUL husband who surprised me with a hazelnut latte and a chocolate truffle!  Great way to start the day, let me tell you!

After Dustin cooked me and Hannah breakfast, we headed out onto the town.

We stopped in at a bubble tea place for some takoyaki(deep-fried octopus balls) and Okinawa/Thai tea with boba bubbles!  It was quite delicious, something I know my sis Amber would have LOVED.  Eating at this place really made me miss her a lot ;'(

From eating lunch we kept walking around town.  There was a lot to look at on the streets of San Fransisco.  Everything was very colorful and we got to see some very interesting looking people, if you know what I mean. 

The city of San Fransisco is a colorful one, but I couldn't help but think of New Orleans as I walked throughout the streets.  The city, to me, seemed like New Orleans but with steep hills!!!  The streets were littered with trash, the smell of sewage lingered in the air, the roads had an abundance of pot holes, you could only ever parallel park and what disturbed me the most was the amount of homeless people I saw.  As we drove down Folsom street, we saw about 50 tents on either sides of the sidewalk where human beings were dwelling.  It was a haunting and heart-breaking sight.  After doing some research, I discovered that San Fransisco's homeless population is second only to New York City's!  That shocked me.  

I wanted to know why!  I wanted to know why there were countless people living in tents on the streets, so I did some research into it.  According to San Fransisco's 2014 point in time survey, 48% of the homeless populace said that they couldn't afford rent.

San Fransisco's cost of living ranks 4th highest in the United States, making it 77.2% above the US average.  The average rent for an apartment in San Fransisco is $3,548 a month. That's 3.5 times the national average for rent.

Well, that's all for now, folks!!!  

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Day 12 San Fransisco!

Yo, whaddup!  Hunter, here.

After waking up in the hotel in Bishop, we headed for Yosemite state park!

..Only to have our HOPES AND DREAMS DASHED, YET AGAIN!  Because a mysterious and random cold front moved in yet AGAIN and the whole park was covered in snow and ice so all of the roads into Yosemite were SHUT DOWN.  AGAIN.

This is the second time that this has happened to me with Yosemite.

I have been trying to get into see Yosemite since I read about it as a girl.  I yearned to see it's waterfalls, glaciers, granite mountains, valleys and giant sequoia trees!

  Oh well!!!  Maybe one day I'll get to see it! We decided to move onto the next location on our list, San Fransisco!  To see my bestest friend ever in the whole wide world, HANNAH SARCO! 

We made it to her apartment on Castro Street near the heart of San Fransisco. 

We were so happy to be reunited with each other!  It was awesome.

We went to an Indian curry restaurant for dinner and then played some board games before we retired for the night. 

It was a great day with two of my favorite people ever!

We are planning on staying in San Fransisco with Hannah in her apartment for a few days to hang out and see the sights!!!!  We will keep you updated!

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Day 11 Too hot to handle

What's up everyone? Dustin here again with an exciting new blog post! Today we got to travel through Nevada. The first thing we did was wake up to the sound of a Quail. They have an adorable call, and they look so cute! Once we packed everything up in the car we looked up on a hill and saw 2 big horn rams. Before you worry, yes we got a picture, and yes it's the one beneath this paragraph.

After we saw the Rams, we took off for Hoover Dam. As far as man made constructions go, this one is pretty cool. The amount of water being held back is incredible. Also, this is the main event area in one of my favorite video games of all time. Aaron... buddy... it's okay to be crushingly jealous.

Here we are now at Lake Mead. This is the lake that Hoover Dam made a little bit smaller. It is still absolutely huge. Water from this lake goes all the way to San Francisco showers. 

This gorgeous woman standing next to the pinkest cow in the world, was photographed in Boulder City. Boulder City is a very charming little town that manages to be cool enough so as not to be labeled a pit stop on the way to Vegas. We had some decent food at a cafe that made it onto food network... we forgot the name...

 The monkey has me right where he wants me.

 We found Hunter's long lost cousin. It was so nice for her to have someone her height to talk to. Just have a wonderful thought Hunter.

This Ram is one of the most disgruntled portraits of an animal I have ever seen. I have no idea what he is giving that look to, but it must feel deep shame and regret.

Before we whooshed through Las Vegas, we stopped off to see Hunter's Aunts. Aunt Martha was not there unfortunately, but I did get to meet Aunt Marian! She is sooooo sweet. It was so nice to meet another loving member of the family. I love you Aunt May May.

If you are wondering where Yoshi went, he got stranded in Death Valley because he decided to go on without us. After hours of searching the entire desert, we found him stuck in a tree. I don't think I have ever been in a hotter environment than Death Valley. The wind felt like it was blowing the hottest air out of the hottest oven right into my Hot face. Death Valley was more of a novelty to see, because it was just was too hot to get out and do anything. Quite the contrast to the rest of our trip.

As we reached the end of our day, we crossed over into California. We quickly learned that we had not escaped the cool weather, as it was 30 degrees colder that it was in Death Valley. We booked a hotel so that we could shower and passed out. The next blog shall be written by my faithful sidekick Hunter. Godspeed to all of you.

Today we traveled lots of Miles and went from sea level to 8000 feet above sea level over and over again.

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