Friday, August 8, 2008

The Services take San Francisco...

After arriving we got to spend some time on the train...the kids thought this was so much fun and I think they could have spent the whole weekend on here! Especially with front row seats!
We made it to San Mateo - home of Steve and Aimee! The working man...Steve.

Aimee and Drew - hanging out in San Mateo at last!! After much anticipation (on our part anyways!!!)
Visiting Alcatraz - a very neat spot, we would highly recommend BUT you have to book early 'cause it is very hard to get a spot!


The current Alcatraz residents....








Greg found out that this is the 34th largest yacht in the world. It was awesome to see - wish we could have toured her. Even had its own helicopter, which we could have taken for a spin after our tour!!



Eating at the Rainforest Cafe - one of the neatest restaurants. We hadn't been for awhile. The last time was in Vegas on our honeymoon. The kids were no trouble in here there is so much to watch!!









Touring the boats at Hyde Street Pier - probably Greg's favorite part of the holiday as he LOVES sailboats. And I must say, it was pretty neat. Wish we would have had more time here.



San Francisco streets...we spent Friday downtown! Put on about 20 miles by foot but it was neat to see!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

San Francisco - Part II finally uploaded!

Well, this is the end of our trip to San Franciso but thought I would start here so that it is in some kind of order on the screen when you view it. Tomorrow, hopefully, I will post our photos of Alcatraz and wandering the streets of downtown San Fran. Enjoy! ms We attended a baseball game and watched the San Francisco Giants get BEAT badly, but it was a fun time and we froze like it was November in Canada and we were watching football! Don't you LOVE Drew's hat? It actually has a baseball on the top!!!



This was a fabulous park that we went to while Greg and Steve were sailing on Saturday. It is called an Adventure Park. The kids could get a saw, a hammer or some paint and built or cut or paint whatever they liked. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen...Here they are sitting on a horse that someone built out of old pieces of board.


The Golden Gate Bridge - the most anticipated part of the holiday for Annie! She asked every morning if this was the day we got to see the Golden Gate. Not only did we see it, but we drove over it. Very neat...
We toured the Jelly Belly factory and Mrs Grossman's sticker factory on Monday of our holiday. We met up with Melissa (an old Rocanville buddy) and David Cooke and their two boys. It was great fun and crazy, crazy line ups. Then Melissa and I hit the Outlet stores while the boys did some "parenting"....!!


Yep, we were really there - a California license plate!High-tech rednecks...the kids thought these things were great, even though they have seen them before, they are about the best toy an airport could offer!