San Francisco Day 5

On Friday morning, we had a leisurely breakfast at Betsy's house, and then we headed back for Golden Gate Park. We wanted to see some of the museums there that we only passed by on the Segways. We purchased CityPasses for this trip, which bought us public transportation passes, Alcatraz tickets, and tickets to several museums and an aquarium. It was really a great deal....the bus passes were the most convenient part. Two of the museums in our booklet were in Golden Gate Park.

First, we went to see a great Picasso exhibit at The de Young. We listened to an audiotour, which really helped us get more out of it.


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Then we went back over to 9th and Irving and had sushi for lunch.


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There is so much to see and do in Golden Gate Park! It is bigger than NYC's Central Park.


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We went back to get a closer look at The Shakespear Garden, which we had seen on our Segway Tour.


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Then we went to the CA Academy of Sciences. This wasn't on the top of my list, but since we had tickets and it was right there....I figured we might as well go in.

I figured out pretty quickly that we were in the WRONG place for our week away from the kids. Kids everywhere....pretty much your basic science museum. I have been to science museums in Lubbock, Dallas, and Shreveport this summer. We were out of here pretty quickly.


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White Alligator - just like at the Dallas Zoo. Eek! Run, Holly, run!!!


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Moss on a tree in a museum. This made me laugh. I love it when they try to make things look like a bayou. They have this same set up at the Dallas and FW Zoos. They must all go to the same "museum" school. Louisiana Bayou scene with moss - CHECK!


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Then we took....you guessed it....a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge. We saw it and walked out on it just a bit. It was crowded, and we pretty quickly tired of people on bikes. They have one side of the pedestrian walkway closed, so that makes it even more crowded. But it was definitely a beautiful view!


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We planned to go to Off the Grid at Fort Mason on this night, but I had heard that it has been really crowded lately....so once again we decided to have a lovely night in. Once we got back to Betsy's, we WALKED (at 6 pm on on July 29) in jeans and a jacket (aaaaaaah, so nice) down to Safeway and got some tonic water and limes.....we saw this sign along the way...Todd loved their work ethic.


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Then we WALKED back to Giovanni's right by Betsy's place and ordered a take-out pizza. The Organic Green - pesto, spinach, broccoli, black olives, feta, artichokes, and fresh garlic. SOOOOO yummy! When we got back to the house, we watched the new True Grit. Hm. It was well made, but too much violence for me. Kinda slow.


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