Day 4 of San Francisco

This was our last day in San Francisco.  We were taking the red-eye flight home, so we had the whole day to check out the rest of the city that we had not seen yet.  This was the hardest day!  We took a big hike in the morning to see the Golden Gate Bridge and lets just say it was A LOT longer than we thought it was going to be.  The upside was we got some good pictures of the bridge.  We also had our anniversary dinner that night at a restaurant called the Cliff House.  It overlooked the Pacific Ocean.   We had a great time in San Fran and even thought we were sad to leave we happy to get back to Hudson!

Starting our hike--all smiles!

We made it! 

The Golden Gate Bridge!

Day 4 (cont.)

This is our walk to Alamo square.  You may recognize the houses from the opening credits of Full House.  This was my favorite sitcom growing up, so I was REALLY excited to take pictures outside the houses!

Waiting for Uncle Jesse, Uncle Joey and Michelle to come out--they never did!

I let Nate in on the picture too!

This is where we ate for our anniversary dinner.  It was called the Cliff House and we made it there to watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean--it was gorgeous!!

The lobby of our Hotel, The Orchard Garden Hotel.  Highly recommend it!

Day 3 in San Francisico

For Day 3 Nate and I rented a car and headed out of San Francisco to visit the wine country and other sights along the way.  We started this day very early and went to Muir Woods Park to check out the redwood trees.  They were huge!  Then we stopped in Sonoma and ate at a roadside dive called Juanita Juanita.  It was really good though!  Then we headed to Sonoma Valley to visit some Wineries.  We went to the Benzinger Winery first and did their wine tour--it was beautiful.  We stopped at a couple more before heading back to San Fran.  Before getting home though we stopped first in a town called Sausalito.  It had a great view of San Francisco and we enjoyed a great meal there too!  Once back in San Fran we went on our first cable car ride and walked around Fisherman's Wharf.  It was a really fun day!

A fallen tree in Muir Woods

The trees were huge

Yes, we are immature!

Nate actually pointed this tree out!

Benzinger Winery

In the "cave".  There is wine in those barrels!!

More of Day 3

Benzinger Winery in Sonoma Valley

so beautiful!

After the wine tour

More wineries

We stopped in Sausalito to eat dinner before we went back to San Francisco

San Francisco in the background

Day 3 (cont.)

We ended the day by taking our first cable car ride and and walking down to Fisherman's Wharf.

Here are some of the seals at Fisherman's Wharf

The view from the front of the cable car.  I got to ride on the front and it was so fun!

Nate and I on the cable car.

Sunset behind Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco Day 2

I know it has been a while since we have posted pictures on our blog!  Sorry about that, we have just been very busy!  We thought we would update everyone by telling them about Nate and I's trip to San Francisco.  We went to celebrate our 5th anniversary and we had such a great time.  Here are some pictures of our trip but not all of them!  Enjoy!

This was our second day in San Francisco.  We started the day by sleeping in!  Grandma Sue was keeping Hudson for us. (you can check out her blog to see what Hudson was up to)  This was the day that we walked A LOT.  The city has huge hills that wore us out!  We went to a farmers market and got some fresh fruit.  Then we went to China Town to do some sightseeing, eating and shopping.  Then we finished the day by checking out some more local sights and having a nice dinner at a local cafe called Nob Hill Cafe.  We had to climb about 4 hills just to get to it, but the food was worth it!  We had a lot of fun visiting the sights of San Fran--it is a beautiful city!  We will post more pictures soon!

We made it to the top of the most crooked street in America!  It was a rough climb!

We stopped to take a picture and take a breath!  In the background is the crooked street!

One of the views of San Fran from the top of the Coit Tower.

One of the massive hills we climbed!

Transamerica Pyramid

San Francisco Day 2 (cont.)

Here we are in China Town.  This was one of my favorite places.  We also ate at the best Chinese restaurant, Hunan's Home, it was the best Chinese food we have ever had!  They also had some really cool shopping--which I loved!

Nate in front of the local bank

Watching them make fortune cookies.  This place was in a back alley and a fight was going on while we were in the shop! :) Fun times!!!

China Town!

Nate at the entrance to China Town!

Let the fun(shopping) begin!

San Francisco (cont.)

More from Day 2!

Outside the Ferry Building--about to go to the Farmer's Market!

No clue!!

By the Oakland bridge

Wonderful breakfast before a big day!

It was one of my favorites!!

San Francisco (cont.)

Here are some pictures of our tour of Alcatraz.  It was really interesting and one of our favorite things.  Did you know that the prison guards and their families lived on the island!?!  I thought that was crazy!

Entrance to the prison.

Nate in solitary confinement cell.

Here is what a regular cell looked like.

One of cell blocks was called Michigan Ave.

On our way to the prison.