Saturday morning we left bright and early for our 5 hour drive to San Fran. We had heard it was going to be extremely windy this weekend, but we had no idea that the gusts would be up to 40mph. As we were driving, we passed a Windmill Energy Plant. There were hills and hills of windmills spinning all around us for a good 10 mile stretch.
Soon after that, we had crossed over the Bay Bridge and entered the adorable city of San Francisco. This was a first for both Adam and myself. We stayed with Laura & Matt at The Palace Hotel, which was located in the middle of downtown, right next to the prime shopping spots. It was wonderful to see family.
Unfortunately, due to the chilly weather, we didn't get to venture out as much as we would have liked, but I didn't mind too much. I have come to realize that taking a trip with a baby is more time consuming and work than I had ever anticipated, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. We still were able to drive around town and get a glimpse of the spectacular architecture, the gorgeous view of the bay, eat delicious food down by the pier and Little Italy.
The weather didn't help with Mason's illness and I think it made it a little worse. He slept most of the drive home and crashed as soon as we fed him and gave him his medicine Sunday night. He still has a nasty cough and the sniffles, but he is on the mend.
Part of the Windmill Plant
Driving on the Bay Bridge
Still driving on the Bay Bridge, if you look closely, you can see the Golden Gate bridge in the distance
It was a gorgeous day
San Francisco Bay
Downtown San Francisco
Driving to the hotel
The Kaye's in looking over the bay
Laura & Matt
Alcatraz Island
Entrance to The Palace Hotel
The ceiling of the Garden Room
Stunning
The original Garden room, which is now a restaurant
One of the many hotels in San Francisco...look at the parked cars
Market Street
Mason Street
One of the many hills
St. Elizabeth
6 comments:
What fun! Sounds like you are taking full advantage of your move. Hope Mason is feeling better asap!
Maybe it's because I just finished working out for the first time in quite awhile, but those hills look brutal. I am personally happy to live in flat Houston where I rarely have to walk up anything like that!
Great pictures....hope Mason feels better soon.
Hi Tabaitha,
Thanks for getting back! I'm pretty new to blogging- so I guess this is ok with you- Anyhow, we are trying to get to the Ft. Worth area where my Mom & Sister now live. I currently live in Lincoln, NE (Cornhusker State)- We've been here for 8 1/2 yrs. My two kids know nothing different than NE.- (today is a warm 51 degrees!)- I hope that they don't melt away there in TX. (joke). I also lived 20 + yrs in the Houston area- about 45 min from Galveston.
I'll introduce myself some I went to Kilgore College and became a Rangerette, but really that is where my life took a drastic turn and I surrendered to a call on my life- Thus God sent me to Mexico to find my Husband who is originally from Mexico. I'm 1/2 Mexican (my Dad is also from there). So we speak Spanish a lot in the home. I lived in Mexico for 4 yrs and and then we moved to NE when we got permanent residency for my husband and mine attempt to get it in MX was not going well, so we've been here serving in a small church for the last 8 1/2 yrs but feel the Lord is leading us to move closer to family.
Anyhow our move is to get closer to family (even those in MX) now that I've been away from TX almost 13 yrs.
Now that we've announced our leaving to the church we're kind of in transition and waiting on selling the house and I feel a little awkward - people know we're leaving but everyone is sad so they are kind of quiet and although I'm excited I feel weird expressing this to close friend who are "dealing with it"... do you understand? Was your move easy on you and your family?
I hope your transition is going well. I have faith that ours will too!
Thanks for getting back- this is kind of fun. I'm 34 and Love Jesus!
I still have a lot of family and friends in Houston by the way!
(I think that is the longest blog comment I've ever written- sorry!)
Tabitha
I hope Mason is feeling better. I love all your pictures!
What a fun trip!! I have never been to SF and now I really want to go. I hope Mason is on the mend now!!
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