Finally in Folsom!

We made it! We drove into Folsom, CA just after noon on Monday. We stopped in at Intel to drive around their parking lot and check out the large buildings and surplus of parked cars.

Obligatory picture by the Intel sign

Next we started finding some of the housing options we had already picked out to drive by and look at. We spent several hours looking at apartments, then took a break to find a hotel to spend the night, as well as relax in during the hottest afternoon hours (you'll find out why this is important later). Once we settled in, we spent the time looking for some more apartments, and when things started to cool down outside, we headed back out to check them out.

Last night and this morning we contacted the property managers of some of the places we liked, and then went out to tour them. There are a lot of places to look at, but also many things to consider while making the choice of where we want to live for the next year or so. To add to this, we want to choose a place as soon as possible so we can have a few days to get settled before I start work.

And to wrap up this post, here are a few facts about our road trip west.

• We drove through or into seventeen states (some of them new states for me).
• We visited two national parks and one monument (Arches NP, Grand Canyon NP, and Four Corners Monument).
• We visited six different sets of relatives during the past week.
• I saw a buffalo for the first time (in a corral with a bunch of cows).
• Our A/C, which was recharged the week before our trip, died sometime between driving over the Rockies in Colorado and arriving at Arches National Park in Utah. The rest of the drive through Utah, Arizona, and California was less than pleasant. It has also made driving around in CA each day a bit warm as well, though the mornings in Folsom this time of year are actually quite cool, it just heats up in the late afternoon mostly.