Tuesday morning we packed up the family, put the dogs in
their cage in the back of the truck, attached the trailer and drove to San
Francisco! We had an
RV park booked in Novato, about 20 miles north of the
Golden Gate Bridge. There were not many RV park choices around San Fran, it was
kind of surprising.
That evening we drove down highway 101 to
San Rafael, and
then on to
Sausalito. What an adorable bay town Sausalito is! The little city
on the mountain side, with adorable homes, awesome views of San Fran, and a
picturesque dock: I was in love.
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| Mission of San Rafael |
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| San Fran views from Sausalito |
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| The Sausalito dock at night |
We had, you guessed it, Thai food for dinner, and then walked around the waterfront streets and admired the huge yachts docked on the marina.
Wednesday we ventured to
Muir Woods, and walked around under the giant trees. We saw a 5 inch long slug that was about the size of a corn dog. Sky was smitten with the hugeness of the trees.
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| Sky studying the slug up close |
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| HUGE trees in Muir Woods! |
Afterwards, we drove to the
Golden Gate National Rec Area to eat lunch and admire the epic views of the Golden Gate Bridge. We rounded out the day with a HUGE pizza from a local restaurant in Tiburon, another harbor city just north of Sausalito.
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| Golden Gate Bridge |
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| HUGE pizza in Tiburon! |
Thursday we spent all day in
San Francisco. We got lunch in Chinatown, then caught a boat tour to
Alcatraz Island. After the very interesting tour of this historic prison we ate clam chowder at the Fisherman’s Wharf and then had the famous Irish Coffee at the
Buena Vista Café. All in all, it was a pretty epic day.
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| A visit to Alcatraz Island |
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| NUM Clam Chowder on Fisherman's Wharf |
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| My family at the Buena Vista Cafe |
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| Around San Fran at night |
Friday was my parent’s last day on the coast, so we decided to spend it by driving up the coast and relaxing. We drove to
Bodega Bay, and quickly discovered that it was not going to be as warm as we had expected. In fact, it was in the low 60’s and very windy. We grabbed a very deep fried, but horribly delicious lunch of local seafood in Bodega, then drove out to Bodega Head and found a pocket beach below the cliffs. There we were mostly shielded from the wind, so we relaxed the rest of the afternoon, taking naps on the sand.
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| Deep fried goodness in Bodega Bay |
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| The beach in Bodega Bay |
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| Sisters! |
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| Driving up the coast on Highway 1 |
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| Views off of Highway 1 |
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| Views off of Highway 1 |
For more pictures of Marin County click
here and San
Francisco from my parents visit click
here.
Happy California Vacations,
M
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