Comic-Con

I don’t think I can describe Comic-Con by any words other than immense and fantastic. It was seriously huge. We had a brilliant time. We got to meet a few of our favorite comic authors, see all sorts of funny and amazing things, and learn new things about what’s going on in the world. Highlights include: getting sketches drawn for us by a favorite comic author;  the Futurama panel; the Joss Whedon Q&A; the Masquerade; just all the little amazing things going on around the place.

Lego Batman

Aunt Sue’s 

My grandparents and I then drove up to my Aunt Sue’s ranch, which is sort of east of San Francisco, I think. On the way we picked up my cousin Emily who was visiting friends in the town she used to live in.

We were at the ranch for about five days (five internet-less days, alas). During that time, my cousin Crystal was showing her two goats at the county fair, so two of those days I got to wake up before dawn to go with her and feed her goats, before spending the rest of the day in and around my aunt and uncle’s vet clinic in the town that’s an hour’s drive from their house. The last day, Sunday, we got to stay at home, be lazy, and watch movies in Uncle Ron’s theatre - an actual building outside the house all set up just like a real (albeit six-person sized) cinema, fancy chairs and curtain and all.

Emily, Crystal and Ryan

Aunt Anne’s 

My grandparents, Emily and I then went up further north, through Oregon to Washington, where my Aunt Anne and her family (including Emily) live. It was a really pretty drive. We went past Mt Shasta (which had some snow on it), and in Oregon and Washington there are so many trees - beautiful trees.

And that’s where I am now! A few more days here, then off to Canada…

Mt Shasta