Ptolemy was musing, "Why does this taste so yucky?" He actually likes the bubble tea that doesn't have any tea in it. Oops.
Bill rented a car and off we went. First stop was Golden Gate Park. The Japanese tea garden is free if you get there between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning so of course that was our goal. It was a nice cool morning to wander through the garden. Then we drove over to the Presidio so we could admire the Golden Gate Bridge from that vantage point. Again, a beautiful day. We took some time to drive around the ritzy neighborhoods and choose which house would be ours in our dreams.
This is Xanthe jumping for joy at Stinson Beach. I told the kids the story about how Scott and I did not get engaged at Stinson Beach. Good story huh. It's okay. I already had our wedding planned at that point anyway. Scott just didn't know it
The pictures here are slightly out of order. This one is hilarious. It's one of my apps that does funny things. It's called airbrush. It puts makeup on you and I think my dad looks glamorous as a drag queen.
So these pictures are from House of Nanking. This was when Xanthi was really worried about the food arriving.
And back to the day that I was talking about. Japanese tea garden. Frank said there are bigger Tea Gardens in China and he didn't know why this one was considered Japanese. I'm not sure what he was getting at but he said it was really small. Hahaha
This exhibit was closed during. I don't think Frank Stella would have been worth the admission price of over $100 for us anyway.
Xanthe and Araceli were great friends on this trip. They often went out and wandered around alone shopping and had fun together.
The Legion of Honor was also closed which was fine because we didn't want to spend the day at a museum when we had the car. This WWII Holocaust installation was outside and I thought it was really moving.
Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge was exciting for the kids. We stopped on the other side and took more pictures and admired the view from that vantage point. San Francisco is so beautiful from across the bay.
This guy was so cute with the kids. I'm not sure if it was his official job to pose people but he really did act like it was his calling in life to help people pose as if they were holding up the Golden Gate Bridge. And it worked! His pictures turned out really good.
Araceli and Frank acting like siblings. Frank got pretty teasy on this trip. He's never had siblings, and he's starting to catch onto the banter. One more sib to drive Celi nuts!
Sans makeup
This was a trendy little restaurant with Asian street food in Mill Valley. Good food.
My national parks pass sob story didn't work at Muir Woods so Bill had to buy his third lifetime Golden Eagle Pass. They're only $10 so it's worth it and it got us all in. He's going to keep this one in his wallet instead of on his desk at the office so it can actually come in handy.
It's pretty incredible to walk through the tall trees in the Muir Woods National Park. I love these protected lands. I love them so much. This is the view from the car driving back to the Golden Gate Bridge from Stinson Beach and the Muir Woods.
What do you expect? The bubble tea place was right downstairs from our hotel. Can you blame us for over indulging? The owners were really nice. And also, they had a special with fish and chips and bubble tea for 7 Bucks. You can't beat that than the kids love it as long as you tell them the fish is chicken. ;)
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