California trip--days 5 & 6 (San Francisco, Sausalito, Stanford, and Winchester Mystery House)

We drove back to San Francisco the next day and did some things we didn't have time for the first day in San Francisco, like driving across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito:

We had fish & chips for lunch, walked through some shops, and explored down by the water before heading back to San Francisco.  We walked around Chinatown, and made sure to stop by Ghirardelli for one last shake for Abby before leaving the city.

In the evening, we drove down to Palo Alto to visit the Stanford campus.  Abby loved the big bookstore, and we enjoyed seeing campus and hearing my dad's stories from his time at Stanford.

On our last day, we visited some old family friends in San Carlos, then decided we had just enough time for a tour of the Winchester Mystery House.  It was a fun thing to squeeze in before flying out!

So thankful for the memories made with Abby and my dad!

California trip--day 4 (Yosemite)

After our full day in San Francisco, we made the late drive to a town just south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park.  We got up early on day 4 of our trip to drive to the south gate of the part.  The small part of Yosemite that we were able to see was incredible!  We did an easy hike with some great views, then had a picnic lunch near a visitor's center, where we did a short little loop hike with some more amazing views.  My dad even saw a bear in the parking lot when he went back to get something (we ended up seeing another bear on our drive out of the park later).  We drove down into Yosemite Valley, where the temperature was about 20 degrees warmer than up high.  Unfortunately, it had been so dry that some of the usual waterfalls had no water, but it was still an amazing day!  That night, we stayed once more at the hotel just south of the park, so we had time to swim and had some pizza for supper and no late driving.