10 Year Anniversary

While Trav and I were discussing where we were going for our 10 year anniversary (Seattle? Leavenworth?) Ross said, "How about if I give you plane tickets? Where do you want to go?" Really? Are you kidding me? We knew immediately that we wanted to go back to San Francisco. It was an amazing, wonderful trip! We flew out on Tuesday afternoon and arrived in Oakland. From there, we took the BART to San Francisco. We didn't have a clue where we were going, so we ended up taking the long way (extremely long way) to our hotel. We walked over 20-something blocks (a lot of them were up the San Fran hills) with our backpacks and suitcase. Ha!

This shows one of our views as we hiked through the city the first night.

Our first full day in the city was spent walking, walking and more walking. We walked back and forth along the waterfront checking everything out; including a lunch stop to In-n-Out Burger. We've heard what great burgers they have, but haven't had the chance to eat there. They were definitely tasty!

After a day full of more walking, we ended up at Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. It was a delicious dinner, although they were all sold out of dessert. Huh?! We walked around Pier 39 and found a little crepe shop that was super yummy! It seems that our trip was (mostly) full of walking and eating!

August 19th - Happy Anniversary!

The next morning Trav let me sleep in so he could check out the Alcatraz ticket situation. They were all sold out when we were trying to get tickets, but we heard you could get in line at 7am for left-over tickets. However, they'll only sell them to those who are there... you can't buy extra tickets for people that are sleeping in. Trav called me to explain I needed to be there by 7:30 to be guaranteed a ticket. I was about 10 minutes away and it was 7:10 already. He asked if I could get there quickly... (Does he not know how I got ready for most of my days of high school??) I got to his spot in the line by 7:29. He was impressed! :) It was worth it... we got right on and Trav was so excited... we explored almost every inch of that place! Even in all of his travels, he had never been there!

The view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the ferry. The fog (smog?) never moved.

After Alcatraz we went back to the room for lunch and naps. (For me!) Dinner was at The Stinking Rose. Mmmm. Lots and lots of garlic!! Then we walked back over to Ghirardelli for a super sundae. Another mmmmm!! (More walking equals more food!)

On our last day we hopped on the F-line to the BART, and on to the Oakland airport. It went quickly and smoothly... we had become quite the travelers!! Thank you Mom for watching the girls for us and thank you Ross, for the tickets! We enjoyed our time together so much...it was an amazing anniversary get-away.