A Little Visit

 Today I went to visit my friend. She lives just  over an hour away but because we both have busy schedules it's difficult to get chance to meet. We talk a lot on the phone but meeting face to face sometimes is nice.

Mikey drove me! He decided to go through the mountains. I was hanging on to my seat most of the way. The road was very narrow, just enough room for one car, many times we had to pull over or reverse because cars coming in the opposite direction.

Even though it was stressful I enjoyed the scenery. Took some photos but as always they aren't that good. Getting good photos from a moving car is rather difficult.

Nice part of the road before it got narrow

Few houses nestled in the mountains

We went past a landslide. Mikey said that it happened last rainy season.

Landslide

Mikey said that the debris came up to road but didn't cover it!

Then there was this interesting house.

The "cow house"

We were wondering why they have this pattern on the house. I noticed that one of the trucks has the same pattern. Are they dairy famers? But there is no room to keep cows! 

After that we came into city. I'm always amazed at how quickly the scenery can change, from countryside plains, to industrial areas, to the mountains and back again to a sprawling city scape. All within an hours drive!

First glimpse of the city

Getting closer

Going to my friends house use to be an adventure as we always got lost or turned around. This time with google map and Mikey knowing parts of the city it was a lot easier. 

I had a good chat with my friend. Poor Mikey had to sit and listen to two old ladies chat, but he didn't mind, too much! He got some food and a load of coffee. 

We spent a couple of hours, I could of stayed longer but I was worried about the traffic on the way back. I didn't want to risk the mountains so we went through the city. It wasn't too bad, near the big shopping malls there was a bit of a delay, otherwise very smooth ride.

Tomorrow is back to work, just one lesson. Also the lesson is here, which helps. I hope I can get some things done around the house more. Plus I need to clean the yard a bit. There might be snow this week! I want to make sure things are safe outside, especially our water pipes!