Knott's Berry Farm

On Wednesday, Mo and I woke up bright and early, around 8:30, and headed north towards Los Angeles to go to Knott's Berry Farm, America's First Theme Park. Originally a farm, Knott's Berry Farm has everything from big coasters, to kiddie coasters, thrill rides, games, and good food. I should advertise for them or something. Anyway we showed up around 11 and immediately hit up their two big coasters Silver Bullet and Xcelerator. Both were wicked awesome and we eventually did each one a second time. If you ever happen to go its worth the wait for the front car on both coasters. We hit up a few kiddie coasters. Mo made friends with the little kids in line and made them feel better by telling them I was really nervous too. Lili had packed a nice lunch for us so we left the park around 2:30 to grab our food from the car and after eating went back in for a second round of rides. We even posed for an old time photo dressed up as a cowboy and saloon girl. It made Mo's day. We had so much fun we didn't leave until 8pm and at only $30 it might be worth going back at the end of the summer. There are some priceless photos and the link to those is right here. --> Knott's Berry Farm

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Surfing!

While Bill was still around, Mo brought us out surfing at La Jolla shores where the surf company she used to teach lessons at (Surf Diva) is located. Dawning her stylish red mesh trucker hat she grabbed us some wet suits, boards and rash guards. As you will see in the pictures, the rash guards are the pink and peach colored gettups we wore over our wet suits to designate our inferior student status. With my larger than average frame and lack of skill when it comes to athletics, I had some difficulty standing up on the board. Bill on the other hand was a pro and we got some good pictures of him where he looks like he actually knows what he's doing. The same day we attempted some snorkeling at the same beach which supposedly has leopard sharks. Leopard sharks are vegetarians and thus safe to swim with so there are a couple pictures of us in snorkeling gear as well. Sadly, the sharks weren't there so we just spent all our time surfing. No complaints tho.

The next day we went boogie boarding and brought the underwater/waterproof camera with us to finish off the last couple pictures. Boogie boarding was much more succesful for me than the surfing and we all had a blast catching some pretty big waves. And despite the fact some of the pictures look gloomy, it was a very nice day. The link for these pictures is located here. --> Surfing

Up next are photos of Mo's and my adventure to America's first theme park Knotts Berry Farm. So stay tuned.

Boating Pictures

Look at that! He hasn't even told anyone about the blog yet and he's already making a second post.

I finished up the newest album of our boating experience out in the San Diego Harbor. Mo's dad Michael owns a 22 foot fishing boat with a nice hefty engine on the back so we went out for a cruise. I must thank Lili again for her extensive picture taking. She got some great shots of the city skyline, the tall ships, and the naval vessels stationed in the Harbor. Along with all the people and animals that were a part of our adventure. The link for those pictures is here. --> Harbor Cruising

I will have pictures of beach and surfing once we get our waterproof camera developed!

Settling in to SoCal

So, bringing everyone up to speed...

I, Timothy Curley, spent six days traversing the mountains, valleys, plains, and deserts of this great country of ours, along with my good friend William Derusha from Sunday June 8, 2008 through Friday June 13, 2008. Setting out from cozy Westborough, Massachusetts we drove over 3500 miles arriving in beautiful Rancho Santa Fe, California. A blog concerning these six days was created by my traveling companion and includes hundreds of pictures of our adventure. This blog can be found here. --> Bill's Blog. In the tradition of this popular blog I have decided to recount my continued adventures as I spend my summer in the tropical paradise that is San Diego in this the Summer of 2008.

The primary objective of this blog is aimed more towards sharing pictures and less towards writing about what I've been doing. They say a picture is worth 1000 words. That's 1000 words of typing time per picture that I can contribute towards having more adventures and thus creating more pictures for your viewing pleasure. I will admit up front that I have never actually been much of a picture taker and will gladly be stealing photos from Mo's mother Lili who's incessant passion for picture taking is unmatched. Just like in Bill's blog I will provide you with links to Flickr accounts containing all the pictures. I make no promises concerning this blog or the pictures in terms of frequency of postings but have 4 nice albums to start you all off with.

The first album contains pictures from our second night in town when some family friends came over and we grilled up some burgers. Mo's friends Rachel and Jen came too and we all had a great time. It was nice to finally have some human contact beyond Bill, food servers, and hotel staff members. The link for those pictures is here. --> Grilling!

The second album is some random pictures of just hanging around the house. Mo had orientation for her summer job so Bill and I were left to entertain ourselves. There are some priceless photos. The link for those pictures is here. --> Just Hanging Out

And finally, for Bill's last night in town we decided to go all out and make home made pizza for dinner. After a quick trip to Trader Joe's for ingredients we were off and baking. Bill made a buffalo chicken and bleu cheese pizza. I attempted a Greek pizza with feta, olives, and other random non-Greek stuff, and Mo made a deliciously cheesey pizza with sausage, peppers, goat cheese, three cheese blend, sun dried tomatos, and God knows what other deliciously random ingredients. We had a great time despite some angry stomachs afterwards for having consumed large amounts of melted cheeses. The link for thoses pictures is here. --> Pizza Night

There are many more pictures to come including beach trips, learning to surf, and boating around San Diego Harbor.