Dusty and I went to California last weekend for the wedding of our friends, Scott and Mary. A perfect reason for a vacation! Grandma Jenny and Grandpa Scott came to our house to visit with the kids while Dusty and I were gone. We flew into Oakland and drove to San Jose on Thursday. We did some shopping and ate dinner on Santana Row that evening, and then spent all day Friday in San Francisco with the Henleys, who also traveled to California for the Turner wedding.
We decided to take a guided tour of San Francisco, and it was fantastic! The pictures and my description are really just the highlights, as the tour guide pointed out numerous other points of interest along the way. Oh, and San Francisco was cold! The temperature was in the low sixties at its warmest point of the day, which for a Texan in August, is basically freezing. It was at least 15 degrees colder in San Francisco than in San Jose where we stayed, so we didn't really pack well for the crisp, cool San Francisco weather. Good thing I bought a sweater the night before on Santana Row! Anyway, the highlights of San Francisco...
Cable cars were interesting to see, and we really enjoyed crooked Lombard Street. We walked through Chinatown and visited a beautiful church. There were great views of the city from inside a tower at one of the local museums. Pictures don't do justice to the Golden Gate Bridge. Sausalito was a fun place for lunch, and it was remarkable how much sunnier it was in Sausalito compared to San Francisco. The ferry ride back to San Francisco was made more interesting by the humongous yacht in the bay. Also on the ferry ride, we got close views of Alcatraz. When our tour was over, we walked around Fisherman's Wharf, where we saw lots of sea lions! After Fisherman's Wharf, we headed back to San Jose - it had been a long day of sightseeing.
Here are some pictures from San Francisco...
We decided to take a guided tour of San Francisco, and it was fantastic! The pictures and my description are really just the highlights, as the tour guide pointed out numerous other points of interest along the way. Oh, and San Francisco was cold! The temperature was in the low sixties at its warmest point of the day, which for a Texan in August, is basically freezing. It was at least 15 degrees colder in San Francisco than in San Jose where we stayed, so we didn't really pack well for the crisp, cool San Francisco weather. Good thing I bought a sweater the night before on Santana Row! Anyway, the highlights of San Francisco...
Cable cars were interesting to see, and we really enjoyed crooked Lombard Street. We walked through Chinatown and visited a beautiful church. There were great views of the city from inside a tower at one of the local museums. Pictures don't do justice to the Golden Gate Bridge. Sausalito was a fun place for lunch, and it was remarkable how much sunnier it was in Sausalito compared to San Francisco. The ferry ride back to San Francisco was made more interesting by the humongous yacht in the bay. Also on the ferry ride, we got close views of Alcatraz. When our tour was over, we walked around Fisherman's Wharf, where we saw lots of sea lions! After Fisherman's Wharf, we headed back to San Jose - it had been a long day of sightseeing.
Here are some pictures from San Francisco...
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