Finally getting around to publishing a post about San Francisco... Even though this picture is a bit blurry I like that you can see the streets going straight up...
On July 9th, 2008 at 12:30 p.m quite the group of us headed out on our way to Kelsie's baptism. Of course we would spend a couple of days getting there and doing some activities on the way. Madge, Colie, Amber, Wyatt, Laycee, Kaysen, Val, Loreen, Salagi, Freddy, Kialie, and Brooklynn started out in two rented vans and made it about a half hour before the first potty break ( oh boy)
After that we were able to make good time and made it to Reno, NV at about 8:30 pm and stayed at Circus Circus - for 32 dollars a night - Thanks Priceline
We got up the next morning and headed onto California... We got stuck in Construction and so it took us 4 hours to get to Vallejo to the Discovery Kingdom rather than 2.5 - We had a great time at the Six Flags and watched the Dolphin and Killer Whale show and looked around and rode rides. All of the kids had a great time ...
We drove into South San Francisco to meet up with Kim, Leslie, and Mom that had flown in from Salt Lake. Not too happy with this hotel and we had tired and grumpy people of all ages but it worked out okay and we all survived to have fun the next day.
Bright and early Friday July 11th we drove into San Francisco and went to Fisherman's Wharf. We waited for the ferry to Alcatraz and enjoyed our time there. We went to lunch at a way fancier restaurant than the kids needed to visit. The food was good though. The best clam chowder I have ever tasted and Madge got her lobster.
Salagi and I took Freddy, Kialie, and Brooklynn for a walk and they became the hit of the town with a group of Japanese tourists... especially Kialie... They loved her blonde hair and her big blue eyes. They gave the kids little Japanese fruit chews and this one couple kept bringing over all of their friends to see the beautiful kids... Kialie was the star of several pictures that have now found their way to the photo albums of Japan. We joked about one of the kids going to Japan on a mission and seeing Kialie at 4 years old being in pictures over there... She was a good sport and would smile and let them take her picture (I of course had dead batteries) It was quite entertaining to see all of these people fawning over the kids and only got annoying at the end. So, as soon as we saw Madge and Mom headed our way we made our excuses and left.
We decided against going on the trolley cars by this time because we had some kids that were starting to melt down a bit. So, we let the kids run around at this little playground area while Kim, Leslie, and Salagi did some last minute shopping. Then we headed straight to the Golden Gate Bridge... Salagi has been waiting all of his life to visit this bridge and from the pictures you will see much video and pictures taken by him.
After the bridge we headed out to Sonoma county to the Hillside Inn in Santa Rosa CA ... The next couple of days would be filled with fun with Kendall and Sheri and kids... That part to follow... Check out more San Francisco pictures and video (Salagi was our camera man) by following the link
http://picasaweb.google.com/loreenmanu/SanFrancisco?authkey=rq56l2bE98k#
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