Friday, January 23, 2009

Sac Town and San Francisco

Last weekend we took a long road trip to Sacramento to go to Andrew's good friend's wedding. We survived the 11 hour drive with only two stops and Addie did much better than we did, I was bored as soon as we passed Vegas. The wedding was at the Sacramento Temple and Addie just could not resist playing in the water. The weather was perfect the whole trip, we kept forgetting it was January. f
We left for San Francisco the next day, luckily it was only an hour and half drive this time. We stopped in Old Town Sacramento first to see what it was all about, Addie found the candy shop right off and picked herself up some goodies for the drive. She also wanted to take a ride on the horse, but we opted for a picture instead.
It was fun to drive into San Francisco and see all of the houses stacked on top of each other. We went over the Golden Gate Bridge and on to see the Muir Woods, which are really big, tall trees.
The next day we toured San Francisco on foot and cable cars. All Addie wanted to do was "ride the bus". She loved the cable cars and was not shy at all, she kept talking to the other passengers whether they wanted to listen or not. We walked around Chinatown, ate some lunch, walked around Fisherman's Wharf, and rode the bus back to our hotel.
Andrew wanted to get some pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset so we headed over there. We went on the other side and down to the beach where the waves were crashing into the rocks, it was so fun to watch and hear. We were trying to take some pictures and Andrew got to close to the water and lost one of his sandals, it was pretty funny. The water was way too cold and it was too dark to try and retrieve it. Addie was so concerned and started crying because of the lost sandal.
On our last day we went to Alcatraz, Addie loved riding the boat to the island. It was a neat tour and interesting to learn about the history of Alcatraz.
We decided we may not make it back here for a long time so we took the scenic way home on the Pacific Coast Highway. We drove down the coast to Pebble Beach, something Andrew wanted to see because of the famous golf tournaments there. It was worth the detour as it was very pretty and fun to watch the ocean crash over the rocks. We had a really fun trip and enjoyed every minute, right up until we left Pebble Beach and knew we still had 12 hours ahead of us in the car.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this area! What a fun trip. I am glad you survived and had fun.

Michelle said...

That is a long drive, but it sounds like you had a fun trip. My husband's family lives in Stockton, CA, and so over the years we have visited most of the places you did. It is a neat area with lots to do. We didn't ride any of the cable cars in SF though. I am jealous!

Jess said...

That is a really long drive, but it seems to be worth it. I've always wanted to ride in a cable car.

stephanie said...

Gorgeous pictures!! It sounds like you guys had a dream vacation (all except for the car ride, of course). Pebble Beach looks so pretty, and I'd love to see those huge trees. Yea for vacations!

Sarah said...

That sounds like so much fun! I want to go really bad!!!

Anonymous said...

how fun... I am glad u guys had a great trip. we missed you.. lets hang out sometime this weekend.

Lauren B. said...

That looks like a really cool trip. You guys are always doing fun things!!

We lost a sandal in Pearl Harbor a while back and it was pretty traumatic too!!

Anna, you look great!

Cookie, Jason, Olivia, and Mya said...

How fun! We need to do a Disneyland trip together sometime!

Warner said...

That sounds like the best weekend getaway ever! what a good girl addie is to be stuck in a car for that long... i am so glad she was so good for you! also why can't my blog ever be as cute as yours... you have skills woman!

Brad and Kaci said...

How fun! Such a fun trip for you guys! (Other than the driving for course.) I am so glad addie did so well. Glad you guys had a good time!

The Sants said...

Looks like you guys had fun! I remember going to Alcatraz when I was younger and standing inside the jail cells....it was creepy!