San Francisco

 I really wanted to do so much in the city that I ended up cramming our whole visit to San Fran into two days.

After visiting Muir woods we dropped off the little guy at a visitors center outside of the city, took a few day photos of the Golden Gate and a WWII bunker at the same vista point as the night before and went across into San Fran. 

San Francisco is a beautiful city; there is just so much to see that we ended up doing the majority of our walking on the piers and driving around for a few hours. While on the piers we were able to see Alcatraz island, window shop at the dozens of touristy shops, and enjoy a fabulous sushi lunch

We then decided to take a drive to the very famous Coit tower, drive down the crooked Lombard street and drive through the historic downtown district. 

It was a fantastic day that ended with watching the sun set in Lincoln park and a drive back to the piers for a delicious bread bowl of clam chowder and fresh tuna salad dinner.

Since we couldn’t leave the camper over night, we ended up picking it up and driving back to the same Wal-Mart as the night before. 

The next morning was very interesting. We ended up accidentally driving the little guy over the Bay Bridge into San Fran. Let’s just blame it on the traffic and call it a day. 

Finding a spot for two that doesn’t require parallel parking seemed impossible but with some luck we were able to do it twice. Our first stop was the Japanese Tea Garden, located in Golden Gate park. Jason decided to walk around the park while I paid a seven dollar admission fee to walk around and get my Zen on. Since a visit into a Bonsai tree garden near Seattle, I have been very interested in learning more about Zen gardens. With Buddha statues, coy fish and  bonsai trees, the tea garden was a beautiful example of a Japanese garden. 

Once I was done and had met up with Jason, I decided that a visit into China town was a must. Conveniently on the way were the painted ladies. The painted ladies are more commonly known as being the beautiful vintage homes in the opening credits of the show Full House.

China town was quite an experience. As soon as we arrived we were famished and immediately found a Chinese restaurant. After having the most enjoyable lunch ever, which including the most delicious and freshest dumplings ever, and chatting it up with the only English speaking person in the whole restaurant, our waitress, we decided to walk around until our meter expired. 

Not knowing how long our walk back to the car was going to be, we left about half an hour before the meter was up. While walking I saw a sign for a free museum, the cable car museum. After a quick tour of the inner workings of the cities most famous form of transportation, we arrived back at the car just in time. After we left the city we headed straight out to Yosemite National Park.