San Francisco

We toured San Francisco for two days, and I had a great tour guide.  Ty lived in the area when he was young, and has a ton of family here.  So, we were lucky enough to skip the hotel costs, and shack up with his grandparents in Palo Alto for a few nights.  I got to meet the entire family (well, close) and celebrate his Granpa's 91st birthday!

And let me warn you...we did really touristy things in SF because I had never been here.  Don't judge.

The first day, we started off on Lombard Street which is "The crookedest, most winding street in the world".  It was crazy!  Can you imagine having your driveway connect to that?

After that, we parked the car down at Fisherman's Wharf and walked A LOT.  We walked along the wharf to Ghirardelli.

Then backtracked the other way to the Ferry Building.  It was such a cute area.  There were a ton of food stalls inside and people having lunch on a busy Monday.  We picked up some gelato and had it in the park across the street.

After our little snack, we went up to the shopping mecca, Union Square.  We bought a couple of original screen printed tees from a young guy on the street, had a beer at Hops and Hominy, and road the tram back to the wharf!

 Once we made it back to the car, we drove up to Coit Tower to get some great views of the city.

And that was only the first day!  Needless to say, we were both worn out.  We drove back to Palo Alto and had dinner at an Italian Restaurant and hit the sack.

Our second day wasn't quite as eventful.  We went down to The Haight for some yummy sandwiches at Ike's Place, and again had them in the park.  Then we parked the car and walked up and down Haight-Ashbury.  It's such a cool little neighborhood with tons of shops and restaurants.  And I had to take the iconic picture.

We shopped around and then headed for the Golden Gate Bridge.  We pulled off to take some pictures and then it was on to the next destination...Wine Country!