I planned a fun trip to SAN FRANCISCO and was so happy when Mom, Debbie, Joyce and Jenny could come with me. We had so much FUN! We did as much in the few days as we could. We saw everything we really wanted to see. We always have a great time when we are together! I took 692 pics and so it's hard to pick what photo's to include here. I did the best I could in a short time.
Day 1: We flew into Oakland because it's closer to Stefanie. We were so excited to see her and her cute family. Their lives are so busy with school and sports that it was hard for us to do anything besides meet up for lunch. We had a great time with them though. We ate at BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse in Dublin. It was really good!
Here we are at BJ's Brewhouse with the Christensen Family:
After we left the Christensen's, we drove to WALNUT CREEK to check into our hotel at the MARRIOTT. Well, I'm going to keep this short. They gave us a KING SIZE BED! Instead of two queen sized beds with a roll-a-way bed like we had ordered. They expected 4 of us to sleep in one bed! Are you kidding me? Well, needless to say we had to get another room for the night and then we cancelled our reservation with them and stayed in another hotel, which ended up being closer to San Francisco. We will never forget that drama! We took a walk around WALNUT CREEK. It's a cute little place.
Joyce and Jenny surprised us with a gift pack they put together for each of us. Remember how they always give us See's candy with they travel with us? Well check out what they did for us! They are SO AWESOME!
We were so glad that Stef and John told us to leave 2 hours earlier than when we needed to be there, otherwise we would have missed our appointment with ALCATRAZ! Can I tell you how HORRIBLE the TRAFFIC is in SAN FRANCISCO? Crazy, I tell you. It seriously took us 2 hours to get there. Check out a pic of what I had to drive in!
We found parking which was a small miracle and made it to the Pier in time to get on the ship for ALACATRAZ. We took the audio-tour and it was awesome! It was so crazy to be there and here the inmates voices telling the stories of how that place operated, and to learn the sad fate of those who tried to escape. After the tour, a surviving PRISONER was there to autograph his book.
After Alcatraz we walked through FISHERMAN'S WHARF(this is a fun place!) and we ate at a really good restaurant (suggested by my friends Pat and Darla, they said it was a must!) The restaurant is called SCOMA'S. It was a bit pricey but DELISH! Joyce couldn't stop talking about how good her meal was. You can tell this was a true Italian (Mafia) run restaurant by the cars and people inside. It was one we would go to again if given the chance!
It was SO WINDY on the top of the bus where we sat but way fun too! We got some pics of the bridge but the goods one would be taken the next day.
After our tour it was getting late so we decided to go have DESSERT at GHERARDELLI SQUARE.
Oh my! Delish! I got a SALTED CARAMEL SUNDAE!
We drove back to the hotel and on the way we had to cross over the BAY BRIDGE! It is so BEAUTIFUL! I am used to driving with lights that automatically come on and the lights were bright on the bridge but then I realized in places, I couldn't see as well. Geesh! I didn't have my lights on! Scary! We don't know what we would do without Jenny navigating us around on her cell phone. Thank Goodness for her! This was a scary place to drive. It's totally nuts!
BAY BRIDGE in the daytime:
Then we went to a SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GAME! They were playing the ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS! How crazy that the weekend we go they are playing Arizona? Joyce and Jenny were excited about that. I loved being there. I got us AWESOME TICKETS! We were on the 35th row lower level, right by HOME PLATE and a little towards FIRST BASE! Plus, it was a hot day and we were under the shade of the upper level. SWEET! We ate our PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS and I got me a HOT DOG and a COKE. Joyce got the famous GARLIC FRIES. My favorite part of any game is when we get to sing TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME during the 7TH INNING STRETCH! I used my selfie stick to video tape us singing it! :) We were happy to get our SF GIANTS playing cards to add to the collection!
I took this pic with my Selfie Stick!
We loved being at the BASEBALL GAME but when it was over we hurried back to the PIER 39 to jump on our BOAT. We went on a DINNER CRUISE. It was a very casual one and it was nice! We got to go around ALCATRAZ, ANGELS LANDING, and under the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. The wind was blowing so hard again and it got a little chilly. We stayed inside for the last little bit of the CRUISE. What a FUN DAY and NIGHT we had! Afterwards we shopped around FISHERMAN'S WHARF again.
The last day of our trip we got up early and headed up the WINDING ROAD to the MUIR WOODS. We got there early, before it opened and got an awesome parking spot! We were warned that sometimes you have to park far away and walk a half an hour just to get to the path. We were the first ones there and we got to walk in and see the BEAUTIFUL REDWOOD TREES. It was so quiet and peaceful there. They were MAGNIFICENT in SIZE and we enjoyed a really nice walk through the FOREST. I was amazed! I loved it so much and was so grateful we made time to visit here. When we were walking out, that's when the buses started pulling in. We timed it perfectly!
The last thing we did was walk around the quaint little town of Sausalito. They have a tons of little shops. You'd have to be loaded to live here. The houses were huge and they all live on a hill. Crazy! It was super cute but we made one bad mistake. So far on this trip, everything has been perfect except we went to breakfast at this little Italian place that was supposed to be the best place to eat breakfast according to Trip Advisor. So we ate there and then walked around a few blocks down and realized there were so many awesome restaurants we could have tried instead. I wished we would have driven around first. Oh well. It was ok.
I love these little cities by the ocean. I could just sit here all day and watch the water, the boats and the people. It was so pretty!
Oh we had a wonderful weekend in San Francisco. We saw so many awesome things, and experienced some new places and made lots of FUN MEMORIES! And then we flew back home. It made me so excited for our next trip, next year!
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