Back from Yosemite
Hey all, i got back from a weekend trip with some relatives from Yosemite yesterday (Sunday). All in all it was a good trip, had its ups and downs and it definently went left and right while my dad was driving the mini-van (my neck still hurts going side to side). I'll let the images tell the story really so here they are!
Hey folks, when you see a sign like the one above near spikes like the ones shown above, u get a combination of a warning sign and spikes and those combined with tires going the WRONG WAY is not a good thing, in fact u can bet your tires are gonna get punctured and go flat...and surprisingly enough my dad drove over those spikes the wrong way without seeing them and indeed popped a tire...we were fortunate enough to get it replaced. My dad and i actually tried to replace the tire by using the standard jack but when the jack was at its peak the car rolled off the jack and broke it! Thank God there was someone else to help us and we got the tire replaced and even got replacement tires before the day had ended...we were lucky...VERY lucky.
So we all arrived on Friday and this is now Saturday. We decided to tour the Yosemite Valley which was gorgeous but fricken HOT . I couldn't get through half an hour with my hands starting to dry up and it wasn't comfortable at all. But here is the whole vacationing trip (minus me cause i was taking the picture!)
I was getting a little tired so i decided to let my mom piggy back me! It was a pretty short lived trip but it was fun =P
Although these two were a handful, my two cousins Winny and Fred were full of life and energy...something i lacked the entire trip so to make up for my lethargic behavior over the weekend, here is a tribute to two of my younger cousins =D
After the tour of Yosemite Valley the whole family (except my mom) decided to go swimming at the nearby lake. The water was great temperature...very warm and relaxing. Here's the whole Taiwan Krew at the beach and catching some rays =D.
Here in the water is my uncle and my cousins enjoying the water and the sun after a hot day and to the left is me!
The trip was fun and i was sad when my relatives all left to go back to Taiwan. I think it's ridiculous how much the little boys and girls across the Pacific Ocean have to endure when it comes to academics. Not only do they have to wake up sooner than most middle and high school students, but almost all college students and adults! My cousins start class at 7:30 in the freaking morning and on top of the homework they get, they have to go get some tutoring and it's basically required! They have some work to do and the stress it's almost ridiculous and despite the fact i can't do anything about it i can still complain about it...in fact you might want to check out my rants section *hint hint* Anywayz, the trip was fun but i'm glad to be back and ready to go out with the friends and speak English =D
Hey folks, when you see a sign like the one above near spikes like the ones shown above, u get a combination of a warning sign and spikes and those combined with tires going the WRONG WAY is not a good thing, in fact u can bet your tires are gonna get punctured and go flat...and surprisingly enough my dad drove over those spikes the wrong way without seeing them and indeed popped a tire...we were fortunate enough to get it replaced. My dad and i actually tried to replace the tire by using the standard jack but when the jack was at its peak the car rolled off the jack and broke it! Thank God there was someone else to help us and we got the tire replaced and even got replacement tires before the day had ended...we were lucky...VERY lucky.
So we all arrived on Friday and this is now Saturday. We decided to tour the Yosemite Valley which was gorgeous but fricken HOT . I couldn't get through half an hour with my hands starting to dry up and it wasn't comfortable at all. But here is the whole vacationing trip (minus me cause i was taking the picture!)
I was getting a little tired so i decided to let my mom piggy back me! It was a pretty short lived trip but it was fun =P
Although these two were a handful, my two cousins Winny and Fred were full of life and energy...something i lacked the entire trip so to make up for my lethargic behavior over the weekend, here is a tribute to two of my younger cousins =D
After the tour of Yosemite Valley the whole family (except my mom) decided to go swimming at the nearby lake. The water was great temperature...very warm and relaxing. Here's the whole Taiwan Krew at the beach and catching some rays =D.
Here in the water is my uncle and my cousins enjoying the water and the sun after a hot day and to the left is me!
The trip was fun and i was sad when my relatives all left to go back to Taiwan. I think it's ridiculous how much the little boys and girls across the Pacific Ocean have to endure when it comes to academics. Not only do they have to wake up sooner than most middle and high school students, but almost all college students and adults! My cousins start class at 7:30 in the freaking morning and on top of the homework they get, they have to go get some tutoring and it's basically required! They have some work to do and the stress it's almost ridiculous and despite the fact i can't do anything about it i can still complain about it...in fact you might want to check out my rants section *hint hint* Anywayz, the trip was fun but i'm glad to be back and ready to go out with the friends and speak English =D
posted by Jeff Chen at 4:17 PM
5 Comments:
fun fun, glad ur having some quality family time on ur vaca
u have long posts.
Wow, driving over the spikes, huh? I always wondered who you people were. Now I know!
Shouldn't you have been the one giving your mom a piggy back ride? If you were exhausted, how much vim and vigor could she have had? :)
Geez - can your sentences be any longer?
awww jeff... i didn't know you spoke chinese... that sounds fun.. i've never been to yosemite... actually that's a lie, i went to yosemite when i was too small to remember anything. I sould go back sometime... hmmmm...
lucky break on the tires though.. that would have been horrible if you hadn't been able to fix it.
and your mom is awesome by giving you a piggy back ride.
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