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and finally they are here
(as I said I had to cut out a lot of pictures..there were over 1500..this is 120 of them)
(also if you can't see the entire photo, right click and "view image")

the plane ride to San Francisco:


we hardly slept at all, so we sought Peet's coffee to keep up going


we crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and went to Sausalito the first day
it was a really beautiful clear day


view of San Francisco/Bay from Sausalito


the moon from our motel balcony in south SF


Twin Peaks


it was really windy






our rental car


the Haight




table top in a coffee shop



Haight Ashbury sign but it didn't come out that well


cute black pug in a Vintage store on Haight


ice cream at St Francis Fountain in the Mission


this is what I had

banana, mango and coconut ice cream with bananas, strawberries, pineapple, whipped cream and toasted coconut mmm

this is what bobby had

banana ice cream

I am obviously a pig
haha we were cracking up about it

a large sculpture near the piers, taken from the Embarcadero


I didn't get to ride in one of these, but I like how retro they look


Alcatraz



it was really windy on the ferry





can you see bobby?





one of the cells from in the infamous Escape from Alcatraz


where they climbed out and up





I love this...if you see the large version, you can see it better...but i love how the bridge and a seagull are framed



i also like this angle




recreation area


another favorite...this view of the bridge was just on the other side of the door in the recreation area which was obviously closed to the prisoners at all times


Lombard St..the Crookedest street in the world


random picture of me around Lombard


Telegraph Hill/Coit Tower



a hazy Golden Gate as seen from Telegraph Hill, another one I love

this is a "street" that is only for pedestrians



a crappy picture
but look at the fog! on our way to Napa


Napa



old faithful geyser of california

it was so not worth the $8 each to get in
but it was something to do
it goes off for about 4 minutes every 45 minutes or so

and this is what we did while we waited around for it to start again


sought shade in the high heat





see the rainbow?

Big Sur

the coast went from beautiful and warm(ish) to foggy windy and freezing and back and forth









a cold (at least to me) Santa Cruz beach



yosemite national park
waterfall


just look at how tiny the RV (bottom, center) in comparison!


I LOVE this shot

waterfall




this is the cool refreshing river where we laid and waded for a while in the 110 degree heat











we stayed in Mariposa and ate at this inexpensive, cute diner the next morning


it was covered in classic record sleeves


random on the way back from Yosemite


Vesuvio, a beat hangout
think Gingsberg and Kerouac



City Lights Bookstore, right next door


a cool looking building above Cafe Zoetrope


chinatown

a yummy chinese place where we ate


a cafe on Columbus


they have the same poster in 2 different rooms..I like how that looks from this angle

Monterey Bay Aquarium


the jellyfish were my favorite



especially this one:









Muir Woods







this place was so enchanted in some parts...everything was covered in moss


that is my favorite tree







we walked across the Golden Gate


it was super super windy so I didn't take a lot of pictures
but this caught my attention


we rode the cable cars, but it was really cold and windy and getting dark so we didn't take a lot of pictures on that either



Bobby took a picture of this in a bathroom stall somewhere along the way..I'm not sure where



but I like it...