We boarded the shuttle to the airport that would take us to the BART station and began our days adventure. On the train, Carl fell asleep in my arms. His little body was so confused and he loved the soothing sounds of the train. While we were still moving, I slipped him into the stroller and thankfully he kept sleeping. He wasn't going to be able to sleep long, because when we got off the train our first stop was the Cable Cars; and that was only a short hop and skip away.
It was a fun trip down the Powell-Hyde line! A nice local started chatting to us and told us to turn around at a certain point and told us to look out the window for, in her opinion, the coolest view of the city. It was amazing... too bad I didn't have the camera ready. We stopped for a quick picture at the end of the line then it was off to find some chocolate!
Yummy ghirardelli chocolate! It was a little cooler closer to the bay but we found a cool fire to warm up by. Carl was busy walking around and at one point went a little too far and I asked him to come back. He slumped his shoulders over, put his head down and walked back. Where did that come from!?!
We ate a quick lunch then went down to rent some bikes for a trek to the Golden Gate bridge. The kids are used to their burley so they didn't mind traveling together the 9 mile, hilly, round trip to the bridge and back. We were able to get out a few times and stretch our legs and even take some pictures!
On the Golden Gate!
Our Family photo in San Francisco!
Brianna asked Jon to take her picture on this rock. She did a great job posing there until her brother decided he needed to push her off. Looks like we'll be taking at least one more trip to get a Senior picture on this rock!
We made it back, a few pounds lighter, and decided we'd better start making our way back. There was a line to get on the next cable car so we patiently waited our turn to board. While we waited, an interesting group of people set up a small show of sorts. One gentleman was playing music, which wasn't too bad, but then two men started prepping for a Houdini style escape. One man in a straight jacket, the other chaining the man in a straight jacket to a light pole. Here's Carl taking in the sights of the city. Let's just say we were thankfully we didn't have to wait too long before boarding.
Jon and I were about done, especially after that last display, but we asked Brianna if she still wanted to go to the Cable Car Museum. Of course she said yes! It was completely free and totally worth the trip. Seeing the huge, noisy mechanisms move the cables that ran the cable cars was amazing! It was hard to believe this building was the hub for all the cables throughout the city. By the time we had seen everything, went to the bathroom, and literally walked out the door, the very next cable car was stopped and loading passengers. Perfect - we hopped right on!
We asked our friendly Conductor if we could take a picture after everyone got off at the end of the line. So glad we have this moment captured!
Well, as you can imagine, it was a long day with only short naps and the train ride back felt just a little bit longer. Carl got in another short cat nap before we disembarked and grabbed some dinner at the mall before getting a van ride back to the hotel.
It was a long, fun day ending with a daddy/daughter date in the atrium of the hotel. Carl and I went upstairs to unwind and get ready for bedtimes.
We were excited to have spent such a wonderful day together and we were looking forward to another exciting adventure as Thursday we were going to head out of the bay area and toward Cousin Justin's house!
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