San Francisco Part 1

As I previously mentioned… Aaron and I recently headed out to the Pacific Northwest for a little anniversary get-away, vacation, and to go to a friend’s wedding. We had such a wonderful time. There are way too many memories to put them all onto this blog… but I definitely tried to capture some quirky moments on camera. There were so many interesting people and sights over there.

Our 1^st stop on the trip was San Francisco. We arrived very late on a Friday night after traveling for almost 8 hours. From the airport we experienced our 1^st ride on a Super Shuttle van… oh my. Those people don’t even slow down for speed bumps! The next day we were woken by some crazy protesters across the street yelling “Don’t check in” “Check out” in front of another hotel… I was just hoping they would be done when we returned later that evening. We headed down to the Ferry Building to experience the Saturday Farmer’s Market. There were so many different foods there. Fruit, fish, bread, cheese, etc… it all looked delicious. Aaron and I settled on a little meat shop for some breakfast sandwiches while looking out at the bay. Such a good start to a good day. After breakfast, we explored more of the farmer’s market before heading towards Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39. Instead of attempting to figure out the SF bus lines we decided to just walk so we could see the sights on the way. There were runners everywhere! It seemed like the closer we got, the colder I got. By the end I had on mine and Aaron’s jacket.. then I went in and purchased a SF fleece souvenir, since I assumed Aaron would be wanting his back soon. Fisherman’s Wharf was really cool and we really liked checking out all the sights.. but our favorite part was watching all the sea lions. They were hilarious. Some looked like the were drugged out on meds, laying perfectly still and soaking up the sunshine, while others where hopping in and out of the water, all while making lots of noises.

After FW, we began our 1^st attempt at the SF public transportation to get to the golden gate bridge. It was not easy. I didn’t realize how far the gg bridge was! When trying to switch from 1 bus to another we couldn’t find the bus stop we needed, so we ended up walking quite a distance. What was supposed to be a 45 min bus ride ended up being about 10 mins, since we had already walked a good portion of it! But we got to see some fun sights of the town… So we finally made it to the golden gate bridge! Whoo hoo! The icon of San Francisco. It was a beauty. It was a pretty foggy and cloudy day, but we enjoyed it anyways. We walked all along the paths near the bridge, through a tunnel, and some pretty wooded areas, and down to the rocks below. Such beautiful sights. After all that walking we decided to walk some more… We are crazy. That’s when we began our journey across the bridge. My feet were aching… later we learned that the bridge is 1.7 miles. No wonder… It was a very long and very cold bridge.. but we enjoyed getting to experience it. However… I refused to walk back. I didn’t care what we had to do.. call a cab, hitch a ride with strangers, pay for the SF tour bus… didn’t care. I was not walking back. And that began our journey to Sausalito.

On the other side of the bridge was a “vistor’s center” I guess you could call it. And the only people there were visitors so they had no clue where anything was. Go figure. We ended up finding the trash man, and he directed us to a bus stop right up the road.. right off the interstate. The most random bus stop sign in all of SF. And that’s where we waited for 45 mins in the cold SF breeze with 4 chinese ladies. I’ve never been so relieved to see a bus pull up! After a little bus ride, we ended up in Sausalito where my motto was “The sun shines in Sausalito” . It was a beautiful town nestled in the hills with fun little shops and restaurants lining the street across from the water. Aaron and I decided on a little “Fish & Chips” restaurant for a very late lunch then we boarded a ferry back to the city...to take a nap.

More to come…

San Fran Album