.....your TR is already up to page 7!!
Hmmmmm.....I have gots to get caught up.
(love the topic)
I am very excited for you- SUCH a great place!
hey - Q: did you take the trolley?? how much of a challenge was it to take it or didcha walk??
We took a cable car, that was very easy from Fisherman's wharf right to where we were staying. The lines for trolleys in August are INSANE!!! The best advice we heard (from our private tour guide) was to ride very early or very late- but with everything we had packed in while we were there, those times didn't fit in, and T&T were ok not riding (Pods and I have in the past). I hope you have better luck in January!
I am going to China town from Pier 39 via the trolley (in early January) to Union Square and back & just a wonderin'.
T.T.F.N.
Hi Ellen,
I am so excited for you and your California trip. What a nice gesture from your Dis friend to send you a welcome/thank you gift! You definitely deserve it for giving us all many hours of pleasure reading your trip reports.
Thank you so much! And it was the sweetest, most special feeling every time we took a sip or a bite!
I was very lucky to visit San Francisco in 2010. We planned an Alaska cruise for our 40th anniversary and I was sooo smart and found a Celebrity Alaskan cruise sailing out of San Francisco! So we had four fabulous days in San Francisco before sailing off to the beautiful scenery in Alaska. I'll never forget it.
Smart girl! How was celebrity? How was Alaska? I am dying to go!!!
Looking forward to seeing your photos and thoughts of Muir Woods. We thought it was amazing.
Nora
Sadly, I haven't yet. HOWEVER, I am heavily into vacation planning for 2014 right now. My mom wants to do something with us - we were going to do the DCL Alaska cruise again, but the family friend who would split a stateroom with my mom bailed on us, so that probably won't happen. I think it's a blessing in disguise, because the cost is , and I'd rather put that off a year.
That is the cruise I would love to take next summer, but I can't get the boys on-board with the idea of heading north on our summer vacation. So, NOW when I look at the prices I am because it's too late....
So I am making a list of options for my mom and will be going over all of them with her shortly. Top of my list are Hawaii and .. wait for it .... fly to SF and spend a few days visiting friends and family and enjoying the city, then rent a car and drive the Pacific Coast Highway over the course of 4-5 days, and then end with a few days at DLR! OMG - I am LOVING this idea!!!
Oh, all those great memories of vacations past!
Love the update! Breakfast looks really good, sorry there was nothing for Timmy. I had to seeing the elevator photo. How fun is that.
Muir Woods is beautiful. I cannot wait to see more of your photos, it has been a while since Tom and I were there, definitely will have to go back after seeing your pics.
What a wonderful gift to welcome you to California. Joseph Phelps is definitely a great wine!
Oh yes it was!
I've seen lots of people go to that Museum of old games and stuff, looks like a lot of fun.
I couldn't believe when you showed the picture of how touristy the area has become. I used to go up there on weekends when I first got my driver's license. Pier 39 was still relatively new and there were hardly any chain stores/restaurants there. The photo you posted was jam packed full of them.
Yea, it really changed from our last visit, too-
I remember too not being able to afford to eat from anywhere but the little stands along the walkway where you get a shrimp cocktail or something in a paper container. We treated ourselves to Aliotos because that was a big name restaurant, the food was pretty good too, but I've heard that Scoma's is really the place to go down there. Everything looked great! Um that's a plate of oysters for ME! What would everyone else eat?
Me too! Aliotos was the one I checked out first- because that is the one I have seen since I was a kid on every postcard and photo! The reviews are HORRIBLE!!! Scomas was a great choice.
The Exploratorium is so much fun, you don't even have to be a kid! I went there a few years back and had blast, just all those darned kids kept getting in my way to play with all the cool experiments!
I think they have an adult night there- with cocktails! Or is that the Museum of Sciences over in the park? Hmm...well, either way...it's with adults and it's with cocktails!! I am IN next time!
I didn't realize that it had moved either!
I can see all of mine, but I make sure that it all fits in my preview before I save it. I can't see it all when I'm on my phone. I'll have to try making my screen smaller and look again.
The SF Bridge looks very nice. I haven't been to Muir woods. Looking forward to hearing more!
Oh, I am LOVING all the pics from your SF morning. The Bay Bridge picture is truly gorgeous - and again homesick-making (I commuted across that bridge every day for quite a few years). Can't wait to hear about your time at Muir Woods and hear what you get up to next!
That breakfast looked great !!! So Funny about the elevator !!! Can't wait to see the next set of pix !!!
Hey girl! I don't know what you did, but all of a sudden I can see all the links to your TRs!
I am just drooling over yer pics!!
you even gave me an idea.....nibble on some fruit while 'taste testing" some Pinot Noir or
Merlot Calif red wines while relaxing overnight(s) in 99 more days.
BUT -
whose countin'?
(and to think, the very last full day I am there will be spent touring Napa Valley)
Can't wait to hear more; esp more about Muirr Woods.
T.T.F.N.
I love your trip reports!!! My husband and I went to Yosemite this summer in June and to San Fran. I loved it and I can't wait to read your trip report
You take the best vacations!! I love how much research you do and how much care you take to find the perfect things to do. You are going to be a great travel agent!! I would follow one of your trip itineraries anyday!!!
Great! Thanks! Where do you want me to send you?
So have you seen yourself on QVC? I don't typically watch it but might have to put it on one afternoon just to see if i can spot you.
No, I haven't- I don't really watch it. OOPS- Is that bad for me to say now that I'm a spokes model and all? If you see me, let me know!
What a lovely gift of fruit and wine. Yum!!!
SOOOOO lovely!
That is amazing that Timmy tried the oysters if he is generally pretty picky. Good for him! I am only getting adventurous in my old age. But not that adventuous.
Looking forward to more!!!
Ellen what are your thoughts on them changing from GAC to some FP + system ???
Muir Woods is just freaking awesome! I love huge trees like those, it was rather dizzying to look up like your photos.
It IS freaking awesome!!! And I am glad my photos were dizzying- I was trying to show what it's really like there.
The pictures of Tyler & Tim side by side are eye opening. Tim's legs are much longer than Tyler's, makes Tyler look so short which he isn't!LOL
Great tree pics! Those trees are amazing and so old. Magnificent!
Your boys are getting tall!
Jill in CO
Wow wow wow. Michael has always wanted to do the *Big Tree Tour*. I think I'll agree now. Stunning photos.
Hey, it's possible! In fact, I think its highly probable.
Well then John Muir followed us back into SF, because he makes another appearance on Angel Island....
Never gone. Only hiding.
That forest is spectacular and the height of the trees is dizzying. Note to self - get there early. Really early!
That breakfast spread looks delish and the view of the GGB looks amazing. Wow!
Spectacular photos. It's so awesome to look up those trees.
Great photos! I love the ones standing inside the tree.