If you want to get technical, I should have posted this entry first, since San Francisco was where we arrived and spent the first day. After we landed, we drove down to Fisherman's Wharf, home of Pier 39 and the famous sea lions. Click here for more information on Fisherman's Wharf and to read the story of the sea lions. Or, you can just enjoy the pictures of the malodorous beasts by scrolling down. (Yes, I said malodorous. Bryan thinks the smell was just from the bay, but I only noticed it near the sea lions...)
Most of the sea lions were pretty good sized ones, but there were one or two smaller fellows we noticed. They weren't as adept at hefting their bodies up on the piers as the older, larger ones. 
We enjoyed some fresh dungeoness crab while at the wharf, and some clam chowder. The sea lions dine on the herring found in the bay. There were hundreds of seagulls and pigeons who preferred to eat whatever the humans were eating.
I almost forgot... you can see Alcatraz from the pier. Far away it looks statuesque and somewhat beautiful. Up close, it's dilapidated and run down, and home to hundreds of black sea birds.
We walked up to Ghirardelli Square and watched them make the famous chocolate. We sampled a free square of milk chocolate with peanut butter filling (twice).
We also walked up to famous Lombard Street. There are seven curves to get to the bottom. The streets are incredibly steep in the city. The cars all have to park at either 90 degree angles to the side of the road, or with their tires turned into the curb.
The majority of the city is beautiful. You can tell the residents take a lot of pride in the appearance of the city. Here is some beautiful artwork on one of the buildings we walked by.
We saw a lemon tree in someone's front yard, too. We rode a cable car on our last day down to Union Square, and also rode by China Town. Bryan said that China Town is home to the largest Chinese population in the world outside of mainland China. I took a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge from the car window.
We drove up to the coast on Thursday. There was an incredible difference in temperature as we drove toward the coast. In less than a 20 minute drive, the temperature dropped 28 degrees!! There was also a dense, cool, fog. 
It was so cold and windy that we would jump out of the car at the lookouts, take a couple of pictures, and then run back to the car.
The flowers on the coast are very hardy and almost rubbery in texture. They are well suited to the constant wind!
The beach above is named "Arched Rock Beach." Can you tell why? There's an arched rock in the middle of the picture that water flows under.
That's all for this time. Next up... wineries!
Jenny
Most of the sea lions were pretty good sized ones, but there were one or two smaller fellows we noticed. They weren't as adept at hefting their bodies up on the piers as the older, larger ones. 
We enjoyed some fresh dungeoness crab while at the wharf, and some clam chowder. The sea lions dine on the herring found in the bay. There were hundreds of seagulls and pigeons who preferred to eat whatever the humans were eating.
I almost forgot... you can see Alcatraz from the pier. Far away it looks statuesque and somewhat beautiful. Up close, it's dilapidated and run down, and home to hundreds of black sea birds.
We walked up to Ghirardelli Square and watched them make the famous chocolate. We sampled a free square of milk chocolate with peanut butter filling (twice).
We also walked up to famous Lombard Street. There are seven curves to get to the bottom. The streets are incredibly steep in the city. The cars all have to park at either 90 degree angles to the side of the road, or with their tires turned into the curb.
The majority of the city is beautiful. You can tell the residents take a lot of pride in the appearance of the city. Here is some beautiful artwork on one of the buildings we walked by.
We saw a lemon tree in someone's front yard, too. We rode a cable car on our last day down to Union Square, and also rode by China Town. Bryan said that China Town is home to the largest Chinese population in the world outside of mainland China. I took a shot of the Golden Gate Bridge from the car window.
We drove up to the coast on Thursday. There was an incredible difference in temperature as we drove toward the coast. In less than a 20 minute drive, the temperature dropped 28 degrees!! There was also a dense, cool, fog. 
It was so cold and windy that we would jump out of the car at the lookouts, take a couple of pictures, and then run back to the car.
The flowers on the coast are very hardy and almost rubbery in texture. They are well suited to the constant wind!
The beach above is named "Arched Rock Beach." Can you tell why? There's an arched rock in the middle of the picture that water flows under.
That's all for this time. Next up... wineries!
Jenny
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