The City!!

So I got back on the 10th

from Sunny California.

We left snow, and it was so

nice to have some sun!! Peggy,

Troy's mom, had a conference in

Francisco and I got to go as a

guest. It was a lot of fun and

I have a HUGE love for San Fran

now!! It was so much fun!! Thank

you, Benchmark!!! Thank you

Mom and Troy for watching the

kids!!! I feel very lucky to have

gone! So, now for some pics and

vacation info...

This was a very cool water

park in Downtown.

Very interesting.

The flowers were so pretty.

Fisherman's Wharf sign. We went

here a lot. Very yummy seafood!!!

And I don't even like seafood!!!

I think they called this Cocktail Street.

They had a lot of Dungeness Crab and

seafood cocktails all a long the street.

It smelled...interesting.

You can't go to San Fran without riding

the trolley. It was quite an adventure.

I had to hang off the edge one trip and

I thought I was going to get taken out

by the oncoming trolley!!

I told you we went here a lot!

We still didn't see everything!

This is the bay. Very

peaceful and beautiful!!

The sunsets were so pretty!

This is Gherradelli(sp) Square.

They used to make chocolate here,

but it moved. So now it is a store and

restaurant. Very neat.

The last day we were here,

we went on a tour of the Muir

woods and Salsalito. This is not

part of the tour, but our driver was

really cool. He took a detour of the

Golden Gate Bridge. It was exciting!!!

This is a tree in the Muir Woods.

They were very neat.

This is Oma. Peggy and Oma knew each

other, but this trip was the first time

I got to meet her. She is incredible!

I quickly came to love Oma. I wish

all of you could meet her, she is so neat.

This is in the Muir Woods.

This is a horrible picture of

Crookedest Street. Because of an

accident in the 70's, tour buses are

not allowed to go down the street.

Our driver stopped to let me take a pic!!!

This is Union Square. Peggy

and I didn't do any shopping here,

but we did visit once. We did a

service project at Glide. If any of you

saw The Pursuit of Happyness you

know the Glide is the homeless

shelter he went to. We refinished

the pews in the sanctuary. I was amazing. While we waited

for the pews to dry, we walked down to Union Square.

Boy did we feel out of place!!!

I looked all over San Fran

for this spot...also from the movie.

Peggy finally found it...right out side

of our hotel!!!

GooGoo Dolls anyone? We were

sooo close to the stage. Thank you

Peggy for standing there with me

through the whole concert! It was amazing!

Mark Curry...aka Mr Cooper.

He entertained us a lot on this trip.

He was pretty funny, but he repeated

a lot of his material. Still, pretty funny.

After his show, he allowed us to get pics

with him.

Okay, horrible hair, but our tour

finished late and I had to hurry.

I was so embarrassed to meet a celebrity

looking like that!!!

Home. I bought Daeson a sword

and a costume from Chinatown.

He loved it! It was "just what I always

wanted!"

Tevan was not sure about me

when I got home. It took him a sec to

realize it was me. I think he thought

I left for good. But, he then wouldn't

leave my side!

These are Willie braids.

We got these at a late night

party at Purple Haze. They all got

a kick out of them.

The SanFrancisco bread company.

Boudin Sour Dough. This is Troy's

asiago cheese loaf...flower.

This is the kids' rabbit.

Neither one of the loaves got

eaten before they went bad...bummer.

But it was good.