Sheraton Sonoma County-Petaluma

Day 2 in San Fran is winding to an end, and it's been wonderfully chill. A relaxing day is a good day. The start to the day was pretty slow. Sleeping in and just taking the morning easy. We set off from J&Bs around 1230ish in the direction of the Golden Gate with Julie and Bobby indulging my desire to check out "Lindy in the Park" (http://www.lindyinthepark.com/). Basically every Sunday a group of local SF swing dancing groups get ...

On to California but not quite yet. Not without paying a visit to Cathedral Grove - an area of old growth forest on the way to Port Alberni. Trees 800 years old - trees that were already 300 years old when Christopher Columbus came to America - are all around. Many ...

... and head to another bar. We managed to find about 6 or 7 people and we headed for a bar called Big Wangs.. A sports bar that sold 3 litre table top dispensers of beer, we dug in!!! Sunday was my last day in America. despite enjoying myself, I was ready to leave... My flight however was not until 11.30pm and I had to check out of my room at 10am. The hostel let me put my bags in storage and as I was about to wander out somewhere they said that they had ...

... to get down to the beach! It was really pretty on the beach but so cool! Neither of us were really ready to believe how cool it had been since we got onto the coast. The next day, we took the 17 Mile Drive. Tom, who is a great tour planner, talked to folks, researched online and found all these great things to do and see. The 17 Mile Drive is a toll drive through and around Pebble Beach and other golf courses you'd recognize if you watch golf on tv. It also goes close (but not TOO ...

... side - and harder to navigate in to and out of. This one worked out great. Got some pics and made a wide left turn back onto the hwy. The traffic picked up around Half Moon Bay, and it became more of a freeway. Both Pat & I were concerned about navigating through San Francisco because the map showed hwy 1 turning into a city street. What we did not know then was that hwy 1 had been an elevated freeway through the city to the Golden Gate Bridge, but after the 1989 ...

... awake as late as possible this first day ... and get a solid night's sleep so that we wake up adjusted to the new time zone. We shall see how it goes. Best moment of the day for me was three hours in to the flight and we busted out the Gameboy, PSP, and Leapster ... me and the kids are playing away with our techno toys with big smiles on our faces and Janice is resting, watching us, and beaming with love and happiness. Good times.

... Fishermans Wharf. The Ferry Building was a bustling array of shops and restaurants. There was also a Farmers Market that day with all the locals doing their shopping. As we waited for our Ferry we walked around this area and were fascinated by the array of goods on offer. There was even a stall selling organic mushrooms of at least 30 different varieties. The people were very friendly and offered us samples to taste of the many products that were for sale. This was ...

... br> close together in formation and drew pictures in the sky. A little<br> scary and heart stopping to watch. <br> We went to Musee Mechanique on Pier 45 which has old carnival games<br> that still work and had our photo taken in an old black and white photo<br> booth.<br> We ate dungeness crab sandwiches and seafood chowder in a sourdough<br> bread bowl, a signature San Francisco dish. Yummy! The crabs are cooked<br> in steaming cauldrons and one of the vendors ...

... ben ik ze gaan bellen met de vraag of ze Hondje in hun winkel hadden. Totdat mijn telefoonkaart plots na 2 gesprekken van een minuut leeg was. Huh??? Ja, dat kwam doordat bellen met mijn kaart bij een bepaald soort telefoon veel duurder is... Damit. Maar het meisje van het hostel hier bood mij haar telefoon aan. Zij kon gratis bellen naar alle nummers in America. Dank voor lieve mensen!!<br>En bij de volgende winkel was het raak! Ja, ze hadden hem. Ja, het was echt de ...