Cali and the Choo Choo through the rockies! Oct 11 - 15

Oh California, I do miss you sometimes...

But then I remember where I live now and I smile :-)))

We arrived in SF on the morning of the 11th, ten hours later, yet arriving earlier than when we left Seoul...I'm confused. We had a completely sleepless night on the airplane due to turbulence so we groggily stopped for coffee at SFO, and to email some friends we were meeting up with. While Charles was emailing, I began thinking... "Today's the first day my bar exam results might get released....hmmmm....should I check?...could really ruin my day and make it as though we never had a vacation....but on the other hand...." Charles decided that I needed to check so that I wasn't torturing myself with it for the rest of the day, so I did. And I PASSED!!! YAY!!! Such blissful relief.

The Pass List!!!

So we continued on (happy, but still zombie-like), through a lovely day of hanging out with old friends. We spent the next day and a half with Charles's sister and brother-in-law. Just lovely. We went hiking, which is where the first picture on this page was taken, ate healthy food, and slept. It was fantastic.

The train ride - If ever I was going to seriously say "OMG," it would be now. O.M.G! What an amazing experience! And all for free when you sign up for the Amtrak credit card - it has a point system and the startup points they give you are enough for a round trip through the Rockies! Sweet.

It was a really relaxed experience, and we spent much of our time just looking out the window of the observation car and chatting with others on the ride. So nice. It's really amazing that the sites we saw on this ride made it to our top ten list of experiences during the last two and a half months of travel through Australia and SE Asia. It really is an amazing country we live in. And we're so excited to be living in Colorado! This is the first time I have ever returned from a trip and been excited to come back. Such a nice feeling. Anyway, I really can't describe the trip in words, so I'll just pack in the pictures...mind you, they're all taken out the window of a moving train, so be nice.

A ship ghost yard...