San Francisco Again!!

Yes, I went to San Francisco again. I just love that place! This time I owe it all to my very good friend Holly! I was able to be a chaperone for a high school that she works at. We took 41 students and I had such a great time! We literally did not have a moment to spare on this trip. We went from one thing to the next, to the next, to the next.... We got there about 1 am Friday morning. Here is a quick review of our trip: Friday morning at 9 am we started at the Exploratorium. At about 11, we ate down at a place called "Squat and Gobble" in the cutest little part of San Francisco. By 12, we were back on the coach bus and on our way to Golden Gate Park where we spent time in the Conservatory of Flowers and then walked over to this AMAZING art museum. This museum was absolutely huge (I think it was 6 or 7 floors). I have never seen an art museum like this. I could have spent an entire day in there and still not seen half of what was in there. I loved it. After the museum we went over to Pier 39 where we visited the Wax Museum. Then headed down to the Aquarium, which reminded me of 'Shark's Reef' at Mandalay Bay. We then took a couple cabs and went down to Chinatown. We didn't stay there too long before returning back to Pier 39 where I got the best caramel apple ever from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I, of course, had to have the clam chowder in the bread bowl and about 10:30pm, everyone got back on the bus and we head back to the hotel. And that was just day one...

Day Two ... Started at about 8 am and we went down to Alcatraz. You have to take a ferry to reach the small island that Alcatraz is on. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what Alcatraz is, I will give you a brief history lesson. It was, at one time, a prison that felons went to. It was not usually the first choice for most felons. One person you might know of is Al Capone. You are able to take a tour of the prison and you wear these head phones that have the voices of officers and prisoners that spend time there. I highly recomment going to see this if you are ever in San Francisco. After returning back from the island, we headed down to Six Flags/Marine World amusement park. We had a blast there and spent time petting elephants and riding rollarcoasters. By this time, I was pretty beat, but we still had one very special place to go...Union Square! It is such a unique and beautiful place to shop. It was just one store after another. It was a great time. Finally by around 1030, we went back to the hotel. On Sunday, we headed back and all were exhausted!

I really had a great time and I have to thank Holly for ALL OF IT!! Thank you Holly! The pictures are out of order, but that's okay.

I definitely wasn't suppose to go over that fence and sit on the elephant...

Holly and I at Alcatraz

Scary, huh?

Some of the girls in front of Chinatown

Aquarium Museum

Just a little show from the Art Museum

Conservatory of Flowers...read the sign, it's a pretty scary plant

Exploratorium...the place was filled with crazy stuff

Like I said...crazy stuff

On the Island, looking at San Francisco