We started with a trip to Ridge (Mom & Dad's favorite winery) and Pichetti (my favorite winery). Here we are tasting at Pichetti:
From there we went to (or at least attempted to go to) Muir Woods. What I did not know was that this past weekend was Fleet Week in San Francisco. What that meant was 2X more tourists than normal, impossible traffic, and all of the view points for the bridge were closed which was sad. And also the Blue Angels were in town...it was pretty hectic! After getting lost and paying to drive across the bridge 2 times we finally made it! It was my first trip here and it was awesome! Here are some pictures from our 2 mile hike:
Here is a picture of us driving over the bridge. It was the clearest day I have seen in the city since I lived here!!! They took this our my sunroof:
Kate and I normally look pretty short, but here is one of us in front of some of the trees.
And this was taken by some nice Clemson Alum that we randomly met when we were hiking!
That night we got a hotel room in the city and met up with a bunch of friends from work. I was talking to Mom & Dad when I was stuck and traffic and realized I was going to be VERY late for our reservation. And I am sure Mom was sad she wasn't with us (it's her favorite restaurant in the city!) they offered to call and let the restaurant know we were going to be late and when we got there, a mystery bottle of wine showed up from "Our friends Peter and Peggy". Thanks Mom & Dad! Here is us at dinner:
Sunday we spent the day touring an overcrowded San Francisco! But very interesting things happened.
#1 - The Blue Angels. Very cool, but very VERY loud! The show seemed to go on all day and there were people on top of buildings everywhere to watch. Here is one of the pictures I got:
#2 - We decided to take the cable car back to the hotel. We also decided to make a stop at Lombard Street. There was a line to get back on the cable car and after missing the 2nd cable car (the come about every 10-15 minutes) we were starting to get restless as you can tell below (She is taking a bite out of crime):
We first all of the cops came out of no where to clear the street. All of a sudden these cars came flying by and stopped at the top of the hill and it was all the pilots from the Blue Angels which was cool. But the next part was even more exciting. We saw the next cable car coming in our direction and starting inching out into the road (I was super annoyed these people cut in front of us and took the last 2 spots on the last car). A cable car was also stopped in the other direction letting people on/off. There was a mini-van trying to make left onto the street and the traffic cop told them no because they couldn't get around the cable car and you're not supposed to turn left onto the street anyways. So he started driving, and then decided to slow down and try to see if he could make the turn. Naturally when he started moving the car behind him started moving (as the cop told them to do) and the cable car coming in our direction released its brake right as the mini-van decided to stop. The car in the middle had no chance! It got crushed/pushed between the cable car and the van and started leaking gas. That was when we decided to walk/run back to the hotel. Good thing we didn't inch out too far! This is the after picture of the car:
That night we hung out with the other West Springfielder's out here and Monday we spent the day wine tasting in Napa. It was a fun day and we didn't get too many picture but I did feel special because the guys at one of the wineries that I go to a lot knows my name now (good or bad I'm not sure) and he was very nice and opened wine for us that we weren't supposed to be able to taste!
Today we took it easy, went to a winery around here, and Kate was crazy enough to swim in the Pacific ocean, I wouldn't even put my feet in. It was nice to have a day to relax and not be at work!
But unfortunately tomorrow is back to work for me. And then tomorrow night I am headed to NJ to find a new place to live! I'm spending the weekend with Mere and Dan and will hopefully not be homeless at the end of the weekend!
Hope everyone's having a great week! See you soon!
5 comments:
Hi Andrea, as usual you did a great job telling us about your weekend. Sounds like you had a great time..wont be long when you will be home fighting the snow....we miss you
Love
Cindy & Ray
It looks like you had a great weekend....I am not sure it is a good thing that the guy at V Sattui knows you!
We're looking forward to your visit, but not excited about picking you up at 5:55 in the AM!!
Where are the rest of the pics?? Heh.
I have no idea what you are talking about....
More good pictures and about time to update the blog. Let's see some more pics from the NJ weekend and your new place. Take some pics of Mere and Dan's place so Peggy can see some of the furnishings!
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