Golden Gate Bridge 4-9

The Golden Gate from the highway on our way to drive over.

We drive to a National Park  for a great view of the bridge, bay area and looking out over the ocean.It was breathtaking. The area we were at was actually called Hawk Hill or Construction 129.

You can learn more about Hawk Hill - Golden Gate National Recreation Area here.

The island in the distance in the middle of the photo is Alcatraz.

I would have loved to take this road!

Isn't the view incredible! It was a bit windy too!

We met much friendlier people who were very willing to take our picture.

It was hard to leave but we had a lot of miles to cover.

Going back across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Going back across the Bay Bridge we are on the lower deck. Now that feels weird!

It was nice seeing you San Francisco but its time to go North.

Have a good one!

San Francisco 4-9

From Alameda we make our way to San Francisco.

Oh my! The traffic!

The bay.

Bay Bridge

You can see the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance on the left of this photo.

I definitely felt like the little country mouse that went to the city!

I thought San Francisco city hall is a gorgeous building!

On the sidewalk.

from the top of Lombard Street

Looking to the top of Lombard Street.

Cars going down Lombard Street.

I took this picture because if you look on the top balcony in the middle of the picture you will see a dog! I heard a dog barking but couldn't find it until I looked up! These apartments are on Lombard Street right before the switch back portion.

We did see a trolley car!

Next stop the Golden Gate Bridge.


Have a good one!

Alameda California 4-9

Our first stop on our day of sightseeing is Alameda, California. You may ask "why Alamdea?"

Because family history was made there.

Doyle's parents were married in Alameda, California in 1945. His dad was in the Navy and just getting out of the service. I recently learned after being in the family over 30 years that his mom went to California to meet him out there ahead of his discharge. She lived and worked there. I had understood that she just went out to meet Doyle's Dad to marry him. That was pretty courageous of her for that day and time!

Doyle's sister has a picture of them on the day they married in Alameda. We were within a couple of hours of there from the airport we flew into. So once we landed we rented a car and headed South to Oakland where we would spend the night.

Doyle did some research on the history of Alameda and felt like he had gotten pretty close to the location that the picture was taken. He wanted to get a picture of us.





That is a story in itself as Doyle asked 3 different people if they would take our picture. Each one not only turned us down but were very rude about it! Hello....we're not in Texas anymore! Doyle decided we were going to have to settle for a selfie when I saw 3 teenage girls coming and I said we should try one more time. I asked and they said yes! Not all was lost 😊





Here is a another picture of them.
























As you can see Doris has scrapbooked the keepsakes to preserve the family history.

(You can click on the picture to enlarge for better viewing.)

Alameda was a really cool town. We loved how they mixed the old with the new something we are trying to do in our own town.

This is a wide view of the location we had our picture made.

I just found this intriguing. The architecture and color scheme!

Couldn't resist 😉

Alameda, you were great to visit. Now on to San Francisco!


Have a good one!