So, I am back from our delightful trip to California and thought I'd share a few of my favorite pics...give you a quick run down of our travels.
So us three girls, Courtney Morgan and I headed out last monday on our adventure. We spent the first evening/night in Ashland Oregon. The second day we drove to Novato, California. Here we met up with the fellas for some adventures!

The next day (wednesday) we all packed up and drove to San Francisco! We stopped at this great overlook and had a blast with our cameras (and the bunkers!).

(Court Sones...love her!)



We spent the day exploring San Francisco and then the evening after dinner (and coffee!) we played pool with a bunch of the Novato folks.
Next day (Thursday) was our "beach day" and we knew well enough that it would likely be too windy for donning swim suits or any such thing. However, it was even more than we expected. Once again we all packed in and stopped along the way for sandwiches and drinks which we through in our cooler and we were off on a drive. We determined to go to a beach that would give us a fun drive--- best decision we made all week! We played in the freezing water and ran and laughed enough to make up for all the studying we'd done last quarter! The sun was out and had it not been so windy we would have been hot! The ocean was gorgeous and the skies were blue. We found a spot that was a little protected from the wind and ate our lunch, talked and just enjoyed the sunshine and peace for a bit.

We packed up and decided to follow signs for a lighthouse...the drive out there had been incredible and the weather was unbelievable so why not, right? WOW! 10 minutes later we felt like we'd been dropped in the middle of Ireland or some place in Europe. There were cattle wandering around and across the street--- the fences just ended. The road lead us right along these unbelievable cliffs that I can only compare to the beauty and danger I've seen in my dreams! We reached the top and didn't discover a majestic lighthouse like we'd hoped....but we found something better.
I'm so heartbroken to find that none of the pictures could quite capture it--- an unbelievable view, without any lines, fences or signs to distract from it's natural terror and beauty. It was so windy up there and I felt incredibly overwhelmed with joy and just life! God truly created this earth with such LAVISH beauty, he mixed beauty with majesty- the beautiful with the sublime! And I was beholding it and drinking it in!
The next day us girls headed to Redding. We have TONS of AMAZING photos from the beautiful places we stopped, but being late, I will leave you with this one..one of my absolute favorites. We wandered through these ruins of an old brick mason building....it was beautiful. :)