Half Dome here I come!!!

Well, our family should be leaving within the next few hours for Yosemite National Park to hike/climb Half Dome. Yes I know everyone who reads this is now going to say 'be careful and don't fall off!' I have no intention of falling off but I can't say it won't happen. But I can say that if I do take a speedy trip down that it won't be because I did something stupid. And when I get to the bottom, after it's all said and done, I'll be sure to let y'all know which was harder, Half Dome or Grand Canyon. I can't wait, haven't had a vacation in quite some time and I really need to get away before dance and school start to take over my life, like they haven't already! Well here's a look at what's on my agenda for Thursday!

These are the cables going up the face of Half Dome

Looking at Half Dome from Yosemite Valley

Pics of today!

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse
~ Robert Smith Surtees

Walked out into the garage tonight and this little guy was chillin' out on the carpet.  Daddy tried to get him out with a wooden dowel but that wasn't working so I grabbed the broom and jointly we got him/it outside and pinned down until Mommy got the trash can and he/it slithered inside and we relocated him/it to a different part of the property.
We think it's a gopher snake. It's not a rattler or else it would be in our freezer by now.
No I'm not kidding!

More pics!!

Probably the best Chinese food I've had!

All us roomies and our chaperone having way too much fun eating cake

This is normal...

...so is this!

Me and Sander :)

The Spirit of Philadelphia cruise ship we went on

Me and Ceil!!

Basically my first view of the Atlantic

Proof I was in it!!

Ocean City board walk

Me and one of my teachers

Me and Steph, the co-director

Me and my favorite teacher!!

Can you tell we're ready to go home?

The Rock School

So much fun happened at this bridge,
the best was the bus driver pushing other cars out because both the bus and another car wouldn't fit

The bus we rode most of the time :)

The pretties part of the campus to me. A path that led to the dining hall

So Cal!!

I'm home!!!! Been home for a week now and I'm happy to be. I do miss the scenery in Philly and the few friends I made there but it feels good to be home. So I left last Saturday and saying good bye to my chaperone was hard, at least I almost cried I don't know about her. The only downer was that the last shuttle to pick up students for the airport was at noon and my flight didn't leave until 5:20pm. So I was a little annoyed that I had to cool my heels in the airport for 5 hours but my friend stopped by the airport when i was dropped off and sat with me for a couple hours to pass the time until I went through security. Then I had a slight flight issue in which my flight from Philly to Denver was late so it was originally going to make me too late to catch my next flight. But I think we had a lead foot pilot because we left Philadelphia 40mins late and arrived in Denver 30mins early. Go figure!! So I was able to make my flight with plenty of time and was able to make a few calls while I was there. I eventually made it home at about 10pm but my body, still on eastern time, thought it was 1am and I was pretty tired. Both Daddy and Mommy came to get me from the airport so I didn't have to manage all my bags by myself. It took my body a few days to get adjusted back to California time but once it did I was fine. Here are some of my favorite pics from my whole trip!!

Philly skyline

Looking down Broad Street

Mommy and I splurged!!

My home for the next 6 weeks!

Haha!

Jim's on South Street...

...had the best cheese steaks EVER!!!!!!!

I love the town homes

Natural, nonpayed for green!

This was in a Walmart parking lot. Awesome!!

My room, after I made it mine

Rocky!!!!!

The famous LOVE statue in Love Park

My friends and I went out to dinner for Shannon's birthday

More pics to come!!! :)