.....Simon, Alison, Thomas and Anna .....: July 2015

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

San Simeon

Not that great - now not sure about Hearst Castle

Saw some elephant seals on the beach and whales off the coast. T and A just thought the deals were smelly

Big Sur

Big Sur was amazing - great food at Nepenthe and the Big Sur Bakery. Amazing drive in along Highway 1. Must everywhere!

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Sanctuary Beach Resort

I Our own golf buggy and we went to the beach in the evening to play with the waves.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

San Francisco and into Silicon Valley

Went on the Cable Car to Union Square today. Thomas hung on the outside - Anna thought it would be potentially cold and Alison thought it potentially unsafe.

Really appreciate how hilly San Francisco is and everyone turns the front wheels of the car when parking to stop runaways.

Then off to San Jose for the night...

Not been feeding Anna enough

Excellent Sandwiches

Sandwich Spot on Pierce SF....highly recommended

Hammock

Cycled across the Golden Gate Bridge

Yesterday had an amazing time cycling over the bridge to Sausalito. Long wait for the ferry on the way back but sailed close to Alcatraz. No trip to Alcatraz this time as tickets booked until mid September! Simon remembers this now from last time he was here....now.

Dinner was from Plate on Pierce - amazing !

Friday, July 24, 2015

Breakfast San Francisco

About to cycle over the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.

Having breakfast outside at Hotel del Sol - Thomas waiting for a hammock - his main interest.

Rest of the day was spent on a hop-on / hop-off bus, visiting the sea lions at Fisherman's wharf and dinner at Applebees with billions of other tourists.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Half Dome from the East of Yosemite

Long trip to San Francisco - mistakenly went East on the 120 instead of West - added about 4 hours and 120 miles to our trip. Things were stacked against us. There were road works at the junction and you couldn't see the junction if you went into the petrol station (which we did) and there was a camper van covering the road sing on the route out of the petrol station. Led to an inadvertent trip to Tuolume Meadows (worth a trip in the future) and Olmstead point (see below).