When Hilarye left town a few weeks ago for a her scrapbooking retreat, I took advantage and planned a little outing my own. A quick day trip to San Francisco sounded nice to me. What could be better than a balmy 65 degrees and lunch at the wharf?
San Francisco is a really great city for a quick trip, it has access to BART right from the airport and its super easy to hop on a cable car or MUNI once you’re downtown. Because I went with a friend that hadn’t seen much of the city after we hitched a ride on BART to Powell St. we hoofed it around town. It was a long day of walking but it included sites like Chinatown, the Bay Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Lombard St. and city hall.
The highlight of a trip to San Fran for me is always the wharf. I love the crowds the smell of the sea, all of the touristy shops and the distant views of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge really top it off. Plus before I forget to mention it, the awesome sourdough bread bowl of clam chowder for lunch at the Boudin Bakery.

I went on some pretty amazing trips last year that gave me quite a few amazing memories. The purpose of this blog post is to share those with you and let you look at some eye candy. These photographs were all done by my talented photographer husband. Enjoy!

 

Jefferson Memorial in Washington

Capitol Building

Rotunda in the Capitol Building

Rotunda in the Capitol

National Cathedral

Washington DC LDS Temple

Seward Alaska

Alaskan Fisherman

Alaskan Puffins

Waterfall, Anchorage Alaska

Bridge, Minneapolis Minnesota

Spoonbridge and Cherry, Minneapolis Minnesota

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego

Painted Ladies, San Francisco California

We decided it was time to get out of Utah for a day. Although it has only been a few weeks since we were in Las Vegas visiting family for Thanksgiving, we were itching to get away. Our solution? We would visit San Francisco for the day, a very short trip, yes, but it worked well with our budget as it is Christmas this month.

My intentions were to show my husband San Francisco at Christmas time as I remembered if from growing up. Cable cars through the city, hot chocolate at Ghiradelli Square, the big Christmas tree and ice skating at Union Square, and a few other fun memories. Well, instead of those fantastic things we decided to rent a car (which that ordeal will be a separate blog) and go see the Golden Gate Bridge, drive over the bridge, go to Muir Woods National Monument, visit Golden Gate Park and Alamo Square.

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