Wow! What a fantastic weekend we had. We both absolutely loved San Francisco, and I think we’ll be visiting there again some time. There is so much that we didn’t get to do, but we enjoyed all the things we did have a chance to see.
DAY ONE- CITY TOUR: After we calmed down from the excitement of the morning, we got ready to catch our shuttle to the tour office for our San Francisco City Tour. The weather was pretty chilly, and silly me only packed a jean jacket. Thank goodness I was smart enough to pack a scarf! I was really excited about the city tour because the info I read said we’d be making several stops for photo opportunities, and that we’d be seeing everything I wanted to see. That was not the case unfortunately. It was pretty much 3 hours of listening to an annoying tour guide who thought he was funny, but really he was the only one laughing! We pretty much just drove around and saw everything from the bus window. But I guess this wasn’t so bad, since it was cold! We did stop at the Golden Gate Bridge and a lookout spot to see the view of the entire city. I got several pictures of the bridge and the city, so I’d say it was an ok tour overall!
DAY ONE- ALACATRAZ: Derrick loved Alcatraz! It was so awesome to see the old prison. We took a ferry across the bay over to the island, and as we got closer the chills just went down my spine. It was a little bit eery to me to think that this place was the highest security prison in the nation back in the 1930s to 60s. Some of the famous villians were housed there like Al Capone and the Bird Man. The tour of this place was very interesting, and we listened along with an audio tape narrated by guards who worked there and some of the prisoners themselves. We walked through the cell blocks and got a great look at a day in the life of a prisoner at Alcatraz. We also learned about the escape attempts, and saw and felt bullet holes on the walls and floor from one of the big uproars between the inmates and the guards. This tour thoroughly made up for the not so great city tour earlier in the day.
Overall, this was one of the best trips we’ve ever taken together. It rates up there with our honey moon to St. Lucia. We laughed a lot and had so much fun together. We succeeded in not thinking about anything other than us, and we left all other things at home. Makes for a great vacation when you can do that!

Awesome!!! You are good at this blog thing. I hope to take trips like this with my husband….hopefully at least once a year for the anniversary…..oooooh i get to say that now….yay!!!! Cant wait for the next post.
Thanks Rena! You’d be good at a blog too
I hope you do get to go on trips like this. It is great bonding time! Love you deary!
It was a great time!! I love the blog baby! Keep up the good work.