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Travel Blogs from Palo Alto
Family, Friends, FUN & more FUN!
... and Jackson, WY.
August
27 - September 6, 2012
It was so wonderful to spend quality time at Jan's (Jim's mom) beautiful home in
Palo Alto, CA. We rested, ate delicious healthy food, walked every morning,
watched a few movies, strolled the downtown area, went to the Art Museum and the
Circus Club Equestrian Center!! Jan and I are both horse lovers, so we really
enjoyed watching some GORGEOUS gaited horses get exercised ...
Cultural diversity
... us. Turns out that when the doors shut you can't get in! But we weren't the only ones running up the stairs. Needless to say the Musical was beautiful and we all thoroughly enjoyed it, even though it went very late into the night. Scott and Adrian went to a San Francisco Giants versus the Atlanta Braves. The boys didn't have beer or hot dogs, they got fussy. They had hot chocolates to combat the cold (apparently ...
Day 26: Take me out to the Ball Game
... the first one here in San Francisco. It should be a lot of fun."
'You're going to have great fun. This is one of the nicest places to watch baseball, not like some of the other stadiums around here - they don't even have cup holders in the back of the chairs for you! AT&T park is beautiful - beautiful!'
"Have you been a fan here your whole life?" I asked. His accent didn't sound anything like those from this area. Infact, it reminded me of the Brooklyn ...
Escape to Alcatraz (and back!)
... street wondering, where the hell do we go now?! I had caught a glimpse of A T & T park, where the San Francisco Giants baseball team play. These guys are the current World Series champs, so we got a couple of photos outside the stadium. The night before we had decided that we would catch one of the double decker hop on hop off city tour buses and cruise the city before cruising the bay to Alcatraz. Our challenge was to figure ...