We flew to San Francisco and then drove north to Napa for a few nights. Unfortunately the weather was not great. It rained almost the entire time we were in Napa:( We still had fun and did some sight seeing and of course a little wine tasting.
This winery was in a modern day castle-
The views from this winery would have been a little nicer on a clear day:)
We took a winery tour through the wine caves at Beringer Winery- this is our tour guide Marvin!
We took a drive to Armstrong State Park to see some the the huge redwoods!
Our plan was to drive from Napa to Yosemite National Park for one night- well, our plans changed. As Napa was getting soaking rains, Yosemite was getting it all in snow- meaning tire chains would be required just to enter the park. We were bummed that we were not able to go there- this was what I was most looking forward to. I guess we will just have to go back!
We instead headed south of San Francisco to Monterey, California. Scott wanted to visit this area because they have a famous 17-mile drive on Pebble Beach- the golf course.
View from Highway 1 on the way-
17-mile drive
this hole looks quite tough!
The famous Lone Cypress
We had to get Scott's picture in front of the club house:)
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We spent our last two nights in San Francisco. It is such a beautiful and interesting city!
A view of Alcatraz
Ghiradelli Square
Of course we had to take a ride on a cable car:)
the steep streets of SF
The "Painted Ladies" aka- the Full House houses:)
We took a boat tour out to visit Alcatraz!
A view of the city from "The Rock"
We had a great time despite the rain and cold temps (you may have noticed we are wearing the same thing in every picture since we did not pack for such cold weather:) We flew back home just in time to catch the tail end of the tropical weather in West Michigan.
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It is really starting to set in that we are going to be parents in about 4 or 5 weeks! After years of waiting- the time is coming soon and we are excited to welcome this little baby into our lives.
We have not been able to find out if the baby is a boy or girl- there may be one last chance to find out in a few weeks. We will just have to wait and see!
3 comments:
I love the pic of you two with the golden gate bridge in the background. Looks like such a fun trip -- wish the weather could have been nicer for you. :( Gorgeous photos!!
PS -- i deleted that last comment...typo! :)
your pictures look like postcards! beautiful! looks like you guys had a great time, despite the weather! so glad you could do that before that babe comes (one of the many perks to adoption :)
can't wait for you guys to be parents!
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