San Francisco Vacation

Well we are just about settled back in to our new life after our vacation to San Francisco and there is nothing like traveling that makes you love home even more. Our trip started early (4:30 am!) and Eli traveled like a champ. No fussing, crying or other mayhem; he just napped and played with the airline magazine. (Thank goodness for those, who needs toys?)

We had a great time in San Fran, we stayed in a small apartment in the Hayes Valley (smack dab in the middle of the city). It was a great location, right on a bus line and within walking distance of many sweet shops and coffee houses. When we arrived at the apartment we were slightly dismayed that there was no door on the bedroom. One of the reasons we got an apartment was so that Eli could go to bed and we could hang out at night. Thankfully, we are resourceful and noticed that Eli's sleeping pad fit into the closet in the bedroom (well almost, it was slightly too long!) so with that and a fan; Joel and I were able to still enjoy ourselves after Eli went to bed. Our first day, we just walked around and explored the neighborhood. We got to see the Full House House, which was about 6 blocks from our apartment! We turned in pretty early that night seeing as we had been up since the wee hours of the morning.

The next day we explored the Farmer's Market and purchased our lunch there, it was totally amazing. We walk to Chinatown (and accidently found ourselves in the naughty district of town), had our lunch and enjoyed seeing all that Chinatown had to offer. We then met up with our friend Jill and her boyfriend Preston. They took us up to Twin Peaks to get an amazing view of the city and then they treated us to an amazing Indian Dinner. It was very excellent. Our third day was spent hanging out in Golden Gate Park, the sunset district and eating the best felafel I've ever had (besides my own of course!)

We then left San Francisco Proper and went up to the Point Reyes National Seashore, it was so nice to get out of the city and see the ocean. We spent a whole day meandering up Highway 1 and in the John Muir Redwoods. On Friday we spent the morning at a lighthouse and they went on a 5 mile hike in the afternoon. The day was capped off by some really great tacos, a bottle of Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir and a soak in the hot tub at our bed and breakfast.

I'll write a separate post about our travels from San Fran, it's not that long of a story but does deserve its own space.