On our way home from Oregon we drove down to San Francisco by way of Hoghway 101, amazing drive, but definitely slow & tedious. It took about 18 hrs to get from point A to point B but I'm glad we decided to do it because it's not a drive to be missed. We got to stop & take some pics in the Redwood forest & it's unbelieveable how giant these trees are. We spent the 4th of July at Fisherman's Wharf but first we had to take the train from Belmont into the city, quite an experience coming & going. Then we walked FOREVER!!!! (so much for listening to hotel employees). I knew it was going to be chilly but really, it was downright COLD! The Gap there was sold almost completely out of everything that could be considered cold weather clothes or layerable & so were most of the merchants which I think is saying something. We finally got to try that American classic, In & Out Burger, I loved it , the rest of the fam wasn't that impressed, but how do you impress people who eat their hamburgers either dry or with ketchup & pickles? The fireworks I'm sure were amazing but since it was so foggy you couldn't see but one out of every 5 or 6, there was a mass exodus of people after the first 5 min. us included. There was no way I was missing the train I had already paid for & it was quite a walk back, felt like 20 miles, was probably more like 4 or 5. I wish we had more time in the city so that we could see things like Coit Tower & take a trolley ride, but alas we were in a rush to make Holbrook Arizona, though now I have no idea why. It's just a blip on the map & no where to stop, our hotel room smelled like a kennel, no more pet friendly hotels for us. As we pulled into our drive at 3:30 a.m our travel odometer read 5005 miles, YIKES!
On our way home from Oregon we drove down to San Francisco by way of Hoghway 101, amazing drive, but definitely slow & tedious. It took about 18 hrs to get from point A to point B but I'm glad we decided to do it because it's not a drive to be missed. We got to stop & take some pics in the Redwood forest & it's unbelieveable how giant these trees are. We spent the 4th of July at Fisherman's Wharf but first we had to take the train from Belmont into the city, quite an experience coming & going. Then we walked FOREVER!!!! (so much for listening to hotel employees). I knew it was going to be chilly but really, it was downright COLD! The Gap there was sold almost completely out of everything that could be considered cold weather clothes or layerable & so were most of the merchants which I think is saying something. We finally got to try that American classic, In & Out Burger, I loved it , the rest of the fam wasn't that impressed, but how do you impress people who eat their hamburgers either dry or with ketchup & pickles? The fireworks I'm sure were amazing but since it was so foggy you couldn't see but one out of every 5 or 6, there was a mass exodus of people after the first 5 min. us included. There was no way I was missing the train I had already paid for & it was quite a walk back, felt like 20 miles, was probably more like 4 or 5. I wish we had more time in the city so that we could see things like Coit Tower & take a trolley ride, but alas we were in a rush to make Holbrook Arizona, though now I have no idea why. It's just a blip on the map & no where to stop, our hotel room smelled like a kennel, no more pet friendly hotels for us. As we pulled into our drive at 3:30 a.m our travel odometer read 5005 miles, YIKES!
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