Muir Woods National Monument Mill Valley

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Arriving at a reasonable time of 10am, we caught the BART (train) from the airport to downtown San Francisco. Note to everyone purchasing tickets with cash, use small change, I received $10 change all in 20 cent coins - not so handy!

We were staying at The Green Tortoise Hostel (budget friendly, not so sleep friendly) in a private dorm, …

Highlights:
- Working out at Equinox
- Applying for a Swiss Work Visa
- Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista on Irish Coffee Day in SF
- Terrible traffic on Doyle Drive
- Lunch at Mountain Home Inn
- Short hike in Muir Woods
- More traffic to Healdsburg
- Playing Patenque with Suzie (and having Lauren beat me resoundingly …

Our last day in San Francisco we breakfasted across the street at Sear's Fine Food Restaurant (Scala's did not open for breakfast on the weekends). Our concierge had booked us a tour on City Sightseeing San Francisco - the Woods and Wine Tour. We checked out, left our car and luggage at the hotel, and walked around the corner to wait for our bus.< …

Rented bikes at Blazing Saddles, down at Fisherman's Wharf. Very friendly people with many helpful suggestions. San Francisco has many steep roads though. Even if you try to circumvent those, you will find yourself long gradual climbs often. It is a nice way to see the city nevertheless.

We met with Laura Andranoco for Lunch at the …

The next morning was a beautiful day so we decided to head up to Muir Woods for the morning. It was a very nice drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and through Marin County. We arrived at Muir woods in about 40 minutes and started to revisit the memories of our last visit where I proposed to Patricia. It was a very happy and peaceful time just …

... traffic never really sped up but we managed to follow the crowd and a very confused Mr GPS to arrive at the Muir Woods National Monument. A swath of land that made you forget you were not even 60 mins away from downtown San Francisco. Unfortunately we ...

... we arrived at Muir Woods National Monument.  On Jan. 9, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation establishing Muir Woods National Monument. William and Elizabeth Kent had donated the woods to save the trees, and asked that it be ...

First the Muir National Park beautiful place great walk through the woods, t lies 12 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, take US 101 and Calif. Highway 1, we luckily get close to the entrance as we are on a bus tour. Parking for cars is limited and ...

... to Muir Woods for the morning. It was a very nice drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and through Marin County. We arrived at Muir woods in about 40 minutes and started to revisit the memories of our last visit where I proposed to Patricia. It was a ...

... aber eigentlich ist es ja trotzdem eine Stadt. Diesen Ausgflug habe ich sehr genossen. Jedoch empfehle ich jedem der in die Muir Woods geht nach möglichkeit Privat, mit einem gemieteten oder eigenem Auto hinzugehen. Damit man die ...