San Francisco

It seemed too soon that we had to leave Yosemite and continue on with our trip to the farthest point we had planned, San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean. It was only a couple hours drive and compared to some of the drives we had been doing before, this was pretty easy.

We both knew nothing of the city really but we knew that we would need to find somewhere to stay the night, that was our first task. So we stopped at a random Mexican restaurant not unlike Chipotle but family owned where we began to eat and wait until someone nice looking came in that might be able to help us. There were two older men that came in and they were a great help. They told us to which street to head to and to go up and down the street and to not settle for any of the prices that they gave. Since it was a Sunday night and nothing big going on in the city we had the bargaining power.

So after stopping at a couple of hotels, Kelli was able to secure a very nice hotel room for 60 dollars, he started out much higher but she got him to give us a good discount. It had a great little view out from it and I thought it was a great find. Good job Kelli!

It was my birthday (twenty-four and so much more) so we decided that we would go out to eat somewhere nice, Kelli's treat. For some reason I was a little weary about the restaurants that we were looking at but finally we stopped at "Home" and ate there. It was really nice and the steak was excellent. We then walked across the street to some bar where we got in a dancing mood. Since this wasn't a dancing place we figured we would go find one. Haha, we ended up walking for miles and miles without finding any place and then finally walked back to our room...

The next morning we went to the Haight-Ashbury, the ocean, and Golden Gate Park. I was glad to see all of these spots, and then we met up with some of Kelli's relatives; her cousin and great Aunt and Uncle. They were all very nice people and offered us a place to stay for the night but because we had a long drive ahead of us we thought it best to leave later that afternoon and get a move on. In hindsight I think we could have stayed another night and I regret that we didn't. But, in the words of a great leader, "Hindsight is not wisdom..." hehehe...

So, we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and got out to take a look and then on to Muir Woods. Which is where Kelli had the epiphany that it wasn't "mirror" woods, but Muir woods, as in John Muir. That was very funny. Muir Woods was very nice, a calm place where redwoods tower over your head. We walked the trail and headed out to begin our 18 hour non-stop drive to Yellowstone National Park.

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