San Francisco

We spent the day in San Francisco. I love the city, I have spent a lot of time here shopping at the great stores and eating at the fantastic restaurants. So it was fun driving and walking around again, it's been awhile.




First, we took the kids to Pier 39 and went to the Aquarium at the Bay. After the aquarium we walked around the Pier and down the wharf.



















We stopped at a shop that had a lot of crazy hats. Everyone picked out their favorite hat to try on. We didn't realize that Garhett's first choice was a "beer hat"

















Second, we took the kids to the Exploritorium(http://www.exploratorium.edu/). The kids had such a great time going from station to station creating bubbles, making static electricity, making shadows, etc. My favorite station as a kid and I have to say even as an adult is the shadow wall. I was so excited to see that they still had the wall after all these years. How it works, everyone stands by this wall that has different colors shining on it, a timer starts counting down, then everyone strikes a pose, a flash goes off, and then your shadow is on the wall in the pose that you struck. It's so much fun! The flash goes off every 30 seconds. We spent 3 or so hours in the exploratorium.























Before leaving the city, Scott some amazing pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.














It was a long day in the city and we still had a 2 hour drive south to get to Scott's childhood best friend's house. We spent an hour or so visiting with friends before we got in the car and drove another hour south to our hotel. Next post will be another day, another city, and more fun!!!