Mount Diablo...

Yesterday Jeff, Loren, Loren's girlfriend, Joyce, and I all went up and spent the day at Mount Diablo. We had a lot of fun. Originally, we were supposed to go skiing/snowboarding, and my dad was going to come with us. But, since the weather has been so nice lately, we knew that the snow would be bad, so we changed our plans. And as it turned out, my mom needed my dad's help around the house, so he wasn't able to come with us. But the day still turned out to be very fun.

Jeff and I met Loren at his house and we all drove up to Dublin (where Joyce lives) together. When got to Joyce's house we made sandwiches and ate our lunch before heading out. (Mt. Diablo is literally in Joyce's backyard, she has a beautiful view from her driveway.) We drove to the mountain and spent the next 45 minutes driving up the mountain. It was a LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG but beautiful drive. Since being with Jeff, I've seen a lot of gorgeous sites. Loren has taken us to Yosemite, Mt. Diablo, and the Red Wood forest is next. (yay!) We stopped along the edge to take a picture of the view countless times before making it to the top, and we marveled the whole way up at the determination of the many bikers who persevered and made it to the top. (Seriously, there is NO way I could ride for ten minutes on that mountain, let alone hours and hours and hours like those bikers do.)

When we made it to the top, we were greeted with an amazing view. For those of you who don't know the significance of Mt. Diablo...while standing on the top of the mountain you can see a view that goes miles and miles and miles away. We even saw the Golden Gate Bridge! It was amazing!

We all went up and stood on the Observation Tower and looked out at the view and took millions of pictures. We spent a long time looking around.

After we were done looking around on the observation deck, we decided to go for a hike. We hiked up to a different part of the mountain, and climbed up onto a gigantic rock where we had another amazing view. We sat on the rock for a while looking around. (Correction...Jeff and I spent the whole time wondering how we were going to get down the rock, lol. Loren and Joyce admired the view.)

Finally, we got back onto the road and headed out. I was feeling car sick, and Loren offered to let me drive his truck (and offer I would have loved to take him up on, except I was feeling a little to sick to jump on the offer. lol, Loren has a nice truck!) We drove back down the windy road and then decided to go visit Joyce's horse at the boarding stables. (Not sure what they call it.) That was fun too, her horse is HUGE!! I don't think I've ever seen a horse that tall. Sometime soon, I'm going to try to ride him.

After that, we dropped Joyce off at her house and we headed home. When we got back to Loren's house, Jeff and I both headed back to my house.

The day was a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful and the scenery was amazing. I took so many pictures, but they don't do it much justice. And unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of Jeff and I on my camera. :(

I'd have written more and added more details, but I must go and eat lunch now. So, goodbye for now.