MN Visitors!

Heidi writes:

We had a great weekend in San Francisco and Livermore visiting with Chris and Tonya. We were so excited for our first visitors of 2007! Here is a picture blog with words of our weekend:

Jeff and I drove to SF on Saturday morning. We picked up Chris and Tonya at Union Square and headed out to show them the city. Our first stop was Ghiradelli Square. I love the free samples :-)

Ghiradelli Square

We then headed over to Golden Gate Park and the Presidio. We saw the Dutch Windmill and a naked hippie, among other things (sorry - no pictures). At the Presidio, we had some great views of Golden Gate Bridge.

Chris and Tonya

While walking around, we were able to see some of the old army bunkers along the bay. We lucked out, as they had some of the pop-up guns/canyons were out. It was pretty intersting to walk through a couple, however, Tonya and I aren't the history buffs like our husbands :-)

Jeff enjoying the view!

While at Golden Gate Park, we stopped at the Japanese Tea Garden. It was very beautiful. I could only imagine what it would look like in full bloom. We may need to go back there in the summer/fall. Chris and Tonya missed the roses by a couple of weeks - they just cut them for winter! (Although it was in the 60s and was completely not winterish!)

Part of the Japanese Tea Garden


Jeff and Heidi on the bridge at
the Japanese Tea Garden.

From there, we headed for the Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. We ate lunch at Boudin's (which is famous for the sourdough) and then walked around for a while. One of my favorite spots at the Wharf is the playland. It has a ton of older games to play or look at that costs anywhere from a penney to fifty cents.

A couple of the games.

Once we played all of the games, we walked over to Pier 39 to see the sea lions. Jeff and I really haven't taken any pictures of them during the day until now. I love watching and listening to those animals!


No, they are not dead - just resting!

We walked down the Pier and stopped at a few shops - including the candy store to get our fill of salt water taffy - yummy!! It was then back to the hotel to rest before dinner. We walked around China Town that evening and ate and our favorite place there. The food was delicious. I love walking around China Town and looking at the stores and everything. We hit Cold Stone on the way back to the hotel. It was a fun day.

On Sunday, we headed over to Livermore to do some wine tasting. Jeff and I had never tasted there before and it was fun going to another city to taste.

Tonya and Chris enjoying the wine!

Jeff and I dropped Tonya and Chris off at the BART station in Dublin so they could head back to San Fran and we could head home to watch the SuperBowl. However, we did stop for a late lunch at In and Out Burger before departing!

I was able to do some homework during the game and finished it not too long ago! I think I am going to head to bed now - I am a little sleepy! Have a great week!!