a trip to san francisco

for the entirety of my vacation in san francisco i couldn't get the jingle for rice a roni out of my head.  "the san francisco treat..."

netter and i had a great time.  for one of the first times i felt like i actually relaxed on my vacation.  no alarms to get up at the crack of dawn.  no moving quickly from place to place.  no carrying massive amounts of gear on the off chance it might rain, snow or be intensely hot.  no fighting over who would get to shower first.  no hourly planned out itinerary to complete everything on our to do list.  it was great!

we rode cable cars. ate sourdough bread and ghiradelli chocolate. saw the pier 39 sea lions squawking. rode the double decker bus around the city with some sublime narration. took in a san francisco giants game at at&t park. walked along the bay. ate sunday brunch. saw a movie. bought cool accessories at the apple store. sat in union square to people watch. ate an amazing meal. took a zipcar to muir woods and felt its serenity. took a random road to the beach for brilliant sunshine. drove across the golden gate bridge and down lombard street.  night toured alcatraz island.  chatted with some australian tourists who were visiting the states.  attended the oakland lds temple.  visited my walnut creek life. saw english court house, elementary school, middle school, church building and final house.  drove to san jose to see netter's childhood home, schools and swim team pool. ate at cheesecake factory in palo alto. took another ride on the cable car.  hopped in a cab and flew home.

such a great and relaxing vacation to be in san francisco.  it had been many moons and i really enjoyed my time in the fog, sunshine and western chill of that city.

took some amazing pictures that will shortly be shared.