what a week
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:00 am by mikeWe spent the middle of the week in San Francisco, and it was great. It’s really a beautiful city. It actually reminds me of Boston in some ways. The physical size is similar, and even some of the architecture is reminiscent. (The occasional brick building was very refreshing.) We drove around the city, wandered around Golden Gate Park, climbed the hills called Twin Peaks, and got an up close look at the Golden Gate Bridge. By the way, the bridge and the park are not next to each other. They’re actually a couple of miles apart. We also went to Chinatown and had some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever had. And the next night we went to Berkely for some Chicago-style pizza that was some of the best pizza I’ve ever had. (Thanks Colleen and Saskia!)
My only complaint about San Francisco is the parking. I thought it was bad in Boston, but there are meters in the city that literally give you 5 minutes for a quarter. Unreal. Still, we enjoyed it, and were sad to go.
We left on Friday and drove down to Monterey, which is a nice little seaside town. We got out at the docks and were met with the echoing calls of the seals that were all around the harbor. I took some videos that I will try to post soon, and I caught the seals playing around, swimming, and barking. I don’t think the sound on the videos really captures the way the sounds of their calls were just reverberating around the harbor.
We then drove down the coast a ways, with the intention of camping somewhere in Big Sur for the night. The first place we checked out was a state campground. We pulled into this dusty parking area, and went up to the booth that was manned by an unhappy looking park employee. (ranger?) He proceeded to tell us that the caping was in a field about a third of a mile away, the only facilities were the crappy looking bathrooms next to the parking area, and don’t drink the water. After pondering the rattle snake warnings signs posted on the booth, we decided to keep going. About a mile away we stopped at a privately run, very clean and very friendly campground. They had spaces for camping, showers, and even laundry rooms. We were sold. It was very nice, and also very cold, and the ground was very hard. So while we enjoyed ourselves, we were not well rested.
The next day was another long trek back to LA, and we got completely burnt out on such long drives. When we’re in New Zealand, if we have a car, we are going to limit the amount of driving we do in a day.
So this is it, we leave tonight, and soon we will be in New Zealand. I don’t think it will completely sink in until we are there, but it is very exciting.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:12 am
Seriously, when we come back and earn our millions, expect us to move to San Francisco. We’ll let you all come out and visit until you’re convinced to join us out there. (join us) Aside from there being no snow, it’s pretty perfect…and I hear there’s snow only a couple hours away if I really need it.
The campground we stayed at was honestly the nicest campground I’ve ever been to. The lots were on the small side, but the redwoods surrounding us were magnificent. We’re going to start camping regularly when we come back, I’d forgotten how much I love it.
October 23rd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
that’s really great, I’m glad you didn’t just settle for the first place! ok, we’ll visit you guys in San Francisco as long as you promise to visit us in Montreal (it has snow).
November 4th, 2006 at 11:08 am
I have plans to move to San Fran, even though i’ve never been there.. i know it’s the place to be!!
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