And Miles To Go Before I Sleep.... MILES.

Today I met up with a couple of my friends to go visit the Japanese Gardens. I should have known that we would encounter many obstacles by the fact that our big group outing had dwindled down to just four of us. Carrie and her husband Heath, Dave, and me. There's a picture of all of us later on down. But first, I will share with you the miles I walked to actually get to the gardens.

At around 2 I met up with Carrie, Heath, and Dave at school. Dave has a car that is very close to the car of my dreams. He has an old Chevy Silverado. I offered to trade him my car for his, but he thought that was too hilarious. Anyways, we all piled into my car because I have a free parking at the zoo membership. My driving was ridiculed from the get go and Dave turned out to be a SERIOUS back seat driver. The zoo parking lot was full so we followed the signs to the overflow shuttle parking lot. Just as we got there, the bus took off. So we waited.

Finally we got to the zoo and found out that the Japanese Gardens were a few miles or so up the hill. Great. So we started walking. And we walked and walked. Up and down hills, through bushes, huge piles of mud, leaves. It was awful. I was getting sweaty and sticky. I didn't think we were ever going to get there, but somehow we did. Dave and I decided to become members. It was a very beautiful place, and the weather was perfect. Although I think that the Fort Worth Japanese Gardens are prettier, maybe even lusher if thats possible. We'll go through the pictures in a minute. We decided that it would just be faster to walk back to school than trek the miles back through the woods, so we did. We were tired and getting grumpy and hot. Finally we made it back to school and Dave drove me over to my car. The end. =) Picture time!



Walking in we were greeted by a beautiful, serene zen garden.

Here is a side shot of Dave. He was making fun of the fact that I could squeeze into the side of the wall and the bench so her is a picture of him trying to do the same. As you'll see in the next photo, he's quite a bit taller than I am.

I asked this nice woman to take a picture of the four of us. From left to right: Heath, Carrie, me, Dave. Dave and I are doing our best impression of Japanese tourists. I brought Carrie a Team Suki button and she wore it proudly all day. Go Team Suki!!!

Another beautiful picture of the Gardens.

Okay, for anyone that didn't believe I walked for miles.. here is the proof on my feet. They are bloody and sore. Ouch!

And on that note.... I am off.... byebye!!