Summer Begins to Close.

I'm sitting up here at the lake, looking at a beautiful late August day, and the lake is completely still at 10am because NO ONE is up here. It's shocking to me. It's gorgeous and still warm and everyone already went home before labor day. Just means there's more space for me to enjoy though. And it's rather nice to have a slow moving lazy day after the last of this summer with its jam packed awesomeness.
San Francisco was beautiful! I walked the entire city repeatedly and after two days feel as though I know its general layout and bus systems rather well. I met random people, and had an absolute blast. It was also exciting to do so alone and know that Yes. I can travel alone and get on just fine. Just after walking Lumbard St. I met three amazing ladies at an Irish Pub where we shared stories of music, travel, and chocolate over Irish coffee.

There were two exceedingly sweet ladies I met on the bus while moving to see Tut's exhibit at the De Young museum. I regularly saw them over the course of the day as we were viewing a lot of the same things and it was fun to see a familiar face and be able to give a jaunty wave. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge, which was a crazy fun experience. Saw a kid with a pirate puppet on it too, using it like a ventriloquist and making it wave at the city.


I received free wine and a rose for going to an Italian restuarant as a lady on Sunday night, climbed Coit tower, went to the aquarium, traveled under the bridge, and saw a ton of art at 6 different museums!



Overall it's been an amazing summer full of surfing, traveling, swimming, rock jumping, and making plans for so many more travels. I can't wait to get out and see the world! In fact, I'm thinking about making a bucketlist.

It's been an awfully fun couple weeks. Lots of tubing with battle wounds to prove it. We all went up to the Upper Lake, swimming at the sunken islands, rock jumping at Indian Rock, and all manner of sports in between. Best of all, I learned to successfully surf without the handle this week, with by far my best run this morning.


These couple weeks at the end of July and beginning of August are always the prettiest and most fun. All of John's family is up here and its been sunny and warm. The water is 75 degrees. What more can you ask for up here. Next week I'll be going to Pend O'Reille Lake with Heather and her family. That will be fun too. I can't wait to go down and meet up with Jen in San Francisco too.