Angel Island and Family

So on Wednesday my Aunties took me out on Angel Island as a belated birthday present. Angel Island is a really awesome island in the middle of the San Francisco bay that was used as a Military base, Quarentine, Immigration Station and Seal hunting habitat. Now its a museum and camping area. We took the ferry from Tiburon, which is a fun little 20 minute ride across the bay, and there was rumor a dolfin was around but I never saw it. The Aunts, Terri, Don and Amy all came. We had a little snack in the cafe on the island which was.. Dissapointing.. I had some chili which was totally cold, even after i asked them to reheat it. And it was pricey... $22 for a pulled pork sandwich?!? Ooofff...

We went for a little hike up the side of the island, watched beautiful views and enjoyed the PERFECT weather. Around 2 we headed back for our Segway tour!! Segways are SUPER fun it turns out! As we pulled out of the harbor up the mountain some homeless looking teen punk kids boo'd us and i laughed meniacly at them... Yea Im a dick :) Our tour guide, Joe, was much like the tour guides I have had of late, a bored 19-21 guy with a summer job. But he really liked us goofing around with him and gave us an extra long tour. We had great views of the bay and the bridges, and there are SOOO many abandoned buildings I would like to explore.. Actually am DYING to explore. I had already declaired to Gentleman Friend that he will need to take me camping out there so we can explore without being bothered. We did get to stop off the Segways at one point and explore one building which was AMAZING

After we caught the last ferry out, we headed to a nice little mexican place in Tiburon. I had a grilled chicken breast in peanut sauce with black beans and rice which was SO delightful! We also split some Flan, and a plate of Churros... Mmmm....!! Also saw seagulls eating peoples chips. Yummm!!

Neglect

So, an update since I have been neglecting this thing. I raised my starter, made some very bad bread then recently killed it. I also aquired a job as a waitress, was threatened, stolen from and not paid, so I quit. I now work for a pizza shop and while I make no money at least its fun! :)

The gerbil sidekick has a hamster ball and mastered it quickly. I will post a video soon of the amazing antics. There is nothing more entertaining then a gerbil in a ball a 2am!! Cooper rocks.

So Saturday I got to go hiking at Sterling Park in Monroe, Mi. We hiked for 6-7 miles in the warm sun (yay! Sun!!!) and ended the hike with a stroll along the sandy shores of lake Erie. My first Great Lake!! It was really beautiful, and I hope to see more of the great lakes and Michigan while I'm here.

Sunday was Easter. I cooked some left over corned beef in the crock pot, made an "Everything Salad" (thank you Rachel for the recipe!) and made Folar, Portuguese Easter Bread. Oh, and a no bake cheese cake (Thats not cooking, its stirring). I invited some of the girls from the building over and we ate, traded cosmetics, shoes and jewelery, and had a ball :) So things are looking up.

Yay for heritage!!