A cool map that shows all the neighborhoods. Follow the blue line and arrows to see where we walked. Image via Pinterest
San Francisco and Oakland! We love this area! We had an amazing time being hosted by Camrin’s cousin Meg, who lives in Oakland. If you noticed the jump in dates at the top of the post you are not crazy. We flew back to Milwaukee for two weeks to attend a friends wedding. Meg was kind enough to watch Tina while we were away.
Settling into Oakland, CA
Parking the Jeep in the City. Hello Oakland!Catching up with Meg.Meg has an awesome bottle opener!Taking the Roof Top Tent off. Meg let us store the Jeep in her garage.
Flying Home to Milwaukee
Figuring out the BART system to the airport.We love public transportation!!Oakland International!Flying over the mountains.
Yay… Peanuts and coffee!Denver has a weird airport.
MILWAUKEE!
Wedding Time
WOW! What an amazing wedding at the Art Museum.Trying to look nice for a change.Dancing her butt off!
Fall in Wisconsin
Camrin’s creation.Camrin’s mom’s puppy named Sadie. So Cute!
Laura and her sister Julia. And the family cat named Stella.
It was nice to be home, but gotta get back to Adventure!
Milwaukee Airport.Row to ourselves.It was Halloween. Nice wig.Sun Power in the desert. The right patch is a typical solar panel field. The left side is Concentrated Solar Power.Back to Oakland!
Next Day. A walking tour of San Francisco.
A cool map that shows all the neighborhoods. Follow the blue line and arrows to see where we walked.
Taking the BART to the heart of San Francisco.Starting off with a little treat at an awesome bakery, Tartine.
Loving the architecture.Entering the Castro neighborhood. Known as the gay capital of the country. This window display says a lot about the neighborhood 😉
Gift ShopAwesome place. Cheap entrance fee. Highly recommended!
Nearby
Coyotes in the city?!!Walking through Presidio Park we came across an old Army base with lookout barracks on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The fog was too thick to see the Ocean by the time we got there.Cool!
We thought this would be all we could see of the famous Golden Gate Bridge.Wait for it….HOORRAAY!!! Within a few minutes of our arrival, the fog cleared giving us an amazing view of the bridge.Waking across.
Last of the fog clearing over the Bay.
Resting our feet for a few minutes.
Great Blue Heron in the Park North of the Bridge. Making our way back to downtown.Lots of kite surfers!
Chinatown! The largest Chinatown outside of China! It’s pretty neat.Maneki-neko. Good luck charms.
Decorated streets.Stir fry for dinner!
Heading back to the BART
17.44 Miles! Nice Work!Camrin, you looked tired. Yeah, let’s go home.
Next Day Exploring Oakland
Lake Merritt
Nearby church. Spanish influence architecture.Nice hedge!Meg’s place! Love the trees that line the streets.Again! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Meg (and bf Aaron, not pictured) for letting us crash your place!!!
Thanks for reading our blog! Up next… Yosemite National Park!!
Love you two..you are only young once..make those memories ! Happy days. Happy new Year girls. Love, Maureen and Greg xxx
Love you two..you are only young once..make those memories ! Happy days. Happy new Year girls. Love, Maureen and Greg xxx