Catching up with the Time Zone !

Wednesday started us off with a bit of a holiday break. We are staying in a small town just south of San Jose, called Morgan Hill. This "town" actually seems smaller than Huntsville. I could be mistaken.....we haven't got out much yet. We had to go into San Jose to rent a car so we could venture north to the famous big city of San Fransico. Again it was another cold drizzly day! Surprise...Surprise....Surprise! There was lots of "public parking" areas ranging from $12 to $18 for all day parking. On top of that we parked at pier 15, those of you familiar with the area, Broadway at Embarcadera(?), and walked, in the cold drizzly rain, all the way to Pier 39. Along the way we had an interesting encounter with a public "toilet"! At first we thought it was an elevator to an underground parking or shopping center, like in Atlanta. So we walked up to it and low and behold....A Toilet was behind the sliding door!! Pier 39 is mainly all shops and touristy stuff. We saw the sea lions and barked with them for a few minutes. Jessica and I got sprinkled with pixie dust from The Fairy Store. It was a quaint yet touristy adventure. I am thankful for the weather inhibiting other tourist from the overcrowding the shops just for us. The aquarium was neat with its underwater tunnel that makes you feel like you're "sleeping with the fishes". We also visited the Wax and Ripley's museums. After dinner at Boudin's, famous for their bread making by using some kind of virus only known to be in San Fran Bay area, we hailed a cab back to our car, which was well worth the $10, instead of the long haul back to pier 15. We then drove through China Town, and bore witness to the intricate turns and downward slope of Lombard Street.
We have decided to present a family challenge to our readers of this blog, as we are not able to enjoy our usual hometown holidays with you.....Throughout our adventure here and upon our return.... how many Christmas Trees can you count from our adventure? Who knows we might have a fun little prize for the best answer!!
Happy Turkey Day, We miss you all !