California Trip: San Francisco (Pier 39)

Once again I didn't do a great job of taking photos of our day, but I think you'll get the idea. On Friday we headed to "the city" to visit Pier 39. We'd also intended to try to go to Golden Gate Park, but doing the Pier was enough with 3 little kids.

We started with a ride on the double-decker carousel. The kids were so excited about their big golden coins that you use to get on the ride, I wasn't sure they were going to part with them willingly.

Since Hakan was too short to ride without an adult, I had to pay for a ride too.

We made our way down the pier and over to see the stinky sea lions.







One of these days I'd like to take the ferry out to tour Alcatraz. Maybe when the kids are older and can better appreciate its creepiness.

We got some lunch at the Bubba Gump Restaurant...





...strolled around looking through shop windows, got a photo with a celebrity...

...bought some souvenirs then made our way back through the city and over the bridge to Grandma's. What an incredible city San Francisco is. I just love that cool old green building tucked in among the modern ones.
Maybe next time we'll do Golden Gate Park. Next time.