Our trip began at 8am on Monday morning in snowy, cold Virginia City.  Thanks to the help of Matt's mom Melissa, we were able to fit all of our suitcases inside the van.  We departed from Community Chest with the cheerful farewell wished to us by Kelly Coons.

After traveling over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, we arrived in Sausolito to chow down on some authentic pizza from a little shop on by the bay and preceded traveling  through to the Muir Woods, or more like the Enchanted Woods from the world of wonder. Each of us found ourselves becoming more joyous the farther into the wilderness we hiked.

Another stop along the way was Marin Headlands, the beach where The Goonies was filmed, where we formed a nautilus shell with our hands.