Alcatraz & San Francisco

While we were out in California we made a trip to San Francisco since Dustin had never been there before. When I asked him what he wanted to do he said visit Alcatraz, go to a Giants game at AT&T Park, and ride on a trolley - it was then I realized that I had never done any of those things either even though I lived 45 minutes from them all my life (well Dad and I used to go to Giants game but it was at Candlestick and I had never been to the new park).

We went down with Jonathan, Chris and Carl (my brother-in-law, sister and nephew) and had a great time. We did A LOT of walking and traded off with holding and pushing Abby throughout the day. We left around 8am because we knew we'd hit traffic driving to the city and surprisingly we breezed down the freeway the whole way. So since we didn't have to catch our ferry to Alcatraz until 11am we decided to drive down Lombard Street...coolest street in SF!

After that we drove and parked near Pier 39 to walk to Pier 29 where the Alcatraz ferry left from...we stopped and took in some great views of the Golden Gate and said hello to the Sea Lions.

We then jumped on the ferry and off to Alcatraz (if you haven't experienced it and are ever in the area - it's a definite must!) There is so much history and so many great stories of what happened on "The Rock" that I never knew about.

After Alcatraz we toured around SF, and were all set to take a trolley tour of the city until we came upon the line which was a 1 1/2 hour wait. Not only was it that long for the first leg to Union Square but it was the same coming back - so sadly we were not able to ride a trolley because we would be late for the ballgame. So we went to Ghirardelli Square and shared a PB Chocolate Sundae...mmmm! Abby is ALWAYS up for ice cream!

Boy did the weather turn from sunny and warm(abnormal SF weather) to cold and windy(normal SF weather) that night for the game. We all bundled up and went to AT&T Park to watch the Giants play the Rangers. During batting practice Dustin took Abby to the front row and one of the players threw her a ball. Daddy was pretty excited and Abby just wanted to eat it. We sat in the bleachers surrounded by some serious fans who chanted all night "What's the matter with Jones? He's a bum!" haha. But there's nothing like a hot dog from a baseball game.

We had a very long, eventful day and were all worn out by the time we got back home that night - but it was all worth the good times we had together.