Not so sunny CA

We left Wed evening and drove to Tulsa. Last minute trip into Toys R Us...just in case they had something different for the plane rides, and dinner at Cheesecake Factory. A 6 am flight and off we went.

Uncle Kyle was waiting on us at the airport. The boys were SOOO excited but sis, not so much. He left when she was 3 months old so she had no idea who he was.

She started to warm up a little bit, but not too much.

We rode the trolley to Fishermans Wharf

Union Square

First week in Aug and we had to be bundled! I couldn't believe it was cold. We had to stop and buy hats & gloves for the kids.

China town. & this was just too perfect for him :)

there were lots of little parks & of course we had to stop at them all.

something could have been different!

They are very strict about some things...like not letting adults in or even near a park without a child.

The sand was even cold but they still had to play in it.

Pier 39. The sealions were neat to watch but oh my did they smell bad!

Freezing! (I'm sure if it wasn't 110 at home it wouldn't have felt quite so cold)

not exactly sure. A giant macaroni noodle?

Getting tickets to the aquarium. Still not convinced she likes him.

The touch pools. Full of starfish.

and a sting ray and a shark. They loved it! And begged to go back the next day.

giant shark teeth on the pier. Probably Specks favorite thing.

The public restrooms on every street corner. you pushed a button and the door opened.

taking a rest. we walked everywhere. 8 miles in one day!

One of the only places I saw grass. and I'm sure the conversation with Little Man and Uncle Kyle was very interesting.

This restaurant was in Little Italy. Everything had garlic in it. even the ice cream. We didn't try it.

We stopped to eat breakfast at a cafe called Squat & Gobble. Strange :) Looking up the street. Everything was straight up & down. All of the houses literally touched each other. A few were for sale. Brought home a real estate magazine. WOW! 2 bedroom 1 bath no garage or yard. $800,000. Rent on a 500 sf apt $1500/month!

A neat path they got to take down to the beach. Sis and I stayed in the car for that one. It was just too cold.

They found a few caves to explore

Driving across the Golden Gate Bridge. Not sure what I expected but wasn't too impressed.

a GIANT chair. Little man wouldn't get out of it.

One of the outside malls had a performer "Merry Mary". He got picked to be a part of her show.

Worn out! We got delayed in Denver 6 hours coming home. 2 of it was on the plane sitting on the runway.

There were just too many people to have 3 kids. Little Man didn't miss a beat and it didn't bother him at all. Sis was good. She just wanted to be held instead of riding. Speck was a nervous wreck and the homeless people really bothered him. He wouldn't let go of my hand the whole trip. Everything to eat was sit down and order. NO fast food. That was stressful 3 times a day. The public transportation was ok. Not as bad as NY but if you missed a train you had to wait 20-30 min for the next one. and chasing 3 of them on a platform that long wore me out. We didn't get to go to Alcatraz, all the ferries were booked. But you could see it pretty good from the pier. We did get to drive by San Quinten. pretty fancy for a prison. My brother doesn't have a car out there so we rented one, a mini van. He had an accord so he was really wound up with a big vehicle full of people in all the traffic. They have "zip cars" you can rent for 24 hours at a time.

Glad we got to see my brother. and it was neat to see SF once but I won't go back. The boys asked and asked why he wont move home. He cried when we left. But he loves it there and as happy as he was we visited, I think he was just as happy when we were out of his way!