keepin it cali... or whatev!

Well, I made the long trek westward to the beautiful state of California. This is the first time that I have been here, so its pretty exciting! The trip was fun and adeveturous. The first day wasn't too bad. I drove for like 10 or so hours until i got to a little town outside of Salt Lake City. I was sure that I was going to meet a mormom guy and live happily ever after with him and his other wives... haha! thats a joke. Before I got here, tho, my cousin called me and freaked me out a little. She said that there was an earthquake that day in california north of san francisco. The camp that I am at is north of san francisco, so I of course thought the worse. we talked for a while and realized that it was about 200 miles up the coast so they didnt even feel it here. So i stayed in this town; which is a cute little ski town. The next day was interesting. I started out at around 10:15 and I was planning on going for about 6 or 7 hours and stopping. Everything was good until I stopped to get gas about 2 1/2 hours in. I went to pay and the guy that checked me out told that there was a guy outside that wanted to talk to me. So, I walked out to my car and a tire service guy told me that one of my tires was about to blow. Naturally I kind of freaked out. So they took my car in and put it on the big jack and raised. They then told me that all the tires on my car were bad and they needed to be replaced or else something horrible was going to happen... (they didnt really say it like that but that is definitely how i interpreted it!) so, I called my dad freaking out of course. But my tires are so expensive and there was no way that I was going to be able to replace them, so after like an hour, I left the station, knowing that I there was no guarentee that I was going to make it to Cali, which was still about 550 miles away, without a blowout. From this point on, I went like 60 mph, when the speend limit was like 75... I know I made some people really mad! oh well, they are probably over it already... hopefully! So, the entire time that I was driving I was freaking out. I was planning on going all the way to my destination but I didnt want to chance having to change a tire in the dark, so I stopped in Reno. This was quite the experience also. I stayed at this really shady hotel! It looked to be in downtown reno... eek!! so I woke up and left quickly. That day I had about 4 hours to go. I went through Tahoe, which was gorgeous. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful. I finally made it without a single tire problem. Part of me wants to think that the guys were just trying to freak me out because I am a girl and they really wanted my business... too bad suckers!!! So, I have been at camp for about a day and a half and it has been fantastic! The people are amazing, and I think that this is going to be an amazing experience... so I appreciate your prayers in this time and I will keep you guys updated!!