Beautiful weather in SF!

Highlights include free Saturdays at Legion of Honor.

Best chicken wings,

Best golden gate views

And windmill garden at Golden Gate Park.

 

Impromptu trip to Half Moon Bay (1/4/24)

 

• Walk on coastal trail to Ritz Carlton (weekday is best time to find parking).

Moss Beach Distillery (lunch- Clam chowder, fish and chips, and crab cakes)

                                         

• Walk Fitzgerald Marine Bluff Trail (Cypress tree tunnel) to work off lunch

 Run/walk on the beach to two gun coffee

Call glass door S&H Glass Systems (Orlando)

Call Beach Cities Tree Care (Houston)

Watch sunset

Yosemite 2023

 Yosemite 8/16 to 8/18/23

Yosemite Get away. (Aug  16-18, 2023)

1. Highlight….Stay at Autocamp Yosemite at Midpines near Mariposa! Cool glamping experience with the sound of toad keeping you awake at night 

1. El Capitan (grand view as you enter the park)
2. Bridalveil Fall (saw it as you enter the park)
3. Park at Curry Village
4. Hike to Vernal Falls via JMT to Clark Point and saw Nevada Fall (this took 5 hours which took most of the day… I didn’t wear the right shoe since I wasn’t prepared for this…..)
5. Bike around Yosemite Village (stopped at the store for refreshments and shop for a t shirt)
6. Bike to Yosemite Fall view (upper and lower)
7. Valley Chapel (bike there)- still have meetings on weekdays and services on Sundays
8. Saw many bridges, 5 waterfalls
9. Saw Merced river
10. Saw Half Dome (during Vernal Fall hike, during bike ride)
11. Need to revisit since there were so many more sights we missed!

Anacapa Island

Family time (celebrate Paul and Timothy's birthday and M&M's anniversary)

Stay at 

Residence Inn Oxnard River Ridge 6/30-7/2/23

Channel Islands (Galapagos of N. America)

We rode with Island Packers to Anacapa Island

 Lighthouse

Hike to inspiration point

Seagulls, babies, and egg

The famous arch

What we ate: 

Sumo Japanese 

Trader Joes wraps

Sabor Mexican