Hehe... ok not really, but i couldn't think of any other title that had to do with San Francisco, so i apologise for my corniness (if that's even a word)!
September 05: Well summer in Colorado was pretty quiet and extremely hot... we had an eleven day stretch where the temps were above 100F (which is 38C)! This place defiantly goes from one extreme to the other in terms of temperature.
The excitement came when mother dearest took the long haul trip to visit me. It was fab seeing her again! On her first day, we went on a little 3hr road trip into the Rockies, to a beautiful town called Grand Lake... and by the name you can work out, it's built around a huge lake! A couple of days later mom and i took in a brilliant John Fogerty and John Mellencamp concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre (it's an amazing natural ampitheatre in the foothills of the Rockies)... what an experience and mom absolutely loved it, she still raves about it!!
Next on the agenda, a 3 day trip to San Francisco. I was like a little school kid, walking around with my mouth wide open, taking in all the sights and sounds i'd seen on TV and read about! Of course we did all the touristy things... riding the Cable Car was one of the more pleasurable experiences because the drivers and conductor were very entertaining. Mom and i hit Pier 39 first cos our hotel was within walking distance and what would a trip to Pier 39 be like without a ferry ride past Alcatraz and to the big red bridge and back! Also hit up Ghirardelli square, which is apparently is the best chocolate in the world... it wasn't bad at all, but nothing beats South African Cadbury.
The next day, mom was feeling brave and decided we needed to walk up to the crockest road in the world... i think we walked up the steepest road in the world. Anyhoo... man, is that road crocked, i think the builders must have been pissed! The rest of the day was taken up by walking around the city and of course... shopping. We walked through China Town, where there was some festival on the go... Got Sushi? They had dragon dances, music and magicians and loads of Chinese food on the go, it was mist enjoyable!
On the last full day, mom and i decided to take a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to Muir Wood and a small seaside town called Sausalito! The forest was amazing, you feel like a tiny ant inamongst those trees... i had this amazing feeling of peace walking around there. Sausalito was tiny and pretty uneventful, mom and i stopped by a pub and had a quiet drink.
San Francisco is an amazing city and it's definately a place i would go back to! Mom's 2 week visit came to an end pretty quickly... even quicker due to the fact that she got her departure date wrong and i realised 3 hours before her plane was outta here... go mom go!!! :)
PS I've added a link to my Flickr page on the right, so you can see all my photos (well almost all) that i've taken on my trips... i'm still updating it so bare with me! :)
Btw, i apologise for the lack of photos but the blogger program is experiencing technical problems at the mo, so as soon as it's working i'll add them... you can check out some photos by clicking on the My Flickr link
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