since we already bought tickets to and from san antonio, we had major credit on southwest.

so, we decided to take a little trip to san francisco.

right from the airport we stopped at the ghiradelli factory store.

you could smell the chocolate before you even got out of the car...mmm.

i got some delicious hot chocolate!

don't worry, we rolled around oakland in a baby blue lincoln towncar.

i was a little worried to be driving that around there for fear we would get mugged lookin like gangstas.

and i totally forgot to take a picture of it. it was huge.

we drove by our old house in san leandro.

wow, does it look different. there used to be some yard and the trim was not teal. yikes.

we also scored free tickets to the giants vs diamondbacks game.

it was sweet to be at at&t park and jd's first pro baseball game.

we were on the 14th row and had some awesome hebrew national hot dogs, gilroy's garlic fries, and some hot chocolate when it got cold.

the only bummer was we left early when they giants were down 0-1 and then as soon as we left the giants hit a home run with 2 men on base and scored 3 runs.

outside the park

the view from the stadium of the bay bridge and the city

we walked all the way to the top and checked out the view of the whole park

there is this huge coke bottle that has slides inside and the huge mitt

view the other direction out over the bay

jd and i in front of the giant mitt

the park at night

it was really cool to see the park all lit up as the fog rolled in and settled on the field

the next day it was amazingly clear in the city so we decided to check out the bridge while we had a good view. last year when we went you couldn't even see the bridge because it was so foggy.

we walked the whole bridge and i was totally sore after (thanks to a charley horse)

the view of the city and the bay

us on the bridge

don't look too closely, this is not a good picture.

these signs were all over the bridge and i thought they were kind of funny...in case anyone wanted to jump.

the view of alcatraz, the bay bridge, and the city

us with my dad on the other side

we drove over into marin county to see the bridge from the park.

we had to check out all the views since you rarely get to see it this well.

i loved this little barn looking thing and these pictures on there.

i have been searching for where i can buy these pictures, i love them!

the view from down by the water

i like this one with the pier, the water, the bridge and historic fort pointe

then we walked around the city, pier 39 and the wharf.

i could watch these sea lions for hours, they are so funny.

i liked this picture with all the boats at the wharf

we stopped at this little fruit stand on the pier and it looked so pretty.

unfortunately, the fruit wasn't very good and it was way expensive.

this is from baker beach

we also stopped by cliff house and checked out the view there and ocean beach

it was cool to see the history of cliff house and the pictures of how it used to look.

it has been so many different things over the years and it was neat to see the history.

next we went down to santa cruz and it was incredibly hot.

i was pretty miserable most of the time. i feel bad for jd, my dad, and my aunt who had to put up with my complaining. jd was so sweet to carry my heavy purse the whole day so i didn't have to.

this picture is from the wharf next to the boardwalk.

the boardwalk and all the rides

this is the outside before you walk in.

it was fun to go here again. i haven't been here in years, since i was little.

unfortunately i couldn't go on the rides, but it was fun to go again.

i didn't take many pictures after because i was miserably hot. we also went to capitola, shopping, and checking out the area. we love vacation!