TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO

We finally arrived in the city. We parked right under Ghiradelli Square. It was so pretty there with flowers everywhere and of course, the smell of chocolate in the air--heaven!


My pirate friend:

The view from our restaurant during lunch.

Of course, there is an In N Out Burger right on Fisherman's wharf!

We decided to take a cruise of the Bay. It was a wonderful experience. You are given a headset which tells you all about the bay, the history, the historical sites, etc. Margo and I really liked it. The fog was so awesome--it would be there, then it would be gone. We cruised past Alcatraz.





The best part of the cruise was driving right under the bridge. We also saw one of the huge tankers that uses this port.












After our cruise, we sat on the beach and watched the crazy swimmers and birds. The beach is posted as being very dangerous with sharks and unsafe currents. But there are quite a few people who swim in the bay every day.

We had dinner at Ghiradelli Square--we each had a $8.95 Hot Fudge Sundae- It was very delicious. For some reason, the waiter left us about a dozen spoons, so one just happened to fall into my purse--my souvenir from Ghiradelli Square!

We drove home on the Golden Gate Bridge. We stopped on the other side and visited the memorial park there. I took this picture of the night traffic. You can walk across the bridge on a path that starts in this park. No Thanks!

MY VACATION TO SACRAMENTO

On Sunday, October 11th, I flew to Sacramento, CA, to spend a week with my sister Margo. As I was waiting for Margo to pick me up, this Airport Cop kept driving by on his Segway. It just cracked me up! He thought he was pretty cool.


On Monday morning, we drove to Half Moon Bay to visit Margo's oldest daughter, Michelle, and her family. We stopped at a Taco Bell on the beach for a potty break. I've never seen a Taco Bell on the beach before. Even though it was October, there were surfers in the ocean. I couldn't lean on the handrail because of all the bird poop! Loved the sign!





MICHELLE & FAMILY

We walked down to the pier at Half Moon Bay about 4 blocks from Michelle's house to have lunch. We enjoyed a great lunch of Fish & Chips. The seagulls quite like the food, too. Here are some pictures of us at lunch. Matt, Michelle, Jesse, Margo and me. The birds would not move for the cars but they would move for the bicylists. Funny little birds.





This is Matt & Michelle's dog, Brando. He is a 13 year old Golden Retriever. He is a sweetie. It was great to visit Michelle and her family and to see where she lives. I can see why they like living there. They are a cute family.


On Tuesday there was a big storm that blew into the city and so we stayed at home. It was the remnants of a typhoon and it literally closed up the city. I found it quite comical to see everyone so upset over wind and rain! The local news station even interrupted Oprah for a weather update.

As the weather was still quite unsettled, we decided to visit Old Sacramento. We ate lunch at a "Saloon". This was our lunch companion. We walked around and visited the shops and had some chocolate strawberries. We asked a family to take our picture by this statue and they were from Germany! But they knew how to operate a camera!





On Thursday, we drove to the "City" (San Francisco). Here is the Bay Bridge and views of the city from the Bay Bridge. A week after I got home, this bridge was closed. This is one of the main arteries into the city. I was so excited to see San Francisco and to actually be there again after all these years.

AUGUST BIRTHDAY CELBRATION

On August 16th, we all got together to celebrate our family August birthdays--Brady, Chelsea, and Casey's! It was a beautiful day and we had a blast.

Here's Brookie, Gibson, & Carter.

Here's Lukas & Paigey:

Chelsea & Casey.

Courtney, Bob, & Corbin

Brady & Christen.

Casey's Ice Cream Birthday Cake that Corbin brought for her as this was actually her birthday day! Yummy!

Daryl & I were there--just not in any of the pictures. I wish it was still summer!