Hello from San Francisco!

Days 11 and 12 were spent in and around San Francisco, California.  No earthquakes!! Thank God! For whatever reason, I've always been scared to death of the earth shaking beneath my feet. I'm happy to be on more stable land (or so I think).

 I don't have a ton to say about our stay.  To save time (yours and mine), I'll just make a quick list of things we did.  But first, here is our travel route for the past two days:

Days 11 and 12:  Starting in Fresno, CA - going around in circles - ending up in Sacramento, CA

Busy, busy:

- Drove down The Embarcadero. Fun!

- Tried to take a decent picture of Alcatraz (no luck). Threatened to lock Pepper up. Right

   now, I kind of wish I had.

- Had Clam Chowder  (in a sourdough bread bowl) down at Fisherman's Wharf!  YUM!

- Was asked if I was from Australia (due to my accent). Hmmmmm. 

- Drove up some super hilly streets. Took pictures of others (see below). 

- Crossed the Golden Gate Bridge (x2) - too much fog to actually see the bridge (both

   times)!

- Visited Muir Woods.  More BIG trees!  Coastal Redwoods are very TALL.  Witnessed

   a wedding!

- Drove around the wine country.

- Stopped in Sonoma and had a delicious lunch.  Enjoyed watching people on the town

   square (including a young man doing "Flips 4 a Dollar")

- Tasted some Wine - here and here!

- Stared in awe of all the vineyards on the countryside

- Fell into my bed (x2) 

Pictures (no captions): 

Tomorrow will be a big driving day.  We have to make it all the way across Nevada and into Idaho.  We should be in Twin Falls tomorrow evening - exhausted, I'm sure.  A boring but necessary day!