We had planned and looked forward to a trip to San Francisco for Spring Break for a few months prior. Why San Francisco? I guess because we've never been there before and wanted to explore it! Now I get to post about it! I don't remember all the minute details, so I'll just hit the highlights and whatever else I randomly remember from the trip.
We broke up the drive to San Fran in two days, stopping in Bakersfield, CA along the way and meeting up with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson. I mostly remember how pretty the scenery was (is) along the CA highway. The pictures don't quite capture how truly pretty it was:
I can't quite remember the order of events exactly, but we met up with Grandma and Grandpa at the hotel and ate lunch at Boss Pizza Co. We all love pizza so no one complained about going here. It was pretty good I guess.
Mine and Erik's Westchester pizza with chicken, artichoke, and pesto ...definitely a unique pizza! But definitely yummy!
Elisa and Gabe shared a pizza. Elisa likes pepperoni and Gabe likes sausage with pineapple.
Another day of driving, but not so long this time between Bakersfield and San Fran. It was quite a sight driving into the bay area. So. Many. People! We arrived March 27th.
After checking into our fancy (but not over-the-top expensive fancy) hotel Villa Montes, we went to Wendy's and headed over to the heart of San Fran to the Cable Car Museum, which was free. It was pretty neat. It didn't blow me away or anything, but it was fun to look at the old cable cars and see the huge wheels turning the cables. The only part I didn't like was the getting there. I knew San Fran is known for its hills, but it is something else entirely to have to walk up and down those hills in person. I think only a crazy person would build a city somewhere with that many hills, haha! Also there is never any place to park. Ugh. Too many people in one area!
This hill is much steeper than it looks in these photographs.
My cute kiddies in the cable car
I look like a dork, sorry. But in my defense, Erik took this picture.
My cute silly Gabe
The cables and wheels are constantly moving so the cable cars can grab them at any time to move. It was bigger and cooler in person. And very, very loud. You can hear those wheels turning from a mile away.
A video of the cable and wheels underground. Only just a little bit slightly creepy!
Gabe and Elisa watching the cable car filled with people go by
The annoyingly steep walk up toward the car
My pretty girly stopping her uphill hike for this picture
San Fran is so scenic, unique, and cool-looking, it's hard to resist taking a ton of pictures. Unfortunately, my iPhone pics just don't do the city justice.
Instead of heading back to the car, we stopped at Huntington Park in front of Grace Cathedral. The kids enjoyed playing at the park for a bit. The adults enjoyed resting their legs from the uphill hike:
A fancy fountain. The figures were boys wearing no underwear, and it embarrassed Gabe. Haha silly Gabe!
Grace Cathedral behind me.
The kids enjoying the park. Yep that's my shadow blocking the light.
Another picture of the cathedral
View from atop the stairs of the cathedral
We stepped inside the cathedral for a second. It was being violated by hipster-yoga people. I'm betting the original cathedral-goers would have preferred to watch the place burn rather than have it house these yoga classes. Lol!
I tried to take a picture in the car of the steep scary hills with only and inch of room to spare on either side of the car.
How are there that many people living in one place?!
A picture of some more scary hills and yes, that's Alcatraz in the distance.
Just because we love steep, winding hills so much we tried out Lombard St. It has 8 hair-pin turns. It was kinda fun, actually. What a crazy place to live!
This was only part of the day. On to part II, with more adventures in San Francisco.
Touring the cable car museum was a great idea. It was nice to know how they operate. Going down Lombard St. is always fun, although there is always a line-up of cars. I've never noticed before the way cars park on a hill there, but it makes sense. Going up and down the hills reminds me of movies filmed there.
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