Spring break & My trip to Provo

I've been pretty busy lately.

Spring Break
For the second week of April I went home to Cali. On the first day I went to a friend of mine's place to help her weed her garden. It was a garden I helped put in several years ago and it felt nice to get back into it.
Then on Tuesday, I took John and we went to City Beach and went rock climbing. There were five automatic belays and then a whole bunch that weren't automatic. I was able to climb 4 of the 5 without any problems. The fifth inverted about half way up and I struggled climbing upside down. There were these little kids that could do it without any problem. That was annoying. But John and I had a really good time. I think once I graduate I'll get into that a lot more often.
On Wednesday I went to an A's game with my father. We got some really good seats and watched the game. We were late, so we missed the first inning when the A's scored three points. Then the game went 6 innings scoreless. Then in the last two, the Chicago Whitesox scored 8 points. It was really sad to watch, but my dad and I had a good time anyway.
On Thursday, I went to see my friend at work. She works for Panera as the head pastry chef. We have a tradition of always having breakfast when I come to town. After breakfast I went and got new tires for my truck. I was very grateful for that purchase. While I was there, my dad came buy and bought me supplies for this semester. I got a lot of food and a lot of juice. I love it.
On Friday I packed, up so I could spend the night in the North Bay with John. We had dinner at H's place and had a basically fun night.
On Saturday and Sunday I drove home.
It was a great trip

Provo
For Memorial Day weekend, I went down to Provo to see Dun & Gu. I drove down Friday night arriving about 9pm. I met up with a friend from Boise (SD) and we went to dinner at this great Mexican place. I eventually got over to Dun & Gu's and we stayed up late talking. On Saturday mid-morning we got up and went to a Brazilian restaurant called Tucanos. The basis of the place is that you can have all the salad you want. As you sit and eat you can put up a green flag or a red flag. If your green flag is up, you are in "need" of meat. A server walks around from table to table with skewers of beef, chicken, breaded zucchini, breaded squash and various other rotisserie goodies. The server asks if you want any. If you do, the server uses his/her machete and cuts you off some. It was awesome.
To walk off the feast, Gu suggested we go up to Bridal Veil Falls. There was this great bike path there and these beautiful falls. We enjoyed the falls and the path. While on the path, Gu found these caterpillars.
After Bridal Veils, we went up to Heber to find a place called "Granny's Drive - In" where supposedly, the best milk shakes in Utah were made. It was great.
After we got home we porch sat and watched birds eat worms. I took a nap. We then went on a bike ride through Springville. About 1/2 way through our ride we came upon this mini-natural preserve. Some guy with lots of money has purchased a whole bunch of random animals and just has them there living. Everything from llamas and ostriches to reindeer and kangaroos. it was really random.
On Sunday, I went to a BYU singles ward with SD. Then I went back to SD's place to play games and hang out until dinner. For about two years now, I've been going down to Provo and dividing my time between SD and Dun & GU. Finally, they met for dinner, poker, and hearts. It was great fun.
On Monday I went to this inspiring memorial service put on by Gu's family. (Sorry, but I don't have any pics from that...). It touched me very deeply. I really enjoyed it, as an outsider. It was great to be an observer there.

So yea, those were my two trips. I'll update my Boise trip once I get the film developed.